I was talking to some dudes from work, they offered me a cigarette, and I told them I don't smoke. Then they invited me out for a drink, and I told them I don't drink. Then they said I'm so boring.
I'm boring for not wanting to destroy my brain cells and lung and overall health?
2007-11-06 01:17:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Meet up with them in about twenty five years. They should be lots of fun with their decaded liver and air tanks...
2007-11-06 01:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by kitkat 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Don't have to worry that others label you as a boring person just because you don't smoke and drink. Abstinence from smoking and drinking is good for your health and you should stick to your principles, don't change them to make the others happy. Even if you had agreed to smoke / drink with them, they may ask you to do other thing which you don't like and then if you didn't want to do it, they would still call you boring. We can never make everybody happy everytime.
You did the right thing, don't compromise your principles just to accomodate others afterall you health is much more important than those dudes.
2007-11-06 02:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by chesney c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That doesn't make you boring, but you may be missing out on a lot of laughs at their expense by not going out with them on occasion. You don't have to drink alcohol. I've had some pretty fun times laughing at my drunk friends when I was sober. Plus I was able to make sure they got home okay.
But you may choose not to be in an environment where there is likely to be smoke (i.e., most bars), and I can't say I blame you for that. Bottom line, if they can't understand that, they are not great friend material, so just leave them as they are - friendly co-workers.
2007-11-06 02:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep up the good work!!! They are just jealous because they have already destroyed some brain cells and they continue to risk all types of cancers. I don't smoke or drink and I am very happy. Stay focused, and don't let anyone make you feel bad about loving yourself. Live life to the fullest.
2007-11-06 03:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they invite you for a drink, go with them. Just don't drink alcohol if you don't want to. I have a group of drinking friends, two drink like fish and another is straight edge and drinks only cola or lemonade! But we all get along.
The refusal to smoke with them is understandable and laudable.
You're not boring, you just have different ideals than those of your colleagues.
2007-11-06 02:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by The Tenth Duke of Chalfont 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I totally know how you feel!!! I have never and will never smoke....and as for drinking....why bother if you can have just as much fun not drinking!!!! They just say things like that to make you feel lame...which is kinda dumb, since they are the ones doing the lame things like killing brain cells. Hang in there and stick to your guns...it will all be worth it in the end!!!
2007-11-06 02:20:18 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. Kitty-Cat Lady 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're in the same boat. I dont drink nor smoke. Your not boring at all. You want to live and enjoy life.
2007-11-06 11:08:22 · answer #7 · answered by Misha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good for YOU!
You have set personal standards for yourself!
Please continue to stick to them ... Do NOT let anyone else
"define" you by THEIR personal choices!
It takes a lot of guts and courage to "stick to your guns" .... You DO NOT sound boring to me AT ALL. You obviously
know that there are other ways to have fun besides drinking
and smoking. And CLEARLY you understand that there are
consequences and health risks that go along with these activities.
The only thing that I would add ... is that depending on how
much you ACTUALLY LIKE to spend time with these guys..
You "could" go out for a "drink" .... YOUR drink would of course be non-alcoholic. (I go out with a group of ladies,
some of us drink ... some don't .... No one is pressured either way!) .... My adult daughter does NOT drink ... she prefers NOT to social with her friends that drink ...because she does not care for the "smoke-filled" nightclubs and bars) ... My
point is ... IT IS YOUR CHOICE.
AGAIN ... NO ONE ELSE GETS TO DEFINE WHO YOU ARE .... BUT YOU! AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE!!!
2007-11-06 02:27:48 · answer #8 · answered by kjh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are not boring, you just have made good choices when it comes to your health.
If you would still like to get to know these guys, next time they ask you to go for a drink, go. Just drink Coke or Pepsi. No need to indulge in alcohol to have "fun" and you can show them by doing this.
Now when they get obnoxious, just leave them. And next time you see them let them know you had fun until that point and that is why you left.
2007-11-06 01:46:16 · answer #9 · answered by HR 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Guess I'm boring too. Shame, isn't it, that we boring people obviously have no entertainment since we aren't busy drinking and smoking?
2007-11-06 02:00:31 · answer #10 · answered by cindylouwho38 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will rarley find me drinking and you won't ever find me smoking. My old roommates here at school found me borning because i didn't want to go out to someones house and drink. They were both underage too. They found me borning because i wouldn't go out to the clubs..i'd rather do my school work and get good grades than get trashed and fail out.
*note* we just had our midterm grades come out and my two ex-roommates are doing bad...and i'm doing really well.
2007-11-06 02:08:50 · answer #11 · answered by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋