RE: teetotaler....
Me, too.
I did it to avoid being like my late mother, a loudmouthed abusive alcoholic. A self-centered feminist.
Side effect of being sober is nearly everyone at parties and gatherings looks inferior. Bragging, clumsy, saying embarrassing things. And how genuine are their romantic feelings?
Frankly I don’t get the obsession with alcohol.
It tastes bad, and makes you stupid and clumsy fast. Never mind the barfing. And never mind the liver risk long-term.
Sorry, not at all for me.
My parents were never big on alcohol so neither am I. In fact they at least drank stuff at parties (mature parties, not drunken teenage-bopper hedonistic feats) while I never do.
My husband only drinks a beer to be sociable with people. He really doesn’t like it.
Me, too. In my case, it was my father.