Drinking Posts (3/10)

Personal Stories Response:
I think that after all of the negative stories about alcohol (which my friends and I have definately had my share of too), I want to share a positive one. I had really liked one of my friends that I hung out with two summers ago. We had only met through friends a couple of months before, so I didn't think that he would like me too. One night, him, my friends, and I all were hanging out playing cards and watching a movie...very low key and just causually drinking. That night we really got to talk and know each other. We weren't tense or akward...not because the alcohol "loosened us up," but because it provided a common social ground and we were able to be ourselves and relax. Because of the way he acted I could totally tell that he felt the same way about me and after a week or so we started dating. A year and a half later we are still together. I found out months later that he had just been so nervous because he didn't think I felt that same way. And I think that if we hadn't been in the kind of relaxed enviornment that drinking with friends provided, he wouldn't have asked me out, so soon at least. The important part though, is that we watched are limits. Neither of us wanted to be a drunken, puking fool in front of each other...what kind of impression does that make?


Suggestion Response:
The inside of the bars are definately gross. I know that by the time that most people get drunk they don't care, but the puke out on the street goes right along with the dirty atmosphere inside of the bars. While the idea of the cleaning crew seems an easy fix, that means that the police will need to spend more money to increase the number of officers they have going out to write up tickets. Even if it wasn't the people who recieved tickets that did the cleaning, SOMEONE would need to pay for the crew. I'm not saying it's not a possible solution, but all of this options reprecussions need to be evaluated.