Buzz·Posted on Sep 20, 201522 Things You'll Understand If You're The Friend Who Doesn't DrinkCheers to water.by Lara ParkerBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Sometimes you wish you could tattoo "I don't drink" on your forehead so you wouldn't have to explain yourself 38 times in one night. View this photo on Instagram 2. You've mastered the whole "hold this drink so it looks like I'm drinking but I'm not" picture. View this photo on Instagram 3. And as far as fitting in at parties or in bars, you're a damn professional. View this photo on Instagram 4. Your doctors pretty much never believe you when you tell them you don't drink. View this photo on Instagram 5. You know that you have just as much fun without alcohol as some of your friends do with it. View this photo on Instagram 6. You make up your own drinking games and tbh they're more fun than any of the other ones. View this photo on Instagram 7. You feel bad when people come over and you have no drinks in your house to offer them. View this photo on Instagram 8. Because you don't drink, you've automatically become the "mom" of your friend group. View this photo on Instagram 9. Which means you're always the one trying to get your friends under control when they drink. View this photo on Instagram 10. And when it comes time to get everyone home, you're ALWAYS the DD. View this photo on Instagram 11. You've started to get creative with your responses when people ask you if you drink. View this photo on Instagram 12. You're very good at getting creative with your Snapchat stories. View this photo on Instagram 13. You've learned to appreciate the fine art of drinking soda. View this photo on Instagram 14. And you feel lucky knowing that if you text your ex, it will be because you actually really needed to talk to them. View this photo on Instagram 15. Because you rarely ever drink, you're a lightweight, and on the rare occasion that you do drink you're down and out before you know it. View this photo on Instagram 16. But you still can't figure out how anyone could think being a lightweight is a bad thing. View this photo on Instagram 17. You are, hands down, the best at pretending to be interested in going out with your friends to a bar. View this photo on Instagram 18. But just because you don't want to go to a bar, doesn't mean you don't know how to "turn up." View this photo on Instagram 19. You get a different kind of "crazy" on the weekends. View this photo on Instagram 20. And you celebrate your birthday the old-fashioned way...with cake. View this photo on Instagram 21. Just because alcohol isn't your weakness, that doesn't mean you don't have others. View this photo on Instagram 22. And basically, it's not that you're against drinking, it's just not for you...and that's fine. View this photo on Instagram Cheers! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF