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When people say that they don’t have enough money to do something and then spend that "imaginary cash" on drinks.
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When someone announces that they aren't drinking for a weekend and act like they should get an award for it.
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When you try to soberly flirt with someone who is drunk.
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Which only becomes more awkward when you're on a first date and your date has to drink alone.
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When your friends announce your night is going to start at 1 a.m. and you have to chug coffee just to get through it.
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Which of course means your car will be filled with drunk people AGAIN.
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When you have to spend the night dealing with your friend's existential crisis...
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While holding a cup of water because the party never seems to have non-alcoholic options.
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When people find out you're sober and are kind of freaked out.
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And look at you like you have two heads.
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So you feel the need to hide that you don't drink or people will slowly back away.
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When people don't just respect the situation and instead try to get you to drink something anyway.
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Or ask you stupid questions like, “Are you having fun?” or, “Do you wish you could be drunk?”
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When you get stuck watching your friends be stupid as hell and just have to sit there and not judge them.
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When everyone gets to that stage when they discuss 19,219 plans but never actually move anywhere.
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Which is usually around the time that you realize you're insanely hungry.
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When you realize you have friends that won't hang out with you when they're sober.
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When you get stuck listening to everyone complain about being hungover.
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And when you wake up at a normal time on Sunday but no one is available to hang out because they're all still asleep.
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Or they say they'll go to brunch but then get so drunk that they can’t go out after.
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Nights like New Year's Eve can be rough.
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Or when people want to go do karaoke...eek.
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When you get to a potluck and everyone just brought booze.
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And yes sometimes you can have a hard time getting people to do things with you that don't involve alcohol.
But fuck 'em, because at least you'll know where your wallet is tomorrow.
