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  • raes19raes19 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_nighttime-ladies?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:e4832a1e-84ce-4531-8736-ad6b2dbd28d3Post:d9a76cd6-918d-4473-b5b9-a86e46fa1320">Re: Nighttime ladies!</a>:
    [QUOTE]Dang, raes!  What do you do?  We got paid to drink once at work.  There was a mandatory social to celebrate a company achievement.  It was at 4pm and in the office. Now if we have socials at the office, it's "donated time".
    Posted by MattsPenguin[/QUOTE]

    I run the visitor center at the local chamber of commerce. A huge chunk of our membership is made up of wineries, so we have to drink their wines and not be rude lol
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_nighttime-ladies?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:e4832a1e-84ce-4531-8736-ad6b2dbd28d3Post:8d8ce046-6043-4af4-94cf-e7abcea55bb4">Re: Nighttime ladies!</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Nighttime ladies! : Confession:  I didn't drink until I was 21. But I think I've been making up for it ever since.  I drank long islands when I first turned 21.  Those things can eff you up!
    Posted by MattsPenguin[/QUOTE]
    <div>Same here. That was the first legal drink I had. I'd tried alcohol before, and my family always had wine on holidays, but I didn't really like anything I tried. Once I could actually order stuff at a bar, my cousin said I should try a Long Island because it's sort of sweet. I've been trying new drinks ever since. ;)</div><div>
    </div><div>I don't like gin, so I've never had a martini. I feel so lame. I'm really into the Rat Pack and atomic age, so I feel like I should be sipping on a martini at every party.</div>
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    I was just a goody-goody throughout high school and the beginning of undergrad.  My friends and I had so much fun without alcohol (drama, dance, band geeks).  Also, I had a family member who worked at the police department.  She put the fear of God in me about being caught at a party where underage drinking was present.  In Indiana you can still be arrested even if you're sober.

    We were at a frat party that got busted. We were 20 and it was during a big party week.  We were all sober, but we had to breathe through a breathalizer to get that 0.0.  We weren't in any trouble, but it was still pretty nerve-wracking.
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Nighttime ladies! : I run the visitor center at the local chamber of commerce. A huge chunk of our membership is made up of wineries, so we have to drink their wines and not be rude lol
    Posted by raes19[/QUOTE]

    I could get behind that!  Actually, it's probably best that I don't drink on the job.  I'm not very good at only drinking a glass or two.
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    Chrissy, I don't think that I've had a martini before.  Some friends of mine love them.  Maybe we'll try some when we all go to Vegas next month.
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  • raes19raes19 member
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    Oooh, I love me some gin.
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  • eirwyneirwyn member
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    edited March 2012
    I would love to be able to drink on the job, but I work for an insurance company call center, so it's probably not the best idea. ;)

    Maybe I'll try a Cosmo one of these days. It's served in a martini glass, so it's sort of martini-ish-but-not-really.  /sad trombone
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    We were actually on our way out of the party when it got busted.  :(  Luckily a bunch of dorky, sober engineering women can charm the police.  We were joking with him about the standard deviation of error of the breathalizer.
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  • eirwyneirwyn member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_nighttime-ladies?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:e4832a1e-84ce-4531-8736-ad6b2dbd28d3Post:b08467fd-e010-4218-b521-43bbf44d71f2">Re: Nighttime ladies!</a>:
    [QUOTE]I started drinking kinda early - high school area.  By college, I was in bars in Mexico 2 or 3 times a week, until I hit 21.  Then I was drunk in American bars. I used to really like to drink.
    Posted by Holly4212011[/QUOTE]
    In Canada, you can drink when you're 19, so we used to cross the border all the time. I always felt SO WEIRD ordering a drink, like the cops were going to come over from Detroit and arrest me or something. :-P I got over it eventually, but it still felt really weird.
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  • raes19raes19 member
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    I had my first drink when I was 21, only with the numbers in reverse order.

    I sound like a total alcoholic right now, but I swear I'm not!
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    Yup!
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    Dang, raes!

    We just didn't have alcohol in the house growing up.  My stepmom would sometimes have some red wine, and she'd offer us a sip.  But I thought it smelled gross.
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  • ThankfulSnailThankfulSnail member
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    I don't think that makes you sound like an alcoholic, raes, I think it sounds like you had a very different tweendom than I did.

    I didn't leave the basement much...
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  • raes19raes19 member
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    edited March 2012
    Right behind you! It's almost 1 here, so I really need to get my butt to bed. Good night everyone!
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    Yeah, Chrissy.  I should probably get on that whole bed thing.  I'm getting sucked into Bravo.  And it's quarter to 1.  Have a good one!

    Raes, you're not an alcoholic (they go to meetings).  Like I said, my friends and I were just busy being silly sans social lubrication.

    ETA: I'll be heading to bedfordshire, too.  G'night!
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  • ThankfulSnailThankfulSnail member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_nighttime-ladies?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:e4832a1e-84ce-4531-8736-ad6b2dbd28d3Post:4efa0ce4-06a8-4587-91a7-30509c70b212">Re: Nighttime ladies!</a>:
    [QUOTE]I should go to sleep.  Night ladies. Also, I hope I'm not the only one that thinks it is weird that the girl on the West Coast goes to bed first....
    Posted by crfb87[/QUOTE]
    Ha. I work West Coast hours (10:30A-7:00P Central) so I was thinking of going to bed soon myself. But there are so many distractions...
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  • eirwyneirwyn member
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    Thanks, Dot!

    I should probably go to bed too. It's almost 1:00 here. Bleh.
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