Holding Your Liquor Gets You a Date Quicker
Whether you’re still a “kid” and you think a night out has to involve getting pissed, or you’re an adult who thinks that you “deserve” to get s***-faced every single weekend as some kind of misguided reward for what you do all week at work (which is just unbelievable to me—and may simply be alcoholism to you), I gotta tell you, getting drunk all of the time isn’t the best way to get a date. In fact, it’s quite possibly the worst way to get one, since it might simply be an indicator that you need to get drunk to be with someone, and that can’t be good. Do you really want to be with a person that you otherwise can’t stand to be around unless his or he face resembles blurry Chef Boyardi?
Even if you are single, getting drunk all of the time isn’t going to make you all that much more attractive to the opposite sex—not that you should worry about that, per se; you should love yourself first and the rest will follow, of course; but if you are seeking a partner in life, puking your guts up and wailing “I am soooo wasted!” probably isn’t your best bet.
If that’s your strategy, however, I suppose you should make sure to keep these things in mind…
Don’t vomit all over your date’s shoes. He or she may not think that’s very sexy—and you may be billed for another pair. I know a girl who got wasted all of the time—she still does, and she’s in her fifties, I think—who actually let a guy take her bra off on their first date because she was so drunk, and then when she demanded it back the next day he refused. I think they’re both in the blame for this one (at least that was as far as she (or he?) let it go), but I think it’s also a good reminder to not let your clothes get involved in a first date, particularly while drinking.
Don’t go home with a drunk person—or go home drunk with a person. This goes for both guys and girls. Neither of you will be in a position to make a good decision regarding where you’re sleeping or how far you’ll physically go, let alone about protection—so why not wait to see someone’s apartment when you’re sober?