Today, is my 21st birthday. My friends took me to a bar to celebrate, knowing I don't drink. I'm now in charge of driving my friends home after they've had an awesome night. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's my 21st birthday. All my friends showed up at my house already drunk, so I had to be the designated driver. FML
Today, it was my 21st birthday and I invited a handful of my best friends over. They all stood me up and I drank alone in my apartment. Happy birthday to me. FML
Today, I was the designated driver. It was also my birthday party. FML
Today, my parents took me to a bar to celebrate my 21st birthday. They brought my little brother, but when the bouncer wouldn't allow him in, they made me wait outside with him while they went in for drinks. FML
Today, it's my 21st birthday. My parents' gift was a case of non-alcoholic beer, to "prepare" me for when I "turn 21." My parents can't even remember how old I am. FML
Today, I was the designated driver for my friend's 21st birthday. On the way home from the bar, he threw up all the pasta and tequila he'd had onto the back seat of my car, and told me it was part of his whole party plan. FML
Today, it's my birthday and my friends and I went to our favorite pub to celebrate. As I'm a little broke at the moment, they all offered to buy me birthday drinks. Which I later learned meant that they would order them for me and bring them to the table, but put everything on my tab. FML
Today, I turned 21 and had a huge party because I could finally drink legally. Got arrested for public intoxication. FML
Today, it's my 21st birthday. The only person who drank with me was my elementary school principal, who I happened to run into at a bar where we were the only two people there. FML
Today, it was my 21st birthday. My roommate insisted her friend join us. They both got belligerently drunk while I was pretty sober. We ended the night at 12am with her friend violently sobbing at the bar over her boyfriend, while I played Subway Surfers. Yay. FML
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robc32ca 4
should have left without them
Mirorbo 27
I still say the term "Friends" needs to be re-defined.
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Comments (100)
phenx84 1
reminds me of my 21st... just about word for word.
mritty 2
Should have driven yourself home and left your asshole friends to pay for taxis.
boatkicker 5
YES!
ANTLink19 4
They wanted to include you. Jesus, it was your birthday. Don't be an ass. It's your fault for not drinking. I'm going with the Bro code here. In certain situations you have to perform certain duties. I.e. drinking on your 21st. Wipe the sand outta your vag and maybe next time have some fun.
mritty 2
No, they DIDN'T want to include OP. Obviously, by deciding to take him/her somewhere they new he/she wouldn't enjoy. They wanted to get drunk, and used OP's birthday as nominal excuse to do so. They could have done so any of the other 364 days of the year, without being jackasses to OP.
TheLetterZero 7
AND under no circumstance should anybody have to be forced to drink on their 21st. That's a stupid thought. -_-
Seddah 3
I'm with you here. Aside from the having to drink bit. Drinking's a personal choice, but so is being a whiny ingrate.
mritty 2
#48 - you don't need to drink to have a good time. But it's hard to have a good time if you're at a bar and the only thing happening is drinking. You can have a good time without drinking by doing things OTHER THAN going to a bar and getting pissed drunk. OP's friends should have taken him/her somewhere he/she would have a good time, not somewhere THEY would have a good time.
TheLetterZero 7
YDI for drin... wait... I can't say that! D: A smart OP for once?! THE HORROR!!
Schlal05 0
You deserved it
Norwegian_Wood 4
OP, FYL. I'm sorry your friends are that awful. I definitely feel your pain, I spent the fourth of July taking care of my trashed friends, for the most part, not having much time to relax and have fun. Your friends really should respect your decision not to drink, but I know, not everyone seems to understand it. It's hard, OP, but good for you for sticking to your guns, and not drinking.
blanka453 0
just because you don't drink it doesn't mean you can't have fun. it's your fault for not trying to have more fun. and btw, there is nothing wrong with drinking. 2-3 beers or cocktails never hurt nobody.
joa76 3
Aside from the fact that your double negative negates your point, that isn't true. For example, if I had two beers in an hour, that would put me at right about the legal limit, according to BAC calculators anyway. Plus, you forget that some people CAN'T drink. If someone is diabetic (alcohol can significantly lower their blood sugar, plus the symptoms of hypoglycemia are very similar to being drunk, so it's easy to miss), or if they have a liver condition, drinking any significant amount of alcohol (even less than 2-3 beers) could potentially be very dangerous. There are also some medicines that say you shouldn't consume alcohol when you're taking them.
boatkicker 5
Some people are also allergic to alcohol too.
horneyhic 15
u can't be allergic to alcohol u can be allergic to the extra stuff or to certain kinds of alcohol like some ppl can't drink beer cause there allergic to bread or whisky cause there allergic to corn but alcohol is Made of so many diff things u cant be allergic to them all
redbluegreen 41
Um, I can't consume ANY type of alcohol. Even coming in contact with it if it's in something like deodorant, I'll become ill. It's entirely possible.
Seddah 3
Amen #81. I'm diabetic and I don't drink. I tried it when I hit legal age and decided that it definitely wasn't worth it and wasn't my think. I like to be alert (and not fear for my life, lol) =P
brookeface93 0
YDI for not drinking. No, just kidding. I respect the OP's choice, but I think I agree with #43 on this one.
johnboy1501 0
YDI. let your hair down and have a good time. jeeez.