# Being strongly encouraged to get a non-girly drink **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532 "2017-07-17T21:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/41 "2017-07-18T02:52:34Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > A friend wants to take me out for drinks tomorrow for my birthday. She knows that I don’t like to drink and that when I do drink, I tend to go for the sweetest drink on the menu. In a playful way, she has let me know I should order more mature and sophisticated drinks now that I’m 40. > > What would be a respectable “non-girly” drink that I still might enjoy? Also, is it stupid for me to sucumb to this kind of pressure? I should just drink what I want to drink, right? Yet I know I will feel weird if I order something that isn’t cool enough. (I feel ridiculous even admitting this.) Don’t give in to peer pressure. The girly drinks actually taste good. A pina colada, strawberry daiquiri or mudslide tastes way better than straight whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/42 "2017-07-18T02:57:04Z")
Screw that. A whole lot of classic cocktails tend toward the sweet, and are definitely not for children. Personally, I don’t think you can go wrong with an old school daiquiri, or any of the other drinks \*\*amarinth \*\*suggests, except maybe the Old Fashioned, because it’s going to be very dependent on who’s making it. It may be a fruit salad with bourbon, bitters and sugar, or it may be bourbon, bitters and sugar by themselves (the actual “old fashioned” cocktail). Either variant of the French 75 (gin or brandy) are excellent. So are Tom Collins for that matter, as are mojitos. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/43 "2017-07-18T02:58:05Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Obligatory link to **Kids in the Hall** sketch. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU&t=118s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU&t=118s) I’m gonna git you sucka ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/44 "2017-07-18T03:10:16Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > How about an Old Fashioned? On the one hand, it’s sugar and fruit; but on the other, it’s enough bourbon that Frank Sinatra would’ve knocked back a couple. > [@Colibri](#): > > And Don Draper drinks them. I can’t hear of an Old Fashioned without thinking of the scene in _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ where Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney are flying with Jim Backus. [What could happen to an Old Fashioned?](https://youtu.be/i415QwSj0Og?t=42s) ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/45 "2017-07-18T03:35:30Z")
When I first started drinking it was the same way so I picked a simple drink that I could regularly get if I didn’t want commentary. Vodka collins. It tastes…okay. That being said, I was young and that’s dumb. Drink what you want. Now I’ll have beer, but if it must be a mixed drink I’ll still go to the vodka collins once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/46 "2017-07-18T03:44:14Z")
I don’t drink any more, but I’m just here to wish you a Happy Birthday and second your plan of action. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/47 "2017-07-18T04:30:47Z")
Do you like olives? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/48 "2017-07-18T05:05:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I like whiskey sours. > > My first husband had a bear of a sweet tooth. His drinks of choice were screwdrivers and cosmos (the latter of which got him some ribbing). My brother Jay’s drink of choice is peach liqueur. If someone remarks on it he claims to be “taking one for the cause :p” (stuck-out tongue is literal). And happy birthday, monstro and youwiththeface 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/49 "2017-07-18T05:10:16Z")
Happy birthday, and drink what you want! But I personally don’t think of either margaritas or mojitos as girly drinks. Do not accept a premixed version of either, if you go that way. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/50 "2017-07-18T05:33:37Z")
Way back, a friend who suffered from ulcers used to make the point that the toughest guy in a biker bar is the one that orders a milk. Order what you want. If they laugh, then on the second round order it again, virgin. Repeat as necessary, then call them early in the morning to work out. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/51 "2017-07-18T05:34:27Z")
I really like gin gimlets, and they’re not girly. You might give it a try and see what you think. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/52 "2017-07-18T11:31:43Z")
Ask the bartender which high-end tequilas they have. Choose one, ask that she leave the bottle. Put it on your friend’s tab (Happy Birthday). While waiting, quasi discretely do a bump off the bar. Growl, “what you lookin at?” at a random stranger. Tuck a camel behind your ear. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/53 "2017-07-18T11:37:02Z")
Just don’t become a Girl Drink Drunk [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8C4TGGtPzBU/hqdefault.jpg "Kids in the Hall - Girl Drink Drunk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/54 "2017-07-18T12:57:37Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Personally, I don’t think you can go wrong with an old school daiquiri, or any of the other drinks \*\*amarinth \*\*suggests, except maybe the Old Fashioned, because it’s going to be very dependent on who’s making it. It may be a fruit salad with bourbon, bitters and sugar, or it may be bourbon, bitters and sugar by themselves (the actual “old fashioned” cocktail). I mentioned back in June I decided to try my first Old-Fashioned evar. I asked the waitress if the bartender was reliable because I wanted an old-school Old-Fashioned. After assurance that, “she knows her stuff,” I proceeded. Total fruit: Half a thin slice of orange and half a cherry. I didn’t know half-cherries were available. ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/55 "2017-07-18T13:38:34Z")
Vodka sodas are a good standby if you want something bland and neutral tasting. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/56 "2017-07-18T13:48:25Z")
Happy birthday. You’re 40 now, and it’s time to tell your friend to stuff it. Drink (or not) as you please, and drink what you want to. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/57 "2017-07-18T14:12:23Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I mentioned back in June I decided to try my first Old-Fashioned evar. I asked the waitress if the bartender was reliable because I wanted an old-school Old-Fashioned. After assurance that, “she knows her stuff,” I proceeded. Total fruit: Half a thin slice of orange and half a cherry. > > I didn’t know half-cherries were available. I guess that’s what could happen to an Old Fashioned. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/58 "2017-07-18T16:38:11Z")
“Stuff it” is of course a valid response, but if her friend is buying, the OP has the opportunity to expand her cocktail experience at no cost. If she doesn’t like it, she doesn’t have to finish it. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/59 "2017-07-18T16:43:32Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Happy birthday. > > You’re 40 now, and it’s time to tell your friend to stuff it. Drink (or not) as you please, and drink what you want to. Absolutely. For the last month, I’ve been in heaven. I can order a Zima (with a slice of lime) at many bars. I’m 6’2" and 230 pounds, so I dare anyone to make a snide comment. Sometimes I get a look, but I just smile, shrug my shoulders, and say, “I’m too old to be drinking what I don’t like.” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532/60 "2017-07-18T16:51:52Z")
You’re an adult. Order whatever you want. If you want a Chocolate Choo-Choo in a fishbowl with a full-sized umbrella in it, I say go for it. And bring me one! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-strongly-encouraged-to-get-a-non-girly-drink/791532.md?page=4)