# Drinking alone on Friday evening **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770 "2005-05-13T23:37:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/1 "2005-05-13T23:37:57Z")
It’s not just for kids anymore! I’ve never been a big drinker, but I figure, I’m 27, why not start a new hobby? You can’t do movies and music and comics all the time! Plus it has been a crummy month, with bad news after bad news. And I’m a bad roommate, according to some of you. So my roommate went out with his girlfriend and this other dude, and I am going to drink all the beer in the fridge (don’t worry, it’s all “up for grabs”) and eat all the wasabi peas, but I just got those. In fact, I’ve already had 3, and even though I’m around 200 pounds, I don’t have a high tolerance! I feel it every time I move. Whooey sasparilla! I deserve it because I’ve been so depressed. Sometimes life just sucks and you want to forget about it. Can I get a “hell yeah”? Didn’t think so. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/2 "2005-05-13T23:44:08Z")
Well, my wife just left for a few weeks to get her eye worked on in Boston, so I, too am alone and drinking on a Friday evening. On my second Pacifico Clara at the moment, shifting to bourbon after dinner. Have a wasabi pea for me! Lochiem! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/3 "2005-05-13T23:50:17Z")
[After the week I’ve had](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316445) I think I’ll join you in drinking…umm…alone. Thought I better get this out the way early. I’ve had a bad mental week because of one credit-taking scouse git of a cow-shagger who sends one e-mail a fu_king month so the rest of us get to look like dunces when we don’t know what the hell some random dude from some random company somewhere is talking about. This arse has the nerve to submit to my plainly superior talents in-office and ask for help, all the while knowing he’s allowing me and the other decent work_mates\* to look incapable from the outside world. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/4 "2005-05-13T23:54:57Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > And I’m a bad roommate, according to some of you. > > \ > > So my roommate went out with his girlfriend and this other dude, and I am going to drink all the beer in the fridge (don’t worry, it’s all “up for grabs”) and eat all the wasabi peas, but I just got those. Mmmm. Wasabi peas. And beer. What kind of beer? If it’s Shiner, I’m on the next flight out. Drinking alone on a Friday night can be the best. After a long week, when I need some alone time, I’ll curl up with a nice bottle of red and a book. Oh, sure, I’ll pay for it in the morning, but at the time it’s so good. > [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Can I get a “hell yeah”? > > Didn’t think so. Uh, **Lou**? Consider it gotten. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/5 "2005-05-14T00:02:00Z")
**Campion** , I am in the legal profession as well! But I wake up every morning full of fear and dread, and my daily mantra is “I’ve made a huge mistake.” Unfortunately, all we have is Michelob Light. I like Guinness, Delirium Nocturnum, Abita Purple Haze, and PABST BLUE RIBBON. But I also have my own bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon, and the night is still young! ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/6 "2005-05-14T00:07:30Z")
I have just been dumped, so let me join you in this drink (krupnik, for anyone interested, inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315662) thread. Wasabi peas give Morbo gas. I will destroy you! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/7 "2005-05-14T00:15:15Z")
I also bought a bag of OLIVE OIL AND SEA SALT potato chips that I sprinkled rosemary on, and a SPINACH AND FETA foccacia bread. I love shopping hungry at the Super Target! And I can always make myself a quesadilla later. Ay, tonight I can wallow in self-pity and eat like a king, and back to studying and being miserable tomorrow! Yahhrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/8 "2005-05-14T00:19:02Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > **Campion** , I am in the legal profession as well! But I wake up every morning full of fear and dread, and my daily mantra is “I’ve made a huge mistake.” And that makes you different from 90% of everyone else in the legal profession, how? I’ll see your fear and dread, and raise you “moments of sheer terror” and “feelings of inadequacy.” 😉 It’s a normal part of what we do. We just have to learn to live with it. It helps that, over time, you build confidence in your skills. I no longer come to work with that sick feeling in my stomach that I am going to be found out as a fraud. > [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Unfortunately, all we have is Michelob Light. I like Guinness, Delirium Nocturnum, Abita Purple Haze, and PABST BLUE RIBBON. But I also have my own bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon, and the night is still young! No Shiner, hmmm? Well, it’s probably for the best. I can see the freeway from my office, and even getting to the airport would take hours right now. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/9 "2005-05-14T00:24:11Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > I have just been dumped, so let me join you in this drink (krupnik, for anyone interested, inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315662) thread. > > Wasabi peas give Morbo gas. I will destroy you! I am so sorry that happened. I am listening to my musical hero Tom Waits, who has plenty of sad songs for us both to drink to. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/10 "2005-05-14T00:25:36Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > I no longer come to work with that sick feeling in my stomach that I am going to be found out as a fraud. That’s it! Scary talk about performance reviews (this is my first job EVER), plus I got bad news about the Bar Exam a couple weeks ago and have to take it again and pass it, or [Donald Trump] I’m FIRED![/Donald Trump] ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/11 "2005-05-14T00:37:10Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > That’s it! Scary talk about performance reviews (this is my first job EVER), plus I got bad news about the Bar Exam a couple weeks ago and have to take it again and pass it, or > > [Donald Trump] I’m FIRED![/Donald Trump] I don’t want to hijack your thread, but if you want support, email me. Not passing the bar on the first go and feeling as if you’re a complete loser at work are common. (The newbies around here are shocked when I ask them if they still think they’re going to get fired every day; they can’t figure out how I know they feel that way.) Sometimes it helps to know you’re not alone, and to know that you aren’t a failure just because you had a setback or two. (Start a thread asking whether other Dopers suffered a setback or two before they got settled in their careers, and you’ll see.) Besides, I think you’re swell. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DarRRva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@DarRRva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarRRva)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/12 "2005-05-14T00:43:32Z")
I wish I was still drinking. i had my friday night, and now it’s saturday morning and I’m at work. So if anyone’s still drinking for friday night, drink for me please! ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/13 "2005-05-14T00:45:33Z")
Man, your evening sounds good to me. I will give you a total hell yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/14 "2005-05-14T00:49:57Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Unfortunately, all we have is Michelob Light. I like Guinness, Delirium Nocturnum, Abita Purple Haze, and PABST BLUE RIBBON. But I also have my own bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon, and the night is still young! I’m not much of a drinker, but I would definitely have to try something called Delirium Nocturnum. You get a hell yeah from me too. I think I might venture out for something to drink a bit later. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/15 "2005-05-14T00:51:08Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I am so sorry that happened. I am listening to my musical hero Tom Waits, who has plenty of sad songs for us both to drink to. Cheers. Strangely enough, I’m a law student too. It’ll be a while before I have to start worrying about passing the bar exam, but I’ve heard the horror stories from a couple of people I met during a summer job manning the xerox at a firm. I assure you, much less deserving people have passed. 🙂 Now, I think iTunes has finished transferring that Tom Waits album. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/16 "2005-05-14T01:30:02Z")
Drinking alone here tonight, too. I turned down my much younger roommate’s offer to go with him to his buddies to play Edward 40 Hands and my other roommate hasn’t been here all day. Looks like its just me and you, 18-pack-of-Miller-Lite-cans. For amusement, watch my post quality nosedive as the night progresses! ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/17 "2005-05-14T01:34:24Z")
Woo hoo…count me in on the booze fest. I’ve had a beer and two fairly strong rum and cokes. I’ve had a bitch of a day… And while I am not a law student or anysuch, would it make you feel better to know that in my line of work, were I to get sued for anything, in a court of law I would be “held to the same standards as a reasonably competent attorney”? No law degree, but I could still be hung from the same hook…how’s that for fun? :dubious: Too bad you are not in CO…I’d say come on over for some awesome microbrew and the fabulous Mexican dinner I made tonight. Plenty of leftovers! 😉 Oh…almost forgot…hell yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/18 "2005-05-14T01:36:26Z")
**BBVL:** Hell, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/19 "2005-05-14T02:06:00Z")
I’m drinking wine. Things in my life are okay, but I’ve wasted my entire day and my boyfriend is out partying without me. Hell yeah from over here. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770/20 "2005-05-14T02:11:40Z")
Drinking does sound like a good idea. More than one Friday night have I enjoyed an alcholic beverage while waiting for someone, anyone to get home. I hate coming home to an empty place after work on Friday. Not to mention that I don’t get home until like 10. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone-on-friday-evening/303770.md?page=2)