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Originally posted by CASIGKAP
At a party, she kept trying to get me to drink even though I explained over and over again that I do not drink. I even told her that it's for personal reasons I do not touch alcohol.
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If someone won't let up about you not drinking, sometimes fudging the truth and saying "I'm allergic and I vomit instantly upon ingesting alcohol" might help (even if that is not really the case).
If you give an answer that might be interpreted as being "evasive", this makes people even more nosy and start pestering you even more and this just opens up additional cans of worms. Whereas, if you just say "I'm allergic", most
civilized people will drop the matter then and there.
Example: I know a woman in Junior League who lost her hair, due to chemotherapy. She wore wigs and her "hair" looked sensational. When people (who thought it was her real hair) asked where she got her hair done, she just fudged the truth a bit and replied, "A friend of mine does it". Sure, maybe it's not okay to lie, but on the other hand, it's no one's business that it is NOT her real hair either.