• ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
      10·
      5 hours ago

      Yup, people in, say, Eastern Europe or South Africa never drink and drive. Hell, even Canada has higher mortality rate than the U.S. for drunk driving.

      I get that it’s fashionable to shit on America (and like 99% of time it’s justified), and I will not go as far as to say there is no drunk driving problem here (cause of course there is), but it’s not an “American attitude”

      Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/08/11/the-worst-countries-in-the-world-for-drunk-driving-infographic/

    • Tiral@lemmy.world
      42·
      3 hours ago

      She didn’t drive, she’s sitting in a parked car. But sure, America is bad because of a random story that is probably made up. Where do you live that’s perfect, I’d love to move there.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      82·
      6 hours ago

      Yeah, seems pretty clear that the drinking was done in a parked car after getting to the place they were supposed to meet. So not really.

    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      6 hours ago

      30 years ago it was more of a “no harm, no foul” attitude. People would regularly drive around while actively drinking and mostly were not bothered.

      Then organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving did a lot of lobbying and got politicians to make more laws and police to actively enforce them.

      Now the blood alcohol limits before you can be arrested for DUI are fairly low.

  • ZMoney@lemmy.world
    12·
    8 hours ago

    The polite thing to do in this instance is to get on her level by pounding your own set of shots.

  • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    15 hours ago

    My only proper post-bar one night stand, we got to my place, and the girl pulled out of her purse the largest bottle of vodka seemingly imaginable. It was like some disturbing Mary Poppins shit and really was an appropriate harbinger of everything that followed.

  • jedibob5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1472·
    24 hours ago

    Having a drink to calm the nerves is one thing, but spending several minutes taking shots of vodka before a date sounds like straight-up alcoholic behavior. Unless OP is greatly exaggerating, either she has a massive tolerance, or she would end up a drunken mess in front of her date, which would probably be much worse than a case of the nerves.

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    78·
    24 hours ago

    I, too, always keep an open bottle of vodka in my car, accessible from the driver’s seat. It’s just common sense.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    22 hours ago

    Women in movies: “Going to do a full blown date prep montage, complete with song and dance number, where I transform from mousy librarian to runway model over the course of 15 minutes. Come out cool as a cucumber and charming as a prince.”

    Women in real life: “Going to throw on a top and some jeans, half watch a Netflix special about serial killers while I curl my hair, then down a mug of hard liquor to build up the courage to look a guy I’ve got a crush on straight in the eyes. Try to make it through dinner without mumbling, burping, or mentioning that I’m on my period.”

  • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
    17·
    22 hours ago

    Probably my closest real life example to this was I had a breakfast date, but I ended up getting pretty drunk at a party the night before and showed up still drunk :(

    I felt like an ass.

    We went on a few more dates but then she suddenly stopped texting me. She messaged me like 2 months later and said there was a death in her family and she was sorry, but we didn’t set up any dates after that.

  • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
    16·
    24 hours ago

    Ok but if you’re nervous, presumably there’s an expectation that it might not go well…and then you’ll want to leave…in your car…while all that vodka seeps into your brain.

    • velma@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      23 hours ago

      Someone who openly drinks while they’re sitting in the driver’s seat can get a DUI from that alone. They aren’t caring about driving drunk, I’d wager.

      • sydd@lemmy.world
        1·
        18 hours ago

        I’m not sure about every state, but as far as I know that would just constitute an open container. You would have to be over the legal limit with a breathalyzer or blood draw, or fail a roadside sobriety test to receive a DUI charge.

        Again, every state/country is different

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    23 hours ago

    Reminds me of a first date where I arrived at the bar to find her with her friend, polishing off their second pitcher of margarita. They showed up an hour early to get absolutely smashed. The server came over and gave me a look that screamed, “Run away and don’t look back.” It was a fun date, but a very short relationship.