Originally Posted by
LadyBlue0527 
I have found the answer to all of these questions. It took me almost 11 months to find it but I did.
You ask them one very honest question. It's a sincere question and implies nothing. Even better, it often shuts them up.
"Does it bother you if I'm not drinking?"
Be very inquisitive when you ask, raise an eyebrow if necessary.
The responses have been interesting. Some say "It does" and then I ask why.
Believe me, it's a short lived conversation and they never ask again.
I'm going to do this next time. People have driven me mad this weekend. Comment on my FB page (from Pub Landlord and supposed friend) when I woke up on Sunday re my post from the previous evening, which was a comment to my childhood dance teacher about a dancer on TV Saturday evening...."are you watching this **** because you not drinking? come on becky, get a life..."
Ahh - get a life. That's what I thought I was already trying to do (instead of sitting in his pub paying him loads of money to f**k the old one up).
Gah - I need some non-drinking friends.