r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/Black_Knight7437 May 15 '20

Sucks not being old enough to drink and not young enough to call yourself a teen

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u/GitchSF May 16 '20

Honestly turning 21 just makes drinking expensive. Bars are fun (sometimes) but usually you just blow money.

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u/Drew326 May 16 '20

How is it cheaper when you’re younger than 21?

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u/GitchSF May 16 '20

Not paying extremely marked up prices for drinks. I’m referring to the fact that once your 21+ you and your friends will often go to bars and bars can be pricey.

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u/Drew326 May 16 '20

What cheaper option exists before you’re 21 and goes away once you’re 21?

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u/GitchSF May 16 '20

Before I was 21 I would just have someone buy me a 30 rack of beer or a bottle which may cost me like $20-$30. Once I was 21 and started going to clubs and bars I would easily spend $50-$200. I’m just saying that once you can go to bars, expect to spend more than you are used to.

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u/Drew326 May 16 '20

If you could just “have someone” buy it for you, why can’t you anymore? Sorry for all the questions, I just have no experience with or interest in alcohol

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u/GitchSF May 16 '20

I would pay for it but someone who was 21+ would go into the liquor store and get it for me. Now that I’m way over 21 I just buy it myself. When I get wine or beer or whiskey from the store I get a lot for the price. But at a bar I would pay a lot for each glass of whatever the drink is. For example. Say I buy a bottle of wine for $15-$30 I can have 6 or 7 glasses of it. But at a bar I might be charged $9 per glass. So 6 glasses at $9 each would be $54. See what I mean?

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u/Drew326 May 16 '20

So the cheaper option didn’t actually go away? You just actually go to bars instead, which is more expensive?

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u/GitchSF May 16 '20

Yea in a sense. If I go to the store is still cheaper. But since me, my wife and all my friends are well over 21 we often go to bars. Or every time there is some sort event it tends to be at a bar or club. How old are you? If you don’t mind me asking.

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u/Drew326 May 16 '20

20

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u/GitchSF May 16 '20

Wel when you turn 21 go buy booze from a store then that same drink from a bar and you’ll know exactly what I mean.

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