I hate to be exclusive, but this one really is for the ladies with boyfriends in order to get the right perspective. All right, so I'm 19 (I turn 20 this August) and my boyfriend is 23 (turning 24 in December). We've been together for two years.
He can, of course, go to bars and all of that lovely stuff while I definitely cannot. Yeah, I could get a fake ID, but not only am I broke, I live in a small town so it would be pointless to try to get into bars when I will run into plenty of adults (including teachers, relatives, coworkers, etc.) who are well aware that I am underage.
He goes to the bars around four to eight times a month, totally depending on his current social life and the time of year. He goes with guys and girls, and sometimes mostly just females. There has been occasions where he has gone with JUST females, such as a group of female coworkers.
Obviously, I am never with him when he's getting trashed at these bars. I don't know which girls are trying to hit on him, and I don't know how he responds to it. Come on, I HIGHLY doubt that girls don't hit on him. He's a young guy free of a wedding ring, so hey - he looks like fair game, right?
When guys are drunk, I don't trust them. Since I tend to be selfish and hold onto bad experiences I've had in the past, I terribly assume that if drunk, all (okay, MOST) guys will allow girls to hit on them and even get a little bit touchy-feely, whether or not they have a girlfriend. What are they going to do, freak out at the girl, even when she's really hot? I doubt it. Sorry guys, but many of you are pretty gross when it comes to behavior like this. Not to mention the nasty sleazy females that constantly hang around bars...
My boyfriend and I have fought about him going to bars many times, especially when it was with mostly females. Egh. I would never go to bars with a group of males. Not that I can at this age, but if I could...why would I want to? He always says that he could never, ever cheat on me, but a picture I found of him on Facebook quite awhile ago smashed in between two girls' breasts (he was trashed) made me think otherwise... YUCK.
Girls, do any of you have boyfriends that frequently go to bars without them, either because you're underage or he doesn't invite you? If so, how do you feel about it?
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