Lifestyle

[Dave]

jeremiah said:

(hayley quote)

“I’ve missed out on a lot of partying, but I don’t really miss it,” she said. “I have no cravings for that lifestyle. I’m keen to being disciplined. The first few years of your career, when you are setting yourself up as an artist, you have to put your heart and soul into it.”

There really is a "lifestyle" out there that's based on attending parties. It's tough to attend these parties regularly if alcohol does not appeal to you. Which it doesn't to me either. Basicly i just never went bananas over the taste or the strong jolt of hard liquer. It's a sure bet Hayley get's no sort of thrill out of booze either.

Setting up her music career is more exciting than "partying" anyways. Nightclubs offer dancing and socializing, but that thrill fades after a couple hours. These places just become hangouts in the night, when sleeping normal hours so you can begin a fresh new day early is much more like real living.

About the dating. Later on, after Hayley establishes her singing career, i would imagine just like everyone else her age, she will find herself plenty of time to meet her longings for companionship and an expanded family life. Already a millionaress, the smart ticket is the one she's punched for the time being. Still, you can always have it all if you choose. Having a busy music career and a husband is something alot of entertainers do. Many become singing partners on the Music Stage as well. heeheehe.

If you think partying is required to be an exciting personality that's a common illusion out there. Really full lives take in the entire spectrum life has to offer. That includes all the Arts and Sciences that build up your mind as well as the physical pleasures of food, drink, dancing and intimacy. Sometimes building up one is required over the other for a period of time. Try not to sweat it. Set yourself up something to build on later. Some doing without now brings more later.

Storing up treasures in Heaven works on the same wise principle.

Moved from Il Divo - Boston MA by Dave

[kcuteus1]

I think people when they are young sould beable to go out and have some play as long as it is not to much because when you get older and have kids you do not have time to do stuff like that.

[portia]

The occasional glass of wine, late night out and overall sweaty, boozy fun never hurt anyone. Just make sure you drink enough water before you sleep to minimize the hangover.

[portia]

Sweaty, boozy fun in my book means dancing and being just tipsy enough to giggle hysterically. I know about alcohol poisoning and such, thank you very much, since I knew a girl who got it from one too many shots on an empty stomach. As for me, sangria is glorious. Wine is not bad. I have yet to try a margarita and beer tastes like fermented human liquid excrement with mulberries and generally, apart from sangria, I like the dancing much more than the boozing.

[HWI]

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Roger

[portia]

Well, I don't drink beer or lots of alcohol for the simple fact that its fattening. They go on and on about freshmen fifteen, and I'm convinced 99% has to do with the fact that once kids are in college, they down can after can of beer. That, and drunkenness is not flattering or pleasant.

I think it's important for kids to come in touch with alcohol, since you can't pass through life without coming in contact with it. And it's better to have them try alcohol at a younger age (14 or so) to take the mystery off alcohol and to build tolerance.

[fusilier23]

Ah yes, the dreaded freshman ten. Drinking was part of it, but a big part of it is dining halls serving pretty much as much of whatever the students decide to eat, constant snacking during periods of stress, and not getting enough exercise.

And can after can is only one small part of that scene, let's not forget practices like shotgunning and funneling, which encourage drinking as much as you can as quickly as you can, and games such as the "100 club" in which you are supposed to down a shot of beer every minute for 100 minutes.

And you are right, drunkenness is neither flattering nor pleasant, there is nothing pleasant about staggering, telling everyone exactly what you think of them, fighting, or vomiting into the gutter at 3 AM. Where I went to college a drunken fight over harassment of a girl ended with one student getting MURDERED by three others who continued to beat him after he was already unconscious.

It is inevitable that everyone come into contact with alcohol, and it is important that everyone understand the effects it has on the body and the consciousness, but I don't support dropping the drinking age anywhere below 21, there have been too many studies done here in the US that show the effects of younger drinking, between fights, alcohol poisoning, and auto accidents. I would go a step further and up drunk driving penalties to permanent loss of driving privileges for second time offenders and punishing any fatal drunk driving accident as second-degree murder rather than manslaughter.

I must add that "building tolerance" sounds like basic training for alcoholism. If you get to the point where you must have four drinks instead of one or two to get the desired effect, you are on your way to alcoholism and the attendant effects, i.e. cirrhosis of the liver, etc.

Oh yes, and Hayley, who finished her 18th birthday party "sober as the coat check girl" knows the score, I think. She knows that alcohol dries your vocal chords and you are going to have a very tough time singing a full concert like that. I don't think she thinks she has anything to prove by being seen hoisting one in public, and she certainly doesn't feel like if her friends have one drink she has to have 2. Too many musical careers have been taken apart by hard partying, and I think she'd just as soon skip it.

[portia]

No, building tolerance so that if you're forced to play an idiotic drinking game, you won't end up too worse for wear. It's a thing Chinese parents do with their kids at dinner parties. It goes without saying that with tolerance comes common sense.