I read an article recently that spoke of a study that affirmed, once again, that when you're drunk, people seem more attractive to you.
Fair enough. Inhibitions go down, you're more receptive, and...people look hotter?
It's a funny idea. I'm not sure how they think they proved this exactly. All they did was have two groups, one drunk one not, and then have the people look at photos of others and say how attractive the photographed people were to them. The dunk group found people a lot hotter than the sober people. Not sure this is actual proof.
But somehow it sounds right, to a degree. I know I feel more open to getting it on, or more...raunchy, when I'm a little tipsy, depending on the moment.
But finding people more...attractive? I'd have to test this to say.
On the flip side, how do you feel when you see someone who is drunk, but you are not? Suddenly, that drunk person seems less "attractive" to me. Mainly when they have no control over themselves and do stupid things.
I have been drunk plenty...but I am pretty much in control the entire time. I can't explain it, but I have a strong sense of myself, even when I'm drunk. Also, when I am around drunk people, I can have as much fun as when I'm not drunk. Usually people are surprised when I say I didn't have any drinks.
I think a big part of getting drunk is that it somehow allows people to let their guard down, even if they're not really that drunk. That's why I don't like it when people get stupid - I assume they are just being stupid naturally, as opposed to being stupid because of being drunk. I hate people who use it as an excuse to be stupid.
Ever watched the movie "50 First Dates"? In it, Adam Sandler's character takes girls out and buys them drinks which in reality are not alcoholic (but the girls think they are). At one point he confesses this to a girl he's out with and says he does it so girls will let their inhibitions fall away but still have the energy to have vigorous, guilt-free sex with him...
Drunk can be fun, but if you let yourself get stupid just to be "the life of the party", the joke is clearly on you.
It's interesting how by being drunk, we might find someone else more attractive, but they in turn, if not drunk, may find you less attractive because you're drunk. I don't hold being drunk against anyone...being drunk is fun. It's the attitude that matters overall I think. I'm not sure why I think this is worth discussing...even though my username is little_tippler, I don't actually tipple much!
Maybe you can psycho-analise me!