I’m 21 in a few weeks, quite a nervous guy and I have picked up on my patterns of using alcohol to navigate dating as a whole. Particularly in the first few interactions with the girl, it makes me feel like I talk a lot better. I don’t rlly drink outside dating really is the weird thing too, I’ve drank maybe 8 times this year (on dates mostly lol).

I had basically all my “firsts” as a teen drunk and I’m atleast past that point now, I start conversations sometimes and I’m a lot different then I was even a few years ago. I’m just not sure if this is normal, I usually don’t need it by the third date.

Edit: I live in the UK, so going to a bar for a first date has been normal for the past 3 years of dating