I’m pretty sure I’ve Never is a drinking game. I have to admit (and this may come as a shock, so brace yourself), I’m kind of dorky and have never played a drinking game before in my life. Not even a dorky drinking game. Now that I am 25 27 old of a mature age, I feel like I have missed the window on drinking games.
That said, yesterday when I was at the grocery store, I was thinking about things I’ve never done before. The location (the grocery store, duh) is important to the inner monologue because I have never (until yesterday!) put a cart full of groceries on the check-out conveyor belt.
Important note: that’s not me.
I know, scandalous! At my beloved grocery store back in Texas, the checkers take the food right out of your cart, no unloading necessary. (Why doesn’t everyone do it this way???) Since moving, Stephen and I do our grocery shopping together. He is really particular (read: obsessed) with how the groceries are placed on the cart, unloaded, and bagged. So I mostly just swipe the debit card and then stand there and watch. With him off at training and me needing a week’s worth of food, I had to unload my own groceries.
It got me thinking: what other totally normal stuff have I never done before? Here’s what I’ve come up with:
I’ve never…
- Played a drinking game
Put a cart full of groceries of the conveyor belt by myself- Smoked a dubbie (is that what the kids call it?)
- Smoked anything
- Changed the oil in my car myself
- Changed anything on my car myself
- Gone on Pinterest
- Sung a song in public (the world thanks me for this)
- Made a toast
- Shoplifted
- Gone to Seaworld
- Punched someone (but I’ve wanted to)
- Had surgery
- Gotten fired (I’m more of a quitter)
- Successfully French braided my own hair or anyone’s hair for that matter
- Bought a lottery ticket
- Played spin the bottle
- Laughed so hard that a beverage came out of my nose
There you have it. I feel like most of the things I’ve never done are things I’m pretty okay with never ever doing. (Smoking? I think I’ll “just say no.” Punching someone? I don’t want to end up in jail! Ge fired? There’s still time. Well, if I was employed.)
What’s something you’ve never done?*
Hahaha, trust me you’re not missing out on the drinking games. The first time I played one (in grad school no less) was the first time I’d ever thrown up from alcohol. I don’t remember many other instances of drinking games that were fun either. That said, Never Ever Have I Ever makes for a fun game on a girl’s night.
Something I’ve never done, hmm, okay, I’m putting the first thing that came to mind: jumped out of a plane. Now, I feel that owes an explanation. My husband has his jump wings and he insists that sky diving is a lot of fun. With all of the unrest down here in our part of the world, the guys in our squadron have been joking about what the escape plan is. One guy plans to take his (very American) truck off base and just out run anyone who tries to stop him. The rest of them plan on nominating the guy with a pilot’s license to steal a big plane and fly us all to safety. Said pilot says he could fly the plane, but landing it might be a problem. Hence, I’d have to jump out of the plane in this scenario. So now I’m all worried about having never jumped from one before.
The first (and only) time I’ve ever gotten sick from alcohol was on my wedding night! Well, I didn’t feel sick until the next morning. That’s what I get for partying too hard. Ha!
I’ve never jumped out of a plane and I don’t know that I ever want to. Skydiving looks really really fun, but if (heaven forbid) it led me to an untimely demise, I’d be so pissed at myself for choosing to do something so obviously dangerous.
Hopefully things won’t get to the point where you will need to follow through with your escape plan! Have you and your husband also discussed what to do in case of the zombie apocalypse? Stephen and I had a deep discussion about this the other day. (Where will we go to meet up if we get separated? What if one of us gets bitten? What will happen to Geronimo.) These are things I’m assuming all couples discuss, right?*
Hmmmm. Will it embarass you if I admit I have done all but one of these things? Can you guess which one I haven’t done? Do take into account that I am almost twice your age.
What an intriguing comment! And no, it doesn’t embarrass me. I know that you were wild and crazy / still are wild and crazy. Haha! Not sure which one you haven’t done, though. Hmm…I’m going to guess that you never played spin the bottle.*
My list would pretty much be the same as yours. Ya know, I think I may’ve never driven through a drive-thru. I greatly dislike them. Weird, right?!
Never gone through a drive-thru?! How is this possible! I’m embarrassed to try to tabulate the number of times I’ve done that. Holy cannoli!*
haha I know, right?! I know I’ve gone through as a passenger but not as a driver. I always walk inside!
I’ve never taken a class A drug. That’s surprising given that I spent my 20s and 30s living in London for most of the1980s and 90s. This is not because I am a goody goody. It’s because I am scared of them!!!
High five for no class A drugs! Not everyone can say that they’ve resisted. I have, but then again, I am a good goody, so there you go.*
You’re so funny! I’m 36 years old and I’ve never had more than a sip or two of alcohol. I’m lame, yes, but I’ve also never been hung over, which probably isn’t a bad thing. I haven’t done many things on your list, either, however, I have been to Sea World and I have changed the windshield wipers on Craig’s car, which was a very challenging task. But….you’ve never made toast? Do you not like toast? Or are you ususally in a situation in which someone else makes toast for you? I’ve never honked my horn while driving. I’ve wanted to on many occasions, but I never have. I’ve also never gotten dressed up for a fancy event. No prom, no homecoming, no wedding, no military fancy ball. Gah, my life is pretty sad. Ha!
I’ve made toast before, just not A toast – like at a wedding or special occasion. (Which is a good thing because I clam up when it comes to speaking in front of my peers.) I’m impressed that you’ve never honked your horn! It’s illegal here in Germany (unless you are honking for safety reasons) but Stephen still sometimes does it anyway. I don’t do it here, but I have in the States.
No military balls? That surprises me considering how long y’all have been a military family. I loved prom and homecoming, but I think now that kind of thing would just stress me out. But I wouldn’t mind getting all dressed up and hanging out at home. That’s just how I roll.*
This is a great post and I may have to borrow this topic for a future blog posting of my own!!! I share a lot of the same things on the never-done list as you. I am happy that I’ve never played a drinking game or smoked anything and I intend to keep never doing those! One of the biggest things that has come up for me is that I’ve never done a true road trip. The five-hour trips from, say, Chicago to Detroit (i.e. where you just try to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible), don’t count.
I had fun making the list, so I encourage you to make one, too. (I even thought about doing a counterpoint – a list of the cool things I have done, but I thought it might be a little too braggy.)
You definitely need to go on some kind of road trip! My favorite thing is stopping to check out the random historical markers that you pass. If you end up road tripping it, be sure to do that!*
I just had to partake!
-Played a drinking game–many, many times. Oh grad school
-Put a cart full of groceries of the conveyor belt by myself–all the time. All the single ladies, all the single ladies…
-Smoked a doobie–I take the fifth…
-Smoked anything–bleh, cigar. MISTAKE
-Changed the oil in my car myself–I’ve only done this once. I prefer to let to experts at Monro or Valvoline do all the work for me!
-Changed anything on my car myself–I changed out my brakelights! And my wipers! All by myself!
-Gone on Pinterest–all the time. I don’t pin, I just look at others’ pins
-Sung a song in public–I LOVE KARAOKE! So yes.
-Made a toast–At my sister’s wedding, yes. I also gave a speech at a Student Council conference! And at my high school graduation!
-Shoplifted–when I was a little girl and didn’t know any better! =/
-Gone to Sea World–I was there just a couple of years ago with my nephew!
-Punched someone–my boxing trainer!
-Had surgery–no thank goodness! (knock on wood)
Gotten fired–nope! I sure did quit my high school jobs at Bill Miller’s BBQ and H-E-B though!
-Successfully French braided my own hair or anyone’s hair for that matter–no, I wish I knew how though!
-Bought a lottery ticket–love lottery tickets every once and a while!
-Played spin the bottle–sadly, no.
-Laughed so hard that a beverage came out of my nose–thankfully, no!
You spoke at your high school graduation? That is so cool! Just thinking about doing that makes me face turn red. So not for me.
I wish I could French braid, too. I read something the other day that said you should practice when you are watching tv, but it takes too much brain concentration for me to do both at the same time.*
Haha, we just played drinking games over New Year’s Eve! They are still fun even at 29/30/31/33….all the ages present (we think) at our NYE celecbration!
So are you telling me I’m not too old for drinking games? I guess now the trick is finding a drinking game that involves Pina Coladas!*
Nope you most definitely are NOT!! Play King’s Cup! Or come back to Texas and we’ll teach you how to play Hockey!
Surprisingly (to me) I have done a LOT of the things on your list.
I am VERY particular about how things are put into the cart and then unloaded and bagged. I like/need to keep all like items together. This is especially important in the summer when unloading, you want to make sure all the perishables get taken into the house and put away first. If you have a random container of yogurt mixed in with the boxes of pasta it’s not going to end well.
That is EXACTLY how Stephen is about the groceries! He groups the items in the cart how he wants them bagged, so they go on the conveyor belt in that order. Then we sometimes end up with baggers who don’t do it right. I can’t speak to the difficulties of bagging because I probably wouldn’t do it right either, but Stephen worked at a grocery store for a summer (a month? a week? I can’t remember how long it was), so he knows the right way, and that’s the only way he likes it. Hahaha!*
You have never made toast!!?!?!? That one cracks me up but I do like this list….it’s gotten me thinking too.
I’ve made toast (the food) but not a toast (a speech). I guess I should have been more specific! I don’t know how I could survive as a runner if I didn’t make toast.*
I love this!! I’ve done about half…. Never smoked a dubie or changed my oil, etc! We never played any drinking games? Ever?
Nope, no drinking games! Have you punched someone? That’s the one that intrigues me the most!*
Never played a drinking game either. I’ve never even gotten so drunk I didn’t know what I was doing, and I am not planning on doing that. Even though some might say it would be normal if that had happened.
I am fascinated by the grocery shopping. Who would’ve known there are places where they put on the stuff for you?!
My old grocery store was amazing! Not only do they load your groceries on the conveyor belt for you, but they also take your bag out to your car and put your cart away. And you aren’t allowed to tip them! I didn’t know how good I had it!*
Apparently the Army is not nearly as immature as the Navy… somehow I succumb to playing drinking games with late twenty and thirty something boys every. single. weekend. As my husband likes to quip, “When I was little I told my Dad I wanted to grow up and become a Navy pilot. He told me I could do one or the other, but definitely not both.” It’s true. They will never grow up.
And on another note, you are TOTALLLYYY missing out on Pinterest.
I’ve never smoked a cigarette and I’ve never shot a rifle– after getting a black eye from a BB gun and frightening myself for life.
Haha! I’m cracking up over your husband’s joke. That’s pretty funny! I think Stephen’s buddies like to party, but most of them have been PCSing out since about the time I got here. Not much partying to be had these days.
If I got a black eye from a BB gun, I’d be way freaked out, too!*