Drinking with a man isn't important in itself. It's the way you do or don't drink that matters. If you have no head for the stuff, never down it because you think he'll like you better. Plenty of girls who go out five nights a week either drink very little or not at all. Naturally, you shouldn't go in for pursed lips or a conspicuous display of virtue. A casual "No, thanks" or "I;m on the wagon" is enough. The men who keep insisting on your drinking generally aren't worth the bother. If your escort gets very tight, get home as soon as possible, and don't lecture him on the way. If he behaves stupidly, there's no point in telling him about it while he's drunk. Discipline him subtly, not shrewishly, when he's more able to take in what you're saying. And whatever you do, don't ever try to trap a man while he's in that vague condition. It's a shoddy and all too temporary trick. There's always a sober tomorrow when he'll resent it savagely

--- from How About a Man (1938)