It's actually your response that missed the point. You didn't comment on any of the points I brought up. I like to hang with my friends, my friends no longer live near me, we play video games together. Do you suggest we all get on google hangouts and look at each other on the computer screen and drink? I happen to be happy enough without having to get buzzed to enhance my enjoyment on a regular basis, I might have a beer or glass of wine with dinner but it doesn't affect the way I feel, the alcohol has nothing to do with it. But like I said before, I would never judge you for doing what you like to do - and you shouldn't judge OP for enjoying video games on Friday nights. Lots of people play on Fridays. Some people do both, play until 8 and then go out or go out and play when they get home. The way you wrote your post (like a pompous asshole) made it sound like going out on Fridays is the only acceptable way to spend your Fridays. And the "two paragraph rant" has nothing to do with lack of "face time" with other people. I was exactly the same way before the wife and kid when I was shooting pool in league 3-4 times a week (which was usually a half an hour match for me and two hours of drinking/socializing).