Parties: Classic or Dud?

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If you don't want to get drunk or take drugs, and if you aren't particularly extroverted, then I think they tend to be a dud. (One exception would be dance parties.)

If you are already quiet and introverted to begin with, the noisiness, and people overload, of parties doesn't make it any easier to connect with other people.

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 23 December 2002 18:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I agree, I'm useless at parties. And I think my hearing is pretty bad most of the time anyway, and I'm sure my constant "sorry? what was that"'s get annoying. It's not that I'm anti-social, it's just not my thing.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 23 December 2002 18:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I am quiet, shy, and introverted, but I love parties!

― rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 23 December 2002 18:41 (twenty-three years ago)

COME ON LET'S PARTY! HEY YOU! LET'S PARTY!

Much more fun than sitting on my ass on a Friday, Saturday, Tuesday night. Hanging out with friends, talking to strangers, trying to "score," etc. etc. CLASSIC you dorks!

― Aaron W, Monday, 23 December 2002 18:43 (twenty-three years ago)

You, Rosemary? I'd never believe it!;> As a (formerly) shy person, I love parties. What better place to divebomb your mates...and meet new people?

Best thing? If you really don't want to chat, sitting down with a glass is just fine.....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 23 December 2002 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

ah, but you see that's the problem, sitting down with a glass is a horrible horrible experience for me, because I do want to chat but my social skills always desert me at parties. I can't remember anything I like, can't think of anything to ask people etc.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 23 December 2002 18:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Breathe, Jel. Relax. It isn't a crime, if you just want to sit and soak up the atmosphere. It isn't Rule #1 that you must talk.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 23 December 2002 19:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I love parties, but they're never as good as the ones in teen movies:(

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 23 December 2002 19:13 (twenty-three years ago)

parties are classic of course! even when you ARE the shy, retiring type, they make great places to watch people especially if you are the only one not drinking etc.
i used to be really shy, but now i tend to head for the quietest looking person and start up a conversation, partly becasue im nosey and partly because i feel sad if someone is sitting alone looking all uncomfortable.
what am i talking about! i dont GO to any parties any more. i have a baby = constant party.

― donna (donna), Monday, 23 December 2002 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

But if you are sitting on your own, when people talk to you it puts loads of pressure on you to say something interesting, and then you feel really useless when they wander off.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 23 December 2002 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Panties? I love panties!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 23 December 2002 19:42 (twenty-three years ago)

it depends on who comes to talk to you graham. i have stood alone at some parties when very pregnant and knowing no one, and some people have wandered up to chat but actually been total bores ( only want to tell you about themselves ) so i was pleased when they left me alone again. then there are the ones who are happy to just 'speak shit', they are the good ones.

― donna (donna), Monday, 23 December 2002 19:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, if you are quiet and intoverted then you get stuck with whatever boring people strike up conversations with you.

Actually the last party I went to was fun because (a) I was with a date who is also kind of shy, and we kept each other company, snuggling together when we felt overloaded by everyone else (b) I got to dance quite a bit (c) I did have a glass of red wine which was enough to give me a buzz (d) the food was unusually good (e) I at least knew some other people and (f) some people were friendly and started conversations with my date and me.

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 23 December 2002 20:07 (twenty-three years ago)

you know that lampshade on your head trick actually does work (except that nobody seems to have lampshades anymore!)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 23 December 2002 20:16 (twenty-three years ago)

wait.. is this thread about the Democrats or the Republicans?

Libertarians, maybe?

― Curtis Stephens, Monday, 23 December 2002 20:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Depends on mood. I don't like parties when I'm in an anti-scoial move, obviously. I also don't like media parties/launches/openings where everyone is working, when people let loose these can be fun. I really don't like parties hwere I don't know at least 5 other people. I like parties where I am the dj (especially when you get to spin tunes for J@rvis C0cker and chr1s M0rris, name drop name drop)

― Ed (dali), Monday, 23 December 2002 20:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Dud.

I don't like hanging out with a bunch of drunk people I don't know by name; hanging out with a smaller (less-than 20) group of people, who I do know, is frequently a lot of fun.

Alcohol, weed.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 23 December 2002 23:55 (twenty-three years ago)

You guys all need to go to parties with ME, that's all I'm saying. I have a tendency to be the devil on people's shoulders, making them behave badly, and by badly I mean more extroverted. I don't know why, because I'm honestly not the biggest extrovert, but I almost always have an excellent time at parties, and I think I force other people to come out and have a good time too.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 06:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Hanging out with friends, talking to strangers, trying to "score," etc. etc. - lol this makes it sound like parties from middle school and the adult world are one and the same, and the thing is, that's true!

I am kind of way of parties now, since I have been starting to worry whether or not I am a total embarassment to my friends. They still insist no, that i'm fun, but like Ally I see myself as influencing even them in bad ways. that last one I went to when I was supposed to be doing my paper, I wasn't even "drunk" just buzzed, and all I did was handcuff myself to this chick who WANTED to be handcuffed to, I swear, but they made a big fuss of it and took me home thinking I was harassing her or something. It sucks to be overpowered by 4 other people when you're drunk.

kegstands = classic, though i've never done one heha. doing the beer bong is enough. college parties where u have no chance at anything if you have hno greek letter attached to your clothing = total, utter, DUD.

― Vic (Vic), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 06:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I usually don't feel like going the day of the party, and try to think of an excuse not to go. Then I go anyway thinking I'll skip out early. Then the host throws me out because the guests have all slipped away. Unless it is actually lame, then I usually can't stand to stay at all. Luckily, this doesn't seem to happen much.

― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 07:22 (twenty-three years ago)

I do not recognise human enjoyment and therefore don't see why I should go to parties.

more generally, most parties actually are kind of rubbish, but a small minority are toptasmic, so it's worth trudging through the dross to find the good ones. Also, they get better as you get older.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 10:43 (twenty-three years ago)

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