Company
parties are not my thing. I find company
parties forced, phony and basically a drinking bash. However, I must confess that this year I
again took the plunge and attended a party that turned out to be quite a lot of
fun. What was the difference for me from
previous years? I pushed myself to mingle. This is well beyond my comfort zone but I did
it. I moved around the room, stopped to
chat for a few minutes with someone I knew, then excused myself and moved on to
the next victim. In other words, I did
what everyone else has always done to me.
It seemed ruthless but I felt that I was
in control. Now isn’t that a peculiar
way of enjoying oneself at a party?
Being rude, almost. However this
seems to be the established mode of cocktail parties, mingle, chat, and excuse
oneself before you get bored with the person you are chatting to so move on
before they do. I stopped and had a
little snack here and there, refused wine and stuck with bottled water, and
finally gave out and sat down when my knee started talking back to me.
It was a true learning experience for me
in how to have fun at a Christmas Party.
I just hope I didn’t hurt anyone’s feelings. And hey, I got a memorabilia picture out of
it!
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