johan Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 Woo hoo!! I've been invited to a birthday party for a woman I work with. The idea of going makes me feel ill. That's why I'm posting so much. I'm avoiding getting ready. I didn't even bother to see what time it starts. Usually when I do this, I end up blowing off so much time I don't end up going at all. Then I feel guilty and kind of embarrassed, because I can't really tell her "sorry, but I dreaded coming to your party". I'll have to pretend I had something more important come up.
westernxer Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 Is this a party where you can sneak away after five minutes?
Author johan Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 I'd have to say a bunch of good-byes to go. Can't just slink away like the coward that I am.
westernxer Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 At least you have an extra day to think up a decent excuse. Hopefully you didn't tell anyone you were planning to go.
Author johan Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 At least you have an extra day to think up a decent excuse. Hopefully you didn't tell anyone you were planning to go. I accepted the online invite. I was in a social mood that day. Alchemyst, I don't know. Just didn't feel like being around a bunch of people I didn't know. Sometimes I'm into that, but not for the past few months, I haven't been. Didn't feel like making the effort.
westernxer Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 I accepted the online invite. I was in a social mood that day. I usually delete those, especially if I don't plan on going, which is most of the time. I could have been you last night.
2sunny Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 You really are not obligated to give a firm excuse... You can simply say that you are sorry the timing didn't work out for that day. Or that you had to give your cat a bath, or clean your comb - :D You get the idea, anyway, sometimes the less said - the better off you'll be....
Author johan Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 I agree. I find that's always true. The less I say about anything, the better. Not sure why my posts tend to be long, because I'm not a real talkative person. This woman has always pressed to be close friends, but I don't hang out with women I'm not dating as a rule. She might be kind of disappointed in me. Hopefully she had so much fun she won't even notice. Heavy drinker that I am, I had one large glass of red wine last night, no dinner, and today I have a headache. I feel like I partied. That might be ironic.
blind_otter Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 It might be. Take some B complex and eat some protein and drink some national champion-ade. You'll feel better. I do the same thing. Sometimes I am social, sometimes I'm not. When I'm not I don't even answer my phone.
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