I was invited to a house for a super bowl party on Sunday. It was in the form of a facebook invitation. The host invited about 100 people, but probably didn't expect everyone to show up. She has over 1000 friends on facebook, and I noticed her ex boyfriend wasn't on the list so I'm guessing she put a little bit of thought into it. That said, since we met a few months back, we've only seen each other a few times and only by accident.
I have a couple concerns. First, there will probably be several people there that I don't know. I'm guessing about 20 people will show up and I may know five of them. This may be a problem because in these types of situations, as confident as I may be, people around me will be talking and I won't know what to say. This is true for any social event, but the fact that I don't know much about football doesn't help.
My next concern is I want to make a good impression. As I've mentioned, this is the first time I've ever been invited to something with this person. Even though it was one out of 100, I think she was still aware that she picked me. I see this as an opportunity to show that we should hang out again. But I also realize that if I don't perform well, this could be an impediment to that goal.
I anticipate getting at least one more invitation later on today or Sunday. Should I go to both? If I do should I spend the first or second half of the game at the party that this post is about? On the one side, showing up later will show that it's "no big deal" to me even though it is. On the other side, if I stay for the first half, it gives me an out if things don't go well (but I if it does go well, I'd end up leaving before I want to because I promised the other people I'd be there).