has anyone here gone to a party before?

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I was going to post a thread about parties too but this seems like a good one to add to.

How much I enjoy a party depends on what kind of party it is and how well I know the people there. I generally don't enjoy dinner parties - or any other party where you're require to sit and make intelligent conversation (which I find generally really means people all talk about themselves in order to prove they're the most intelligent) - because I'm really not interested in impressing people with how much I might or might not know. I just find them tiring and boring.

Parties with music and dancing though I really enjoy, because I tend to find people relax a lot more, worry less about looking cool (especially once the alcohol starts flowing) and just enjoy the moment for what it is. I always I find I connect with people really well when I'm dancing because I'm less worried about making a fool of myself and I find it easier to make other people relax if they look like they're not enjoying themselves.

That said, if I ever see someone sitting in a corner looking lonely I try and make an effort to talk to them and integrate them into things, because I know how bad it can feel to be left out.

I frequently go to birthday partys, (i just went to one last night ) but as for social get-togethers with loud music and dancing i havent been to one in awile

I've been to a few, as far as I'm concerned there is nothing more boring than being surrounded by a bunch of people in varying levels of intoxication while loud, usually earshattering "beats" complicate every conversation people try to have with me because I can't hear anything they say.

Being drunk myself doesn't make things any less dull either, I had more fun on my drunken walks home than I did at the parties.

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Been to a few house parties, after show parties (or getting drunk with the band) and birthday parties. I need a few drinks in me but I eventually get as silly and drunk as everyone else. Sometimes I drink a little too much. But I like drinking with me mates.
And those after show party hangovers are murder.

When I go to a "normal", "social" party/event, I first get bored because I'm usually the guy sitting at the table by myself, sitting on a couch by myself or standing off to the side by myself. Then I get depressed. I want to like them, I want to enjoy making small talk, I want to have people want to be around me, but I don't it depresses me.

Not to an actual house party, no. I've been to birthday dinners and bar nights, but didn't enjoy them as much as I thought I would. I don't really understand the purpose of social occasions like birthdays and holidays. So I never get excited about the cake for birthday or the turkey for thanksgiving. These rites of passage don't seem to be as important to me as they are to other people.

I have but not until I was into my twenties. I have to say I don't attend them that much and when I do I find it very difficult to "click" - I find breaking into a conversation extraordinarily difficult, even if it sounds interesting (and usually it isn't). Most of the time when I do go I usually spending most of my time eating.

I have been to LOTS of parties as the time I was around 15 started blossoming. I prefer the classy ones.. you know not getting drunk and making a fool of yourself! Yeah those kinds are fine and I also find someone there who I can chat with easily... lately I haven't gone though because I am too busy with family, my writing career launching, etc...... just don't have time!

Mir

I have been to parties, I have thrown some parties. Usually at some point I end up in the kitchen cleaning up. I'm not neat at all I can just relax better when I have something to do, and often someone else will come in and help me and we will talk. I have been to fancy dress up cocktail parties with wealthy and prominent people, they often find me amusing, I have had a few parties, some were so boring I wanted to leave, and one was so good people were calling friends, even though the beer was long gone. I don't know what makes a good party. I always have an exit strategy. I often find the few people I share interests with and monopolize them. (don't do this to the host) I do often leave without saying goodbye. It's rude, but I am never sure who to say goodbye to.
I have had fun at parties, and I have hated it and left, or wanted to leave. If I get ther eand it is loud and crowded I will start planning my escape. I don't drink or drug, so I am also at a disadvantage there. That used to help me fit in better, but I never could do it in moderation, and usually got stupid drunk.

I like small parties, or parties which only include people from one aspect of my life. I don't enjoy being in social situations with both family and workmates, or workmates and friends. That just tends to bring on too much awkwardness for my brain to handle.

Also, I'm a little obsessive about finding out how many people I'm truly comfortable with will be in attendance before committing.

A party at my house -

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I have indeed been to parties before, which is how I can tell you I f**king hate them.

been to a couple of parties-felt alone and just waited to make a polite exit.

Going to one tonight. These are my sister's art college friends, and I get along wth them very well. These folks are pretty eclectic so I fit right in. I'm pretty good at forming superficial relationships, so meeting new folks at parties is no problem.

I've never been to a house party that involved drugs and dancing, but I've been to a few other types of parties. I tried to attend a couple of school dances, but the atmosphere in both cases was awful. The music was too loud, there were too many people, I didn't know how to dance, and I really didn't like wearing a dress. However, I did enjoy a small social get-together at a classmate's house. It was fairly quiet, there were only about ten people, and I knew most of them. The dress code was casual. We had a ginger bread house-building contest and exchanged "secret Santa" presents in an anonymous manner. We ate dinner together and later enjoyed a bonfire in her back yard. I've also attended a couple of "meet us at this restaurant" get togethers, but they were boring and kind of awkward.