Meistersinger wrote:
I don't mind small parties, like an ice cream social, where I know the people in attendance.
I also am fine with smaller parties. I guess, in some ways, I don't really think of such as parties, so much as gatherings of friends. When I think of parties, and this might just be my age group too, I think of crowded rooms with flowing alcohol and terrible, thumping music pervading the whole thing. That's what I hate. I've never been to one. Part of it is because I'm rather out of the loop at my university. I never know when/where the parties are. If I see or hear one, I wouldn't just go in either. (I don't know if there's anyone in there I know.) Plus the whole idea just seems, to me, to be a waste of time. Trying to find love/sex or meet people at a party is like gambling - you don't know who might be there or what kinds of interests they have. Then again, like others, I'm wired differently. Just walking into a room full of people I don't know and trying to make conversations and connections is beyond daunting. It doesn't help either when you don't watch sports.
I'd rather get together with my friends. That wouldn't be a waste of time, to me. Good conversation, lots of funny humour, good music, camaraderie, perhaps some good cooking - that's a lot more appealing than a typical party to me.