by logansrun 32 Replies latest jw friends
Nah, I'm a get drunk in the morning, stoned at noon, go to the matinee, come home, pass out, get up, play guitar until ten in the evening, have a little dinner out, read a book and go to bed kind of guy...
That's my idea of La Vida Loca. I'm not panicked at the idea of my life sliding away. Kind of enjoying it, really.
CZAR
If partying requires getting drunk, loud pop music and aerobic level dancing, probably not. I haven't really been to a party like that. So I can't say for sure I wouldn't like it. I'd at least try it, but I'm not much of a dancer, loud pop music usually starts to bore me after two or three songs and I see reason ever to experience the feeling of getting drunk, although I will drink a few drinks within an evening. I went with some friends bowling on disco night at this nice trendy bowling alley. So they sell liquor and they had the loud music going. I had fun. The loud music didn't bother that much. We could still talk a little. I had a few drinks and bowled a few games. Nobody made me dance although one of the people I was with decided to do a breakdancing style spin on his back after he hit a strike. No it wasn't the beer.
Small parties. If I have to go to a big party, I like to find a group and make it a small party. I hate trying to find my way through a crowd and then have to wait forever for a drink. I went to a bar with two co-workers and could not stand it. I so wanted to go home and get on my comfy clothes, cuddle my girl and watch tv. I'd rather go to my neighbors or have them over here. Our neighborhood likes to get together and we did go to a restaurant together, we've been camping together (10 families) and have poker night. Smaller get togethers where my daughter is welcome is more my style.
Logansrun, I know what you mean about feeling out of place with all the partiers, loud music and pot-smoking. To me, its like "How old am I again?" Now, for me, I went through all that when I was in my teens, my friends liked pot, I hated it. So, for some xjw's, they are sowing their wild oats in the 30's and 40's .........
Logan,
Is it possible that you were at the wrong party?
Frank
Please Bradley, refer to them as social gatherings!
My thing about parties is this:
1. What's with the super loud music? - I like music just as much as anyone, and I have a good audio system that can rock, but my point is, if people are getting together to socialize and thus presumably converse, why do they play music loudly, resulting in everyone simply yelling in order to communicate? Bradley mentioned loud music, and I agree - it's usually way too loud.
2. Smoking - This is the number 1 reason I never took to the bar scene, and never will. I was out last month at a local hotel/bar for Karaoke and the smoke was stifling. I came home reeking to high heaven. Yes, I know that smoking is a social habit that goes hand-in-hand with drinking and such, and that's why I don't frequent such places - the smokers win. I give up. If I were single, I'd choose some other way to meet people. The same can be applied to parties too, again as mentioned by Bradley, and I agree with him on that too.
I was at a neighborhood Halloween party, held virtually outside my back door. Luckily, we were outside, thus mitigating the effects of smoking, and not many smokers were there anyway. The music was loud, but again, being outdoors helped. Still, we all had to talk loud to communicate. But overall, not a bad gig and fun overall, plus my first Halloween party (did not dress up though).
I'm a wallflower.
~Aztec
It's funny... some of us here seemed to assume that parties were about dancing, and others assumed they were about talking.
If the goal is conversation, I'd prefer a small group. At a large reception/cocktail party/etc, I'll generally try and find a couple of friends and stay close to them. I'm not a good mingler.
But when sometimes talks about "partying", that to me means drinking and dancing.
I like taking pain pills and drinking booze....I like to be around people when I do that.
Integ.
No, not me. I'm not a "party person." Give me a drink and a dialectic with some Miles Davis in the background any day.
Amen brother!
I am not much of a party person at all. Sweaty bodies gross me out. Loud bad music just makes me grumpy.
I like people watching at parties. Finding my own little corner and just observing.
