do you avoid parties?

I don't like parties because I really don't like loud music - it gives me a headache, and I like to hear myself think - but also, I don't like it when people drink too much and get silly. I don't drink myself, so I can't understand people not wanting to be in control of their faculties. Plus, they must feel terrible the next day!

I have never liked parties, even as a child. I have never been shy but I simply dislike being in a crowd of people. I always politely refuse and at work they were quite used to it. They still always asked and never took offense when I refused. I also really hate to see people steadily drinking the evening away and getting sillier and sillier by the minute.

Hmm yeah I would probably say Im somewhere between avoiding parties and between actually going. I do pass up the parties where I do not know anyone or not enough people to "have a good time" (in my own opinion). I also have a bit of a social anxiety but not around people I know of course. Just around big crowds like amusement parks and I get a bit paranoid .. Like I feel like people are always looking at me and it seems like I can always see someone looking at me in the corner of my eye but Im pretty sure they really arent lol or usaully arent:P

I don't totally avoid parties. As much as possible, I try to attend with friends so I don't feel so alone. Talking with strangers or people whom I'm not close with is hard for me, so if I came with someone I know, I can relax. Sometimes I tell myself that parties are good opportunities to let go of my anxiety problems. Therefore I try to talk to others just to let go of my fear of strangers. In the process, I get to enjoy and help myself at the same time.

A few weeks ago my husband said we should drop in at someone's house because they were having a "gathering" for L's birthday. I said I wouldn't know anyone there, and he said that was a way to meet people. I laughed in his face. When has he ever tried to get to know my friends in my writing group?

More often than not, my husband will go to parties alone. I do not like hanging out with people I don't know, or people who have dissed me in some way in the past, or those who drink themselves into oblivian. There is nothing I hate more than a room full of drunks. This is one of the reasons I don't like going to visit my husband's family every summer, because it is "party country" and that's all they do. It is not my thing. My kids don't like being around it either.

Growing up I was a third wheel in a few different relationships. I continue to have a problem talking with people when there is more than one person. When I am in a group I kind of sit back and let others do the talking. I feel out of place even though they can each be good friends to me alone. I think I am improving on this issue though.

I would love nothing more than to have some friends over and play some board games or cards, but why does alcohol always have to be involved?

I am compelled to attend many parties because of social obligations. I always like attending parties with friends surrounded. I hate going to parties where i may look out of place. If accompanied by a group of persons, it makes a different thing, i think.

I don't like parties where I don't know even one person, hehe. I don't drink and I don't smoke so this make me an anti-party guy in my neighbourhood. I don't regret it . Cheers and happy myloting.

I personally prefer small get-together's over big parties. I would rather actually know everyone there. Nothing wrong with a big party or two every now and then, but constantly it would just drain me despite how much I love being the center of attention. Plus, most big partys involve drinking & i'm not a big fan of drinkers & smokers nor am I the age to drink where I live, anyways. Even if I was though I probably wouldn't drink other then on maybe a special occasion.

I really dont care for parties any more. Back when I was in school I partied a lot but after my mom died(my mom was hit by a drunk driver), I really didnt want anything to do with drinking or partying any more. I still dont!
I understand about being in a crowded room where you dont know anyone, I dont care for that either. I just cant get comfortable in front of a lot of people that I dont know.

Cheers, Tianna

Ugh, I hate those kinds of parties where I wouldn't know anyone but my partner and my partner had friends in it that he would often leave me alone and I would stand there awkwardly, not knowing who to talk to. I still would go though, just to be polite but not too often. But I love parties with my friends in it, it would be fun!
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