Party Party Party

@p1kef1sh (45681)
September 20, 2009 2:51pm CST
I am not one of life's real life extroverts - I leave that to when I am on here - and far prefer a small dinner/supper party of say six or eight than a heaving mass of bodies all straining to hear each other over the music, spilling drinks and spitting vol au vents crumbs at each other. Do you have a preference or don't care just so long as you get an invite?
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
20 Sep 09
I agree, not fond of the heaving masses
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
21 Sep 09
I'd like your Boss to be there too... I'm funny like that...
@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
Just the two of us........
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
20 Sep 09
Not really. I'm as happy in a small group, where I socialize as I am hovering in an unseen, obsrvatory corner of a large gathering. Somewhere away from the music amplifiers and near the buffet table...lol. The gossip from watching a large group can be just as entertaining as what is hear in a small group.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
People watching can be fun. Of course, they're probably watching you! LOL.
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
22 Sep 09
That's an understatement! I went to a Deep Purple concert in the late 70's..and I don't think my head stopped vibrating for a year...
@nannacroc (4049)
20 Sep 09
Four to six people is more than enough for me. Much as I love my family, don't tell them, I can't stand it if they all turn up at once. I often get invited to big family parties and make sure I arrive as late as possible and leave early. As a child I used to disappear with a book when all the family got together. I think I still do that.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Sep 09
I can qualify it even more. It should be a small group, I need to know at least one person there and I do better one on one. In group conversations, I tend to feel lost. Even better if there is a very extroverted person who can manage to actually get me to feel comfortable...
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
Yep. I can go with that. I like one to ones too. Or is that two?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Sep 09
Now don't start throwing math at me!
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
21 Sep 09
I'm a party-hater, I'm afraid! I'd much rather be cozied up in bed with a good book! I hate dressing up, and I'm not a drinker - so it bores me to be stuck with groups of people who are getting sillier and sillier as the evening wears on. All I want to do is go home!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
I'll stay home with you Guy.
@dust1234 (117)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Yes I will go to just about any party but if I had to choose it would have to have a medium between the crazy party and the dinner party.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
That could be quite a nice balance Dust.
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
20 Sep 09
I enjoy going to parties. I don't like giving the party. Feel free to invite me to your parties. I will bring food or drinks. Let me know how I can help you. But please do not ask me to do the party for you. I am not good at it.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
I'd sooner give one than attend one! At least that way I can keep busy.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
21 Sep 09
I'm not one that likes crowds either, Pike. Maybe when I was 17, I thought they were good. I was so dam shy that the more people the easier it was to blend in ...it was great. I prefer to have a couple of friends over and have dinner, drinks....good talk .....whatever.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Yep...I shy right up. Went to a large cookout this summer at a friends. Had a great time but I found my comfort zone sitting at a table with a small group of old friends. The life of the party would not be me!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
That's me too Sid. I can't do big groups very often these days.
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
5 Dec 09
I love to party but with few friends not with a big group of people.When i was in college we had a very big group and we used to go to pizza corners and eat,sometimes we used to go to friends house and eat at birthdays.Mostly we used to have our parties at hotels and snack points.If i am invited i attend a party or else if i hear about a friends party i do not get bothered with it.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
5 Dec 09
Parties at hotels are popular for certain events - weddings, milestone birthdays etc - but quite expensive. We tend to party at home if at all these days.
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
9 Dec 09
Yes you are right partying at home is the best way to enjoy.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
20 Sep 09
hi pikey me too, I am not an extrovert at all. I get all tongue tied at a large party, while I can have fun at a small party. I can enjoy just talking to a few people while I used to hide behind my hubby at a large party.Ihave trouble trying to hold a drink in one hand, and a paper plate of dubious strength full of food, and still hang on to my quad cane. need three hands, I invariably either spill some of my drink, or crumbs are on the floor, or my cane topples over. I am a klutz anyway and that always makes it worse.Then too when you only know the hosts all the other quests can see me being a klutz and then I am blushing and wishing oh gee wish I was home.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
LOL. I can be very self conscious at parties too Hatley. Grin and beat them is what I do. And get out as soon as decently possible.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
I'm a kind of person of no vices. I think ignore the invite because I consider all those a material things that is useless...have a nice day!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
22 Sep 09
Goodness. That's very disciplined of you. Thank you.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
yup! my friend, I prefer to take away from vices because I want my kid someday they respect me more. Because kids today Idolizing their parents and need to show with them the good manner and right conduct...I want to be a model of my kid in the future...
• Netherlands
21 Sep 09
I don't much care what size the party is P1key, basically it all depends on who is there. If it is a group of what I consider boring, highly intelligent people then I would rather it be small as then there are less people to bore me, (not that I don't like highly intelligent people, I Do actually, just not a whole room full of them at once, then there is never anyone fun to get away to when I get bored and don't have any idea what they are talking about!!), but if it is a party filled with fun loving party goers then large is good too!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
I loathe being at a party where everyone else knows each other and I know no-one. Sooner or later you get the in jokes and the stories that you can't possible know anything about. Tie for home then I think GEL.
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• Netherlands
22 Sep 09
Oh I know what you mean P1key...you feel so much like a 3rd wheel and even though you Know it isn't true, sometimes you think these people are Purposely keeping you in the dark because they don't like you or want you to be in on their Big Secrets!!
@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Hello my friend How are you this fine day? Well I am not much of a peoples person, so give me 4 maybe 5 and I am happy, I don't care much for crowds the smaller the group the happier I am, always been this way not really sure why, but I am use to it so I don't see myself changing anytime soon lol, now mylot well that is different I feel comfortable her as long as you are there and I am here its fine with me Thank you my friend.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
I'm well thank you and I agree completely. A few good friends is so much more enjoyable than 100 unknowns n a room full of noise and heat.
@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Hello my friend Exactly, who needs it Thank you my friend.lol
@mattivdw (46)
• Antarctica
21 Sep 09
Parties are about the music and the fun. If you don't enjoy yourself why do you go? I like partying. But I prefer certain genres of music. Of course dance. I like big events and festivals really much. If the music is bad in my opinion, I drink and make fun with my friends. If the music is great, I dance 'till my legs are numb The more people are into the music the DJ plays, the more I enjoy. The mood in the club is very important. I don't go to home parties, in my country there is no such thing. Or you hang at somebody's place and drink a little and have fun. Or you go out to a club or gig. We like to party big in Europe. take care and party hard
@p1kef1sh (45681)
21 Sep 09
Trust me I know all I need to know about partying in Europe. I've lived here all my life! But as I get older I prefer smaller groups. I'll leave the hard partying to young chaps like you.
• Antarctica
21 Sep 09
Yeah I sometimes prefer some smaller underground parties. Where the play minimal
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
22 Sep 09
Well, I would rather have a small(4-6) dinner party then have a big loud bash party with to many people. Birthday parties are enough for me..they are always very tiring having to deal with so many people and their likes, dislikes,wants and needs. Smaller is just easier and I feel I would enjoy it more. Wild child I am not.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
22 Sep 09
Ne neither Becky. I'm much happier with a small group of friends.
@Aingealicia (1905)
• United States
24 Sep 09
I prefere smaller parties. They are much better for me to handle the people. Ainge
@p1kef1sh (45681)
1 Oct 09
That's my view too Ainge. I get loss tolerant of big parties the older I get.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
23 Sep 09
It depends on my mood. Although I haven't been to a party for years, I would sometimes like to be at a party where there are lots of people--but I'll pass on the loud music! But usually I would opt for the small, more intimate gathering.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Sep 09
Small and intimate is me. Loud noise and sweaty bodies can all go someplace else.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
22 Sep 09
hi p1ke. i love to party. that's great. and it doesn't matter if it's simple or extravagant, as long as you invite me, i'll be coming.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
22 Sep 09
LOL. I'll remember that Neil.
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
1 Oct 09
Hey, Well I have been to a party recently that wasn't really that good. I mean there were people drinking and people vomiting and I didn't really feel like that was a party at all. I just felt sorry for all of them, wasting their lives. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!
@Rainegurl (2156)
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
Hi there! I like intimate dinner parties where my friends and I can hear each other without shouting I do not mind noisy parties only when I am a close friend of the host's and there is a small corner where I can sit down and talk to some friends. Take care!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
22 Sep 09
I much prefer small to large - even when I can get to sit down.