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Sep. 5th, 2003 02:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayUntil an event that is typically more stressful than an annual performance evaluation... a local poly pool party with 50-100 attendees. Lacking a local date, I've almost always gone alone... and sometimes foundered, without a safety-person there for emotional support. This time, there will also be a few people there that are likely to quietly mock me, whom I'll be avoiding. If it weren't the largest local community event, and I wasn't also starved for higher-energy social space, I might skip it. But I won't... wish me luck.
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Date: 2003-09-05 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-05 08:49 am (UTC)I think you will do fine. With a 100 poeple there... you can gravitate toward those with good vibes toward you.
If I were there.. I'd hang out with you!
It is kind of hard to go to those huge group throng events without a companion. I admire your courage. It's not easy.
And remember this: anyone who is there 'quietly mocking you', is really not worthy of much of your time or energy. If that's the most interesting thing they have to do at a party.. then they need to re-evaluate their social priorities, get a hobby, something.
;)
and... don't let your imagination go too wild on that idea. I bet most people will just be there to have fun......
enjoy.
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Date: 2003-09-05 10:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-05 12:34 pm (UTC)Huh.
Date: 2003-09-05 01:06 pm (UTC)Good luck! Just avoid known snarkys.
upcomming event.
Date: 2003-09-05 02:06 pm (UTC)Re: upcomming event.
Date: 2003-09-05 09:27 pm (UTC)Re: Huh.
Date: 2003-09-05 09:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-05 09:32 pm (UTC)As far as mocking goes... several of the
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Date: 2003-09-06 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-06 01:42 am (UTC)If I were there.. I'd hang out with you!
Awww... thanks. The one time we were introduced in person, you were the co-hostess of this party, so I'm honored. Although you'd be, um, busy if you were actually at a party down here, I suspect.
don't let your imagination go too wild on that idea
If I'm lucky, that group and I won't interact and will scarcely notice each other.
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Date: 2003-09-06 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-06 01:47 am (UTC)Surely you can summon up a business trip to the UK some time - visit Prof Pillinger at the OU or something? :-)
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Date: 2003-09-06 02:46 am (UTC)Hmm... I'm scheduled to get weekends off, (e.g. 10-12 October) and there are Seville-Heathrow fares for around $138... how long does it take to get from LHR to your area?
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Date: 2003-09-06 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-06 03:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-06 09:53 pm (UTC)At present no one is banned from the event, as publicly stated by the host.
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Date: 2003-09-07 02:32 am (UTC)Not the moral dilemma that people might expect! :-)
Date: 2003-09-07 01:40 pm (UTC)What an audacious suggestion! (Spain's a long way from England by European standards, as you know) My delay in replying isn't so much shock and awe (!) as having lost this thread temporarily, however :-) I have to admit that you've - completely sweetly and unintentionally - caused me a moral dilemma, though - I've got this 'thing' about irresponsible burning of fossil fuels, so help me! :-)
It would be really lovely to see you! Are you sure you can't come up with a legitimate business reason to be in the UK?!