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Birthday party in a pub
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Good grief! :eek: I thought it would be a tad more low key than that! The happening sounds like the right way to describe it :rotfl:. Well done you for going, tbh it doesn't sound like everyone's idea of a good time, but you did really well to overcome your nerves.Scar tissue that I wish you saw, sarcastic mister know it all, close your eyes and I'll kiss you cause with the birds I'll share this lonely view.0
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it was a good experience for you maybe tho (and at least you know what to expect when they ask you to their christmas party!)0
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WOW! Well done for surviving the experience and thanks for letting us know.
I wouldn't worry about the couple you spoke to - not your mistake- theirs, for gate-crashing a party they hadn't been invited to. I hope this hasn't put you off going to another "do".
Recently I was invited to a friend's 50th party. My DH would not go ( he hates social events and he would not have known a soul as they were my colleagues) and when the time came I just did not have the courage to go on my own. Not being much of a drinker I did not know how I would get through the evening.
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downshifter wrote: »Thanks PrincessAmy. It was fine but unexpected. For a start the event - or should I say the happening - took over the whole pub, all 3 rooms. There was a live band. The pub put on its normal carvery - 3 choices of meats, a fish one and several veggie and salad options - the queue was huge. I was introduced to another neighbour so stayed on that table all night even though the neighbour got very drunk very quickly. There was a stripper or something similar though I didn't see that bit as I was in a different room. I made a bit of a pillock of myself by introducing myself to a couple and asked how they knew the birthday boy, - turned out they didn't and had just popped in for a drink not realising the pub had been turned over to a private party. Ouch! I left at about 11.30, only to find myself blocked in the carpark while a fight was going on - I sat tight in the car until the blood had been let and found the barman who knew the owner of the other car. Escaped and got home at midnight!
Anyway, I survived, the neighbour had a good birthday, I'm sure it went on till Sunday lunchtime, no-one else was leaving when I did. That's my socialising over for the next year though, it wasn't my idea of a good time (apart from the food) but as I said, it wasn't about me and the birthday boy was obviously in his element.
Thank you all so much for the ideas and giving me confidence, I nearly chickened out. It is very hard for a woman alone going to things like this...
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Good Lord, that was an adventure and a half! I must say, you did very well to stay till after 11. I hope this gave you a bit of courage to take the plunge another time and hope the next time it won't be quite so "lively".0
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You have done so so so so well OMG it is not how I imagined it would be at all I thought it was like a tame 60 year old birthday party and you were just a bit nervous. Sorry about my suggestion of starting a conversation
but as some have said it is their mistake, and they won't have thought anything of you, as it was a natural question to ask. In fact, it comes across like you knew they were strangers and that's why you asked:rotfl:
Well done :TDebt Free Wannabe by 1 January 2016
Jan 2015 GC £520/£450
Feb £139/£4500
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