Not a party person - anybody else?

[shootingstar]

I don't mind lunch out with friends, etc., but parties in general make me anxious. I don't think I have any social anxiety disorders (?) because I routinely meet and work with new people in my business. I just feel that at age 60, I get to decide how to spend my time.

Am I weird or are there other people who feel this way? If you got over it, please share! The holidays (and parties) are approaching.

If it's a work-related party, I'm not as enthused as a party with a party with family or friends who we all share 1 common interest (at least). Totally agree with you dogmama, the older one gets, the more compelling time means how to spend quality time during the holidays. Great that your hubby would probably agree with you.

I enjoy meeting people and learning from them, but it doesn't need to be a party to have this happen.

Over the years, I've noticed that myself and my partner have the same sort of socialization habits in a party situation, each of us, separately end up talking with only 2-3 different people at ie. 4-hr. long party. So I guess we're similar: we're socialable hermits.

I also would like to say that gender and race shouldn't make a difference but it can. People can be cliquish I'm sorry....I recall attending a pre-conference party (over 180 people) for an international cycling infrastructure conference. You would think cyclists would be more broad-minded...but hey, it REALLY was awkward. We were in Copenhagen 2010. No one approached us ..at all. Dearie and I. I felt sorry for dearie (than myself), he is well known in Vancouver and was actually steering a group to win the next conference site bid to be Vancouver as the lst North American conference site after many years in Europe.

Sometimes as an interracial couple in a predominantly non-interracial groups at times, we have take the step forward. Not the other way around.