December 15, 2010
Party Season my a**e
Posted in Uncategorized tagged party, season, social life, works do at 6:42 pm by zofiac
This is apparently the ‘Party Season’. Everywhere we look. Websites, TV, magazines are full of it. Well, I’m afraid it’s all passed me by. And has done for as long as I remember. In fact I really can’t remember the last Christmas party I went to …..possible a ‘works do’ somewhere in my dim and distant past – you know the thing, where everyone gets embarrassingly drunk and pretend they like each other, and the resident perv actually has a chance of a kiss under the mistletoe (maybe even a quick grope with a poor unsuspecting office junior). Now that I’m a)self-employed and b) a remote (very remote) worker I don’t have those any more. Thank heavens.
Again, in my dim and distant past I used to do ‘Christmas drinks’ for the neighbours. Even more embarrassing than the works dos……a mish-mash of country bumpkins that made the Dingles look upper class and posh local landowners, politely sipping (or on the Dingles’ case slurping) sherry and nibbling on mince pies. Argh, the horror of it all! I’m not sure the Spanish do anything like that and I don’t blame them.
The last party I went to/hosted was my 7-year old twins’ birthday party. And even then only 3 kids turned up. Maybe we are a family of social pariahs……even my kids have no social life.
Anyway, the party season. Is it a myth? I don’t know anyone over 30 who has wall-to-wall parties at this time of the year. Or are you out there somewhere, having a whale of a time? Must be so boring…..
Pah, who needs it anyway? Am I a teensy bit jealous? You bet I am……
