Learning experience

[cyrano]

Apparently I suck at parties. Who'da thunk.

However, lovely women telling me I look good should happen more often.

Comments

[satyrlovesong.livejournal.com]

You're not alone in that. My first Pryankster party felt the same way, but luckily I had a couple of friends who were VERY supportive. *soft smile* In fact, loupyone kindly led me into the garage where I could be blissfully alone in the cool (relative) silence, and guarded the door until I felt well enough to socialize. Social overload is fairly common in tech geeks, I've found.

The other realization I've come to is that EVERYONE, even those "well-educated handsome clever self-actualized beings" has their own moments of panic and despair and there is a good chance that they envy YOU for some talent you might not even realize you possess.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That sounds lovely. It took me a while to figure out that I had options at these sorts of gatherings aside from "Stick it out and suffer" and "flee the scene". I imagine that I was (was?) nearly as frustrating to deal with as I was frustrated.

[xleste.livejournal.com]

Hi sweetie - I didn't find you at all frustrating and glad you took steps to take care of yourself. It was a little noisy and /I/ was overloaded at times - and I'm a rabid extrovert. :)

THANK you for coming and being there and wishing me a happy birthday. It was truly lovely to see you!