[nabs-l] social strategies at parties

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, all,

Isn't a feature of many social happenings to eat 
together? what, then, might be fun of eating 
before coming, like some kind of helping staff?
Not my idea of a good time, that's for sure.At 
06:00 PM 1/5/2015, justin williams via nabs-l wrote:
>I don't like the sitting with me part unless you 
>build a relationship with them first or they 
>offer, but asking about the food is a good 
>idea.  Also, eat before you go so it is not 
>necessary that you eat when you are there. 
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>Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l Sent: Monday, January 
>05, 2015 8:42 PM To: Vejas Vasiliauskas; 
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>list Subject: Re: [nabs-l] social strategies at 
>parties I think both of these are fine and are 
>also great conversation starters. Just try to 
>get to know the person. If they are willing to 
>help, odds are they are also going to be willing 
>to talk as well. If they don’t want to help, 
>they’re not worth hanging out with anyway. 
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>Arabian proverb > On Jan 5, 2015, at 8:37 PM, 
>Vejas Vasiliauskas via nabs-l 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > Hi All, > I'd 
>really appreciate some advice.  I would really 
>like to know what you do in big gatherings where 
>you hardly know anyone. > Two weeks ago I went 
>to a friend's house because she was sponsoring 
>an event where people could go up and share 
>their writing.  There were about 100 people 
>there, mostly from my high school.  I only knew 
>about 3 of them.  I would normally have hung out 
>with my friend (I prefer to hang out with an 
>individual rather than a group), but since it 
>was at her house last month, she had to tend to 
>all the guests and make sure they had everything 
>they needed.  At dinner we had pizza and other 
>snacks.  I found the kitchen easily because I 
>heard people going in there, but I didn't know 
>exactly where all the food was.  I asked someone 
>where the pizza was and he got me a slice.  Then 
>awhile later someone mentioned more food and I 
>had had no idea that there was any. > So my 
>questions are: > 1.  Is it okay to ask someone 
>what all the food options are even if you hardly 
>know them? Do you think that they would normally 
>be willing to tell me? > 2.  Can I ask that 
>person to sit with me if I don't have anyone to 
>hang out with, or do you think that's too 
>akward? > In the end everything turned out fine, 
>but I'm just trying to get ideas so that I can 
>feel more comfortable in future parties. > I 
>have the feeling that a lot of times people want 
>to help but don't because they don't know what 
>to do. > Thanks, > Vejas > > 
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