Went to my first bonafide full-on wedding last Saturday. Prior to that I attended a former student's wedding after party, but this time I was there for the whole shebang. It was two hours of a lot of sermonizing (both literally and figuratively), a lot of trite and contrived well-wishings and enskying to God and love and all that. I think it's great to praise and honor love, but next time do it with a little more heart and a little less head.
Anyway, after that was the more pleasant (albeit expensive) reception.
My goal this weekend was just to say "Hi, what's your name?" to everyone. I got off to a very tenative start at the dinner. I was exhausted and very much in my head, and mostly stuck to chatting with people I had met at the wedding or on the bus ride over to dinner. But after a bit of assistance from the free wine, champagne and beer, I was off and running up to and at the after party. I didn't quite say hi to everyone, and I was a bit intoxicated (though considerably less than the time before), but I must have approached at least 75% of the people, and I tried it a little differently than I had expected to. See, I've been watching a bunch of the short (generally less than 10 minute) RSD videos on you tube, and I decided to give their way a try: I was very direct and assertive. Rather than "Hi... what's YOUR name?" my approach was "HEY! What's your name?" The responses were interesting. It was very attention grabbing.
Regardless, I'm going to try this again, preferably with EVERYONE in the venue AND more sober. Should be fun.
I'm going to keep this one brief since I'm off to work in about five minutes.
Anyway, after that was the more pleasant (albeit expensive) reception.
My goal this weekend was just to say "Hi, what's your name?" to everyone. I got off to a very tenative start at the dinner. I was exhausted and very much in my head, and mostly stuck to chatting with people I had met at the wedding or on the bus ride over to dinner. But after a bit of assistance from the free wine, champagne and beer, I was off and running up to and at the after party. I didn't quite say hi to everyone, and I was a bit intoxicated (though considerably less than the time before), but I must have approached at least 75% of the people, and I tried it a little differently than I had expected to. See, I've been watching a bunch of the short (generally less than 10 minute) RSD videos on you tube, and I decided to give their way a try: I was very direct and assertive. Rather than "Hi... what's YOUR name?" my approach was "HEY! What's your name?" The responses were interesting. It was very attention grabbing.
Regardless, I'm going to try this again, preferably with EVERYONE in the venue AND more sober. Should be fun.
I'm going to keep this one brief since I'm off to work in about five minutes.
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