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[sylke]

Work was so dull today. Not only did I have to listen to some of my co-workers talk about parties they can't make it to that I wasn't invited to, my presentation got pushed back to tomorrow morning so I had zero motivation this afternoon to do any work. I came home and the one remaining washing machine is being used, so I'll have to use Nathan's aunt's washer if I want clean underwear. But at least we have cookies.

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[amdiranifani.livejournal.com]

It's your Southerness showing.

Up here in the north we don't have time to wait for people to invite us.

We show up into the middle of a conversation and invite ourselves to whatever is happening later.

Seriously, what's the problem with just butting in and inviting yourself? I mean: either you're interested in hanging out with these people or you're not. If you're interested (eg, because they're interesting people), then it's all good. And if you're not really interested (eg, they're boring people), then no point in wishing to be invited only to turn them down.

[sylke.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in hanging out with them, not so much because they're interesting people but because they're people, period. If I was so picky as to insist on really interesting people, I'd never leave the house. The interesting people I know at work are mostly in the back lab, and I don't hang out in the lab because there isn't an extra computer there. As far as butting in and inviting myself, well, it's just rude and isn't likely to win me friends. It can put people in a very awkward position if they don't want me around or if it's a by-invite-only occasion and I don't know the hostess. It would certainly get them to quit talking about events around me, though, if I kept inviting myself to everything I heard.