audreyh1
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Especially if it's a large group, and especially if it's a weekly thing.
I don't mind if it's a small group of close friends for a special occasion - that can be really enjoyable if you somewhat coordinate the menu.
This weekly pot-luck thing is part of our retirement community. There were very few people over the summer (the very few folks left is actually why it got started), and we went to a couple. The one after Hurricane Alex was kind of fun, because we took pictures of "the survivors". We went again several weeks later, and it was OK. It was fun to visit with the few other folks because we were the only ones in our quarter of the development, and we really hadn't seen anyone else for a while. Well, until after dinner people just wanted to sit around and gab non-stop, and then we just had to excuse ourselves because we had other things to do that evening.
Then we didn't go to any more. The fact was, we were usually running errands on Friday afternoons, trying to get that last missing part so we could finish our house projects over the weekend. Or we were doing some last minute furniture shopping. Friday evening was just not convenient for us.
Now a lot more people are back, and since we are interested in talking to some of the new returnees more, I was seriously considering attending tomorrow. It has a Chinese theme, and so I thought I would make a run to the Chinese restaurant for a few servings of shrimp lo-mien, as I don't currently have Chinese in my cooking repertoire, and my kitchen is still a work in progress although pretty functional.
But about an hour ago I decided that I really don't care for pot-lucks, and that for that reason we should simply plan not to participate in the future. And if asked whether we are coming on Friday, instead of our usual "oh, we're so busy running errands" or whatever. I think we'll just have to come out of the closet and more or less say that we just really aren't into pot-luck dinners and that's why we don't participate.
I'm sure people will figure out that we are only occasional participants in the community's social activities, so no reason to act any different now just because a lot of people are back.
You know, I really enjoy socializing over good food. It's a great family tradition. But I've decided community pot-lucks don't fit that category for me.
Anyone identify? (heh, heh with all the introverts here, I expect I am not alone).
Audrey
I don't mind if it's a small group of close friends for a special occasion - that can be really enjoyable if you somewhat coordinate the menu.
This weekly pot-luck thing is part of our retirement community. There were very few people over the summer (the very few folks left is actually why it got started), and we went to a couple. The one after Hurricane Alex was kind of fun, because we took pictures of "the survivors". We went again several weeks later, and it was OK. It was fun to visit with the few other folks because we were the only ones in our quarter of the development, and we really hadn't seen anyone else for a while. Well, until after dinner people just wanted to sit around and gab non-stop, and then we just had to excuse ourselves because we had other things to do that evening.
Then we didn't go to any more. The fact was, we were usually running errands on Friday afternoons, trying to get that last missing part so we could finish our house projects over the weekend. Or we were doing some last minute furniture shopping. Friday evening was just not convenient for us.
Now a lot more people are back, and since we are interested in talking to some of the new returnees more, I was seriously considering attending tomorrow. It has a Chinese theme, and so I thought I would make a run to the Chinese restaurant for a few servings of shrimp lo-mien, as I don't currently have Chinese in my cooking repertoire, and my kitchen is still a work in progress although pretty functional.
But about an hour ago I decided that I really don't care for pot-lucks, and that for that reason we should simply plan not to participate in the future. And if asked whether we are coming on Friday, instead of our usual "oh, we're so busy running errands" or whatever. I think we'll just have to come out of the closet and more or less say that we just really aren't into pot-luck dinners and that's why we don't participate.
I'm sure people will figure out that we are only occasional participants in the community's social activities, so no reason to act any different now just because a lot of people are back.
You know, I really enjoy socializing over good food. It's a great family tradition. But I've decided community pot-lucks don't fit that category for me.
Anyone identify? (heh, heh with all the introverts here, I expect I am not alone).
Audrey