Because there are likely to be drinks and music and other friends there. Staying close to the SO doesn't have to mean ignoring everyone else.
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Jessica - Jul 20, 2005 6:44:06 am PDT #1750 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Volans - Jul 20, 2005 7:32:15 am PDT #1751 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I have an etiquette question that has nothing to do with mingling at parties.
My upstairs neighbors, who are my landlord and his family, hang their laundry off their back balcony. Which means that when something falls off the clothesline, it lands on my balcony. They are not in the habit of coming down to the backyard and then climbing up on my balcony to check for stuff (thankfully).
The problem is that, other than the occasional clothespin, what rains down onto my balcony are the 18yo daughter's thong underwear.
Do I:
a) Set them somewhere in the stairwell that someone from the family will see, and collect them?
b) Give them to her father when he comes by to check on us?
c) Go knock on their door and explain in German/Greek/English while holding her undies?
d) Throw them into the backyard like they fell there?
e) Attempt to slingshot them back up to their balcony?
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2005 7:35:09 am PDT #1752 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'd throw them into the backyard.
t edit Everything I'm posting today is just making me look like the biggest misanthrope/avoider-of-human-interaction EVAR.
brenda m - Jul 20, 2005 7:35:58 am PDT #1753 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'd say a, though e could be fun.
Calli - Jul 20, 2005 7:36:50 am PDT #1754 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
f) sell them on ebay?
g) pass them along to the underpants gnomes in return for a cut of future fortunes (if they ever get step 2 worked out)?
I'd go with a).
Scrappy - Jul 20, 2005 7:37:13 am PDT #1755 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I'd do A.
Volans - Jul 20, 2005 7:37:35 am PDT #1756 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Everything I'm posting today is just making me look like the biggest misanthrope/avoider-of-human-interaction EVAR
I read your take on mingling at parties to be that you'd mingle, not that in lieu of sticking with your SO, you'd hide behind the potted palm and get to know the clam dip better. So that's social.
Jessica - Jul 20, 2005 7:42:00 am PDT #1757 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
f) sell them on ebay?
I was gonna suggest this, too. (Of course, "sell it on eBay" seems to be my answer to everything these days, so take that how you will.)
beathen - Jul 20, 2005 7:42:24 am PDT #1758 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I'd do A if I were feeling nice, D if not.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 20, 2005 7:46:10 am PDT #1759 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'd put the laundry items that fell onto my balcony, into a bag, and leave the bag in front of their front door or on the stairwell.