Is it just me, but have you ever had a time when you went to a party or a nightclub with your friend and their friends, and for a while they’re really friendly and chatty and you have a good time with them, but then once you’ve all left the club and start going your separate ways, they’re suddenly much less friendly?
I’ve had this experience a few times over the years. It trips me out every time, it annoys me. During the night, you’re all smiles and laughs, talking enthusiastically (somewhat drunkenly) to each other, thinking you two have already hit it off. Granted, if you’ve just met them, of course they’re not going to become your best mate overnight, but to me, it feels like they feel their obligation to act all nice is finally over, so they can finally drop the act and treat you like a stranger. You go from having all these laughs together to a blunt “see ya”. One such time, I gave the guy a lift when I was heading home and I thought we were getting on alright, but I bumped into him the next day and all I got was a passing “hi”. What a letdown! It really ends the night on a down note to me.
What’s the go with this though? People can be more loose at clubs and act crazy with their binge drinking and crazy dancing and express their lustful urges more than anywhere else, which is all fun and games. However, once you’ve left the nightclub, you’re back in the real world and realise you can’t do those things in everyday life, so then you got to get back to how you’d normally act in public. Does this really have to extend to socialising though? Apparently they feel it does.
Yes, if you see these people more times, you’ll both get to know each other better and have a better, proper friendship, but it’s this awkward getting to know you phase that’s shit. Oh well, that’s life I guess, both in the club and in reality.
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