I am attending a formal event which I do not have choice about.
I hate these things. The crowds, food, drinks, clothes, shoes, etc... it's gawdy and uncomfortable.
Do people actually enjoy these things?
I know I don't.
I'd rather lay in a bathtub full of razor blades.
shareI don't. I had to go to one over the summer and left half-way through.
shareThey are wonderful, and great fun. I’ll use the slightest reason to wear a tuxedo. James Bond is my role model.
I experienced people assume that formal events will make them uncomfortable. The reality is that experienced, socially adept people, are among the most hospitable on earth.
I'm not worried about people being hospitable. I know these people. I hate crowds, the suit cuts, and the materials.
This is why I don't shop at malls, during weekends, or go to big events like birthdays.
Hell no. To be honest, I'd rather go to a funeral than to a birthday party or a wedding. At least people will leave me alone and I don't have to pretend like I want to be there.
share"Hell no. To be honest, I'd rather go to a funeral than to a birthday party or a wedding. At least people will leave me alone and I don't have to pretend like I want to be there."
I like that! Well said.
I also hate hate hate dressing up. Uncomfortable and impractical. That straight stiff material just puts a damper on the way I feel. Then there's the infernal tie. For the times I must wear a necktie, I remove it not a nanosecond later than decorum permits it.
No wonder so many film noir characters were murderous thugs; I'd be pissed off too if I had to gallivant around in clothes like that.
I don't think most people like dressing up. But at a funeral it seems like you can just show up wearing anything black and it's acceptable because grieving is the main focus.
shareWhy does music need to be that loud? People have no spacial awareness. Everyone looks like trash together but nice individually. The conversations are typical football and work stuff, and the food pales in comparison to Dennys and still costs 5x more.
These things suck. I refuse to do this again.
I go to a yearly formal "gala" performance, where all the local rich people wear fantastically expensive designer extravaganzas, and us plebs in the cheap seats wear cheap formal knockoffs or whatever we found at the thrift store.
I go with friends every year, and it's great fun! The performance is great, and the people-watching and clothes-gawking is worth the price of admission. Although, maybe it'd stop being fun if it were more than once a year.