Rebuilding Rob

I’m still feeling greedy with the hits that Your Favorite Blog has received over the last few days; ever since I switched to some writing prompts from this particular website. With that in mind, I grabbed another interesting prompt that was suggested from earlier this month…

Do you prefer hosting or going over to someone else’s house?

I’m a decade or two removed from my house party days. When I was in college, I always preferred hosting parties. X1 and I had formed a circle of friends within our apartment complex. Some Of them went to school with us; a lot of them didn’t. But for the most part, we hosted people for the parties. I don’t know if it was some deliberate or intentional too al by either of us. It just sort of happened.

For me, I think I’ve always been more comfortable feeling as if people are coming to see me, rather than me going to see them. When I do go to other people’s parties, I hate those first few minutes when I arrive and I’m the center of attention. Ive just never craved the spotlight. At all. This even goes beyond parties. In any sort of group setting, the earlier I’m able to arrive, the better I feel.

I remember thinking a lot about this when it came to New Year’s Eve parties. NYE was one time of year where I did not want to be on the road with all the drunk drivers. The only day that was even close to those was Thanksgiving – often call “the biggest party night of the year”due to all the college kids going home for Thanksgiving.

I can when I would go out t o the club with some friends, more often than not, I drove. This wasn’t out of some obligation to be the designated driver. But in those situations, I trusted my sense of self-control and moderation more than I did that of my friends.

Also, when you are the one driving to a party or a concert, YOU are the one who decodes when the group leaves and when the night is over. Again, I don’t think that’s as much of a control issue as it was me mistrusting my friends.

Of course, the one great argument about going over other people‘s homes for parties is that you never have to clean up… 

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