[dolphin08]

I'm a forum regular, on a different username because this question is somewhat lame

Whenever I'm at a party, I really like to mingle and meet lots of new people. However, I will often see people I know. What usually happens:

Me: Hey, how's it going?
Person: Good, how are you?
[Insert some random conversation...]

After a short while, I might no longer be interested in talking to them (depending on who they are). Instead, I want to meet more people. What usually happens:

Me: So...I'm going to go walk around and mingle a bit [hand gestures] but it was nice seeing you.
Person: [Awkward look] Yeah, okay.
[I walk away, but don't necessary start mingling immediately. The pressure to immediately find someone to talks to builds up...because that's the whole reason I ended that conversation, and I don't want that person to think I just don't like them.]

Here's the other bitch: sometimes I'll want to keep talking to that person, if I can't find a new person to meet. I try to meet people when I can, but if that fails, that's when I spend my time catching up with other people. However, I already said "it was nice seeing you," and resuming that killed conversation is a bit weird.

People usually have a very easy time talking to me, and I don't generally make people feel awkward at all. However, I tend to do that in these specific encounters.

Any suggestions? I feel that this is not a very typical issue, as everyone else at parties seems to just flow from one conversation to the next. I probably need to stop thinking about this and shut off my brain, but that won't happen until I figure out a generally acceptable way to end a conversation.

[Doofy]

How's about: "You're boring me now and your boobies are nowhere near large enough. I'm off to find some totty."

Originally Posted by dolphin08 

Here's the other bitch: sometimes I'll want to keep talking to that person, if I can't find a new person to meet.

That's very pansy of you. Seriously.

Of course, there's a very easy way out of all this which allows you to go walkies then go back to the person you've designated as wet nurse, but I'm not going to tell you since you're being such a pansy.

[PaperNotes]

I don't know how I do it. It comes out quite naturally and consciously unintended. If I'm talking to someone who made quite an effort to look upmarket or disguise their insecurities then I'll just say "Not bad. It's a good thing you wore that otherwise they wouldn't let you in here." and things to that effect.

Check please.

[dolphin08]

Okay, well, what about this example:

I was talking to two cute, nice girls. However, they're girls I know, girls I would never hook up with, and I figured it wasn't the best idea to just hang around them for the next hour. They probably wanted to mingle with other people, I wanted to mingle with other people, and I was probably going to run out of interesting things to talk about with them. So, I said: "Alright, I'm going to go around and mingle a bit but I'll be back." They gave me a strange look but smiled, as if to say "Aww, he's kinda awkward." I don't want my exits to be awkward. Why was that awkward? Sigh.

[Kevin]

If you ever get into that situation again, just make a new account and have that account keep talking to the person while your other account goes off looking for drunk women to take advantage of.

[dolphin08]

To be clear, I only said they were "girls I would never hook up with" because I know that everyone is assuming or will assume that I'm just trying to find a hookup.

In truth, I just love meeting new people, girls and guys alike. Of course, given the choice, I'd prefer to meet a cute girl .

[RAILhead]

The whole idea that you're even thinking about this stuff makes you a wuss. Just do it and quit being a drama queen about it, IceEnclosure. MAN UP!

[dolphin08]

Agreed, RAILhead. And I'm even more of a wuss for posting on MacNN about it. But you see, as a wuss, I need ways to avoid looking like one. Hence the question.

[RAILhead]

Unfortunately, it's next to impossible to get the wuss out of someone before their body is ready to let it out naturally. Thus, my recommendation would be to wait until you're around 30, and — if all the emo/metero "boys" don't ruin all Manhood on Earth — you'll be okay and mostly wuss-free by then.

[Kevin]

Yeah 28-31 was around the age I stopped "caring" too.

[dolphin08]

The best suggestion you can give me is to avoid parties until I'm 30? I was hoping for at least a little guidance, here.

[Doofy]

Heh. I was about 18 when I stopped caring. But yep, Rail speaketh the truth.

Right then Dolphin... ...ask the girls you're talking to to get their boobies out. If they don't accuse them of being crap at parties. If they do, then hey you don't have to go looking for other entertainment. Either way, your rating with them will go through the roof.

[paul w]

aaaaanyway. that's why you walk around with a drink. finish that drink and you simply say "Hey I think I'm going to get myself a refill."

Or you say you need to go the bathroom.

Or you do the whole "hey have you met so and so? Hey so and so come over here..."

Etc, etc..

[Atheist]

My favorite line is "well, I'm all out of words... talk to you later." I think I'm becoming a curmudgeon... but I just don't fret over social situations anymore.

[andi*pandi]

Originally Posted by paul w 

aaaaanyway. that's why you walk around with a drink. finish that drink and you simply say "Hey I think I'm going to get myself a refill."

paul is correct.

[RAILhead]

Mingling is so totally lame. Back in my day (college, 10 years ago), I saw a chick I wanted to hang with and just went and got her. If I got tired of talking and wanted to move on, I just said "well, I gotta go" and left. I didn't care if she saw me "go" fifteen steps to the right to another gal, because I'd just posted a DO NOT WANT sign on her by leaving in the first place.

Quit being so girly about it.

That is all.

[ort888]

Grab her breasts with both hands and go "HONK HONK" as you squeeze them. That will either end the conversation immediately or lead somewhere interesting. Either way, you win.

[RAILhead]

No, no, no -- you're supposed to walk up behind her, grab teh b00bs from behind, and say "now let's try this set out for size" while giving a nice squeeze.

[osiris]

RAILhead is right, so deal with it with extreme prejudice if the person really bores you.

It was only a matter of time before boobs were mentioned.
"Hello boys, have a nice rest?" - Mel Brooks

[Laminar]

I've accepted that I'm socially awkward so I try to make things as awkward as I can for other people too.

[Chuckit]

I believe the Miss Manners-approved resolution would be to refill your drink or — if you have the deplorable habit of not drinking — to excuse yourself because there's somebody you were looking for before you bumped into them. But the booby ideas mentioned above are intriguing as well.

[Dakarʒ]

I spend my time having conversations with potted plants.

[pooka]

You could just make a face expressing mild terror. Quietly inform everyone that you think your ass is about to explode and awkwardly walk away in search of a potty. If you decide to come back, just let them know it was a false alarm.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

I spend my time having conversations with potted plants.

You're lucky they have roots.

[Dakarʒ]

You're quickly becoming the Phantom Limb to my Monarch.

[Cipher13]

Take a cue from Arnie.

"I'll be back."

Jeez man, you're just thinking about it too much. It's not a formal conversation that has to be appropriately initiated and concluded.

Oh, and you totally wanna bang those two "cute, nice girls" because if you didn't, you wouldn't have said they were cute, and wouldn't have attempted to avert coming off as being a pig by adding the "nice" bit. Do what you need to and get in there.

[sek929]

"Well, it's been fun but I'm gonna go take a few hits of crack...you in?"

Conversation ended.

[ort888]

Can I be King Gorilla?

[sek929]

This is going to be Monday-licious!

[Dakarʒ]

So long as you don't try to f me in the a.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

You're quickly becoming the Phantom Limb to my Monarch.

I'll accept that as a compliment. For now.

[ort888]

Hey, they wanted the surreal life and King Gorilla gave it to them!

[sek929]

This place is full of f'ing animals....no hank I'm not talking about King Gorilla. I mean this place will chew you up and spit you out....no hank I'm not talking about Mecha-MOuth

[olePigeon]

If you'll excuse me, my shoe is filling up with blood.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by sek929 

This place is full of f'ing animals....no hank I'm not talking about King Gorilla. I mean this place will chew you up and spit you out....no hank I'm not talking about Mecha-MOuth

You think you're Hot Sh*t in a Champagne Glass, but really you're cold Diarrhea in a Dixie Cup!

[RAILhead]

No, no,. no -- why do I keep having to correct you punks!!11! It goes like this:

You think you're hot snot on a silver platter, but you're really cold boogers on a paper plate.

DYN-O-MITE!!!11!

[pooka]

Diarrhea in a Dixie Cup rolls on/off the tongue better though.

[natnabour]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

You're quickly becoming the Phantom Limb to my Monarch.

BAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. That made me LOL so hard.


So listen up mr. "dolphin08".

One way to avoid having to leave the conversation - trying to find other people, not finding what you're looking for and going to back to that person awkwardness - is a simple, ''hey, let's make the rounds." This will get you BOTH walking around. If you see someone you'd like to talk to, you can use ''this other person'' as your wingman/woman.

(HINT: Even if you're making the rounds with a ''cute'' girl and run into another ''cute girl'' to talk to - most girls (and I say this loosely) will play you up. Put in a good word. Depends on the girl though and your relationship with her. So I suggest doing this with a longtime friend - because let's face it. You guys don't have a clue when a girl is into you - but if you've been friends for so long, chances are she sees you as a brother. Anyways...)

Second way to do this is to say, ''Excuse me for a moment." MOMENT - key word. If you walk around and see no one to entertain yourself with - you can easily go back to this person. If you walk around and do end up in an hour long conversation with someone else - your excuse? Well...you did excuse yourself politely. It's not your fault you're a mingling animal.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by pooka 

Diarrhea in a Dixie Cup rolls on/off the tongue better though.

WARNING: This post best not taken literally

[Shaddim]

"So, how do you feel about group sex? Wanna go find some?"

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

I spend my time having conversations with potted plants.

Originally Posted by osiris 

You're lucky they have roots.

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

You're quickly becoming the Phantom Limb to my Monarch.

[besson3c]

I think I've started a trend in getting everybody to make poop and pee jokes.

[Chuckit]

Unfortunately so.

[besson3c]

That explains why some members didn't want me to show them my butt. Like moths to a flame...

[pooka]

Man, you show me your butt and damn. You might as well slap a quarter in the jukebox and play "Come on ride tha train"

[besson3c]

Thanks pooka,

Unfortunately, I was hoping to make one exclusive showing, but my thread planning for this event was locked. I would rather not make multiple showings or send individual members butt pictures because they might leak and end up on all of the porno sites.

[PB2K]

Once I was so bored with someone's conversation that I left him with his stupid thoughts about a disco without sound. But he followed me

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by PB2K 

Once I was so bored with someone's conversation that I left him with his stupid thoughts about a disco without sound. But he followed me

Gotta love those pingers