Despite the fact I'm going to a kids party I still put a book in my bag...I can hope!
Time to prepare myself for small talk and pleasantries. #sociallyawkward #anxiety
Naj I feel you on the small talk. I hate it with a burning passion. Here's hoping you actually get to read the book. Also, there will be cake! 6y
Cathythoughts Where would you be going without a book ?!! I can only do so much small talk .... then ... 😱😬I hear you. But the children make it easy & fun 😘😘😘 6y
monalyisha I think the weirdest social event to which I‘ve ever brought a book was a wrestling match. You better believe I read it. 😆 6y
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julesG I hear you!!! But I do have to second @Cathythoughts, where would you go without a book? I've left the house without my phone, without my keys (very stupid move), without a scarf/hat/proper jacket, once even without money, but I always have my kindle with me. 😉 Try to talk about books. 6y
TrishB Oh yes, other mothers. Always feel inadequate and awkward...hope it goes ok, concentrate on the kids or the book! 6y
laurieluna @Naj I didn't get any cake! But I did finish my son's ice lolly so silver linings! For me it's that when people start talking to me I then have a tendency to babble and wander off topic. I then get looked at funny. 🤐 6y
laurieluna @Cathythoughts I just tried to focus on Max. Didn't get to read as my partner stayed too, and I would have felt bad reading while he ran after the youngest. But yes, I always try to have a book to hand! 6y
laurieluna @TrishB I always feel totally under dressed too. Most of the other mam's and dad's were dressed up, blouses, shirts and such. I had my star wars t-shirt and jeans on 😌 6y
laurieluna @monalyisha I can totally understand the need to read it too! Not a fan of wrestling myself. 🤼 6y
monalyisha @miralunasbooknook My husband‘s in a band & they sometimes play live (the wrestlers‘ intro music & sound effects, when they bash each other or hit the ropes). I don‘t love it either but it can be entertaining. For instance, there‘s one wrestler whose persona is a cat; her opponents will often take cardboard boxes out from beneath the ring to distract her (since she‘ll drop everything to sit in them). 🤷♀️ 6y
Naj @miralunasbooknook I get funny looks because there's usually an awkward silence and then just to say something, I somehow say the weirdest thing possible and then the awkward silence starts again and the cycle continues 😅 6y
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