Thursday, 17 December 2009

Lonely in Crowds

Tonight was my teams Christmas party.

In truth I have been feeling under the whether for a few days, however I still don’t understand why I am the way I am.

I feel lonely in crowds, I don’t know how to do small talk, and don’t like loud music. So I paid and left and when there were no taxis outside, I walked back to the hotel, 3 miles in the dark and the snow.

I hate feeling like this and at this moment all I want is to be hugged by Belle. I have had 3 glasses of wine, so I wont drive home, I will try and read then sleep.

The truth is put me in front of a customer and I can perform, but me in a social situation and I am inept!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Surely the only way to get better at small talk is to actually do it. Saying i don't like it and leaving isn't ever going to help you get better at it...if that's what you want. Everyone is lonely at a crowded event they go to alone, it's the nature of the things; we feel as though we can't talk to one or two people only because they will want to talk to other people and we don't know what to say to anyone else.

Being social is hard work but you can't get better if you don't try

Emma Linton said...

Maybe it's more that you don't know these people as well as you did at other places? I don't remember you being bad at small talk :) Although I think it's something to do with being the boss as well. I went to my team's Xmas do last Friday, and although we had a really good laugh, I wasn't part of the team. I was watching and laughing and commenting.