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I shaved my legs for THIS?
So for the second time we went to a social and didn't actually go in.
Some background: The local socials have been hit or miss at best.... and by "local" - I mean this place is close enough we typically drive home at the end of the night (or whenever we leave) but it's still about 45 minutes to an hour drive. We had gone to several at this location over the last year and really I can't say that any of them were a success for us. The turnout is usually low, and of what is there most aren't really folks we are attracted to (sorry, we aren't into people who think dressing up is finding a tshirt without a stain on it).
The first social of this year was announced heavily and when we saw that there were actually a large number of couples signed up to attend (I think the number was at over 70 on SLS - which is more than twice what you usually see for this social), so we decided we'd give it one more try. We went and we had a great time. From what we've heard there was one more social since then that also had a decent turnout, but we were out of town that weekend.
Then 2 weeks ago, a new social started in the same location. The new social was also pushed heavily and had lots of buzz (which I hope they continue to do) and had a good turnout. Not as large as the other one, but good and a different group. The people seemed more apt to try to "dress to impress". Granted the theme was "Puttin on the Ritz", but we were very surprised at the number of people who took it seriously and dressed UP.
So after two really positive experiences at this local venue, we were ready to go for tonight. Tonight was back to the original group hosting. And the number on SLS was dwindling... from just over 30 at the high point to around 27 when we last checked it today. We were still staying positive.
We invested a good bit of time trying to figure out what I was going to wear. Discovered that one of my favorite dresses (and one of my top two choices for tonight) had been ruined by the dry cleaners. The other top choice is now too big (we discovered when i tried it on). So that was causing a bit of a damper. I finally settled on a dress that Pet REALLY likes and that was appropriate for the theme (Biker night).
After the last two experiences being good, we even packed a bag "just in case" we needed to get a room rather than try to drive all the way home. The bag turned out to be the smartest thing we did.
About halfway there I realized... 27 are signed up... chances are 2/3 MIGHT show up. We got to the hotel and we were greeted by the truth. In the area near the banquet hall.... 2 cars. Drove around the hotel, and it was almost completely dead as well. So we waited. It was just at 7pm (but the last two parties we'd been to, we'd gotten there right at door opening and it was already busy), so we waited and watched 8 couples go in over the course of the next 30 minutes. 1 of those couples was a couple we'd met at the last party and would have loved to have just grabbed them and dragged them back to their room (but didn't really think that would be the right thing to do). We just kept looking at the $40 price tag and thinking... is it really worth it to see this one couple and meet MAYBE one other that we saw going in that we MIGHT be interested in? We decided no. Of course, during the time we were waiting I had also texted one other couple who was signed up to see if they were still coming. When do they reply back? WHen we are halfway back "home" again. We left about 7:45 and headed back... luckily we had that change of clothes, so I changed in the car and we tried to salvage the night by grabbing some food.
Just as we are heading in to get food, I see I have voicemail. It's the couple I'd texted earlier. They'd called right about the time we'd gotten back to "our" town and asked if we were at the social. They'd just shown up and the same 2 cars were still all that was parked out front. We told them our story.... and they said they'd probably go on in. Evidently, while we'd stopped and ran in a store in between that call and stopping for food they'd called again to see if we wanted to just get together. A HELL YA!
Unfortunately, it was not to be. We spent the next hour playing phone/text tag. Evidently somewhere in there her phone died, so we never did meet up. Somehow we did still manage to have a good time tonight. But, we are re-evaluating how we evaluate whether or not a social is worth going to. For this venue, we've pretty much decided they must have at least 45 couples signed up on SLS the day of the party.
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