Been to a few parties this year, it's great to finally be able to meet the people you haven't seen in ages but personally, I don't like the idea of parties that much, the crowd's too big for any talking. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind attending a few of them once in a while especially during Christmas just to get into that festive mood, and some games can be fun, but it's rather anti social behaviour cause you could be having as much fun with someone you don't know. You're engaged with a game and not the people. I don't really care if I still can't play bridge at age 20.

Things always end up the same: after a few hours of abit of talking and socialising, people run out of topics and there'll always be the "let's play card games/games/watch funny youtube videos together" suggestion. It's fun, but just as fun as finding people to play that game with you. People, not necessarily friends. Or people that happen to be able to play with you and whom you subsequently term as friends. I still find this all quite anti social. 

What does it mean to be "sociable" anyway? Feel like it does not necessarily have to be in big groups. At parties, there are always endless activities to get everyone involved. But parties can be equally 'sociable' with many many groups of 2-3 people having great conversation amongst themselves in a room of maybe 30. Problem is, you meet people you're not very close to during these big parties and it's normal to run out of topics quickly.

So why do people attend parties when they're not half as fun as we/movies help us imagine them to be?

I guess the world's a lonely place. Our closest friends may not be here by our side and as much as socialising can be tiring and perhaps a waste of time, we all hate being stuck at home alone on a day where everyone else are with their friends and loved ones.

The world is really just another lonely place.