Go by public transport so you can have a drink to help get through it and if that isn’t enough you can still leave.
I wish my home town had public transportation
The real pro move is to carpool with like minded people with a kid.
“Oh, I would love to stay but John’s son is so fussy and they are my ride. It was great seeing you, we should do this again”
“It was great seeing you again”
“but… You just got here five minutes ago”
“SO great…”
Public transport is nice too “ah sorry I’ve gotta catch my bus, it was lovely to see you bye!”
I guess I’m lucky since I enjoy spending time with my family and haven’t had to consider things like in op
Bring snacks secret ones.
No matter where I am, I always have a sketch in my head as to what “leaving” would be like. How long it would take in total, then for each leg:
- Stand up
- Pick up coat
- “Welp.”
- Put on coat
- Walk to door
- Open door
- Make one last witty comment before closing door behind me
- Walk to car
- Open car door
- Sit down
- Foot on brake
- Turn key to START
- When engine is running, release ignition key to ON position
- Seatbelt
- Steering wheel
- click Reverse
- Release brake
- Rear view while backing up
- Steer onto street
- Apply brake
- click click Drive
- GO
This is obviously different if I’m somewhere where I have not taken my own car and have to depend on alternate transportation, whether that be:
- Public transit
- Catch a ride with someone else
- Rideshare/taxi
- Walking
- Rental bike/e-bike/e-scooter
- Canal boat
- Slip-N-Slide
- Pneumatic tube
- Quantum tunnelling
- Window
- Magic[k]
- Hiding until everyone else leaves
- Go to sleep
I’ve got a pretty nice system.
1: PANIC
B- Go
You may notice there’s no conversation before the final step. This is because my anxiety doesn’t allow me much talking until I can decompress.
It’s worked so far.
It also gives you a retreat space if you’d like to stay, but want half an hour to yourself midway through.
@late_night what vehicle? My train’s leaving, gotta go, bye!
Leave without saying a word to anyone
