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Complete strangers. I tend to talk to people so in scenario 2- having "known" them previously I would've talked with them and tried to get to know them. If there's no connection then I'd rather be with new people that I might hit it off with.
I think it would depend on circumstances but most of the time I'd go with the first choice. However, a dinner with my boss and company VIPS vs a charity event where I don't know a soul? Boss wins that one, even if I don't connect with him well!
Is this an actual decision that needs to be made, or are you just picking our brains to see our random thoughts?
I think it would depend on circumstances but most of the time I'd go with the first choice. However, a dinner with my boss and company VIPS vs a charity event where I don't know a soul? Boss wins that one, even if I don't connect with him well!
Is this an actual decision that needs to be made, or are you just picking our brains to see our random thoughts?
The latter, although it's certainly something I've had to decide a couple times in my life.
Let's say you can schedule a social outing with your spouse or SO. Which would you prefer:
1) a gathering with complete strangers
2) a similar gathering but with people you technically know, but have no real connection with
?
People I technically know. The very large majority of people you are acquainted with are, once you get to know them, really interesting people. So this would be an opportunity to know people a little better and perhaps enjoy a stronger friendship as a result.
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Are you expected to interact with the strangers? Or are they just there? I read this as either a dinner with friends or attending a restaurant where you don't know anyone.
Anyway, I vote strangers. I have enough activities/friends/family to keep up with. I'm not interested in any more. I've been to so many social parties with acquaintances that I'm officially done with them. Life is too short.
Hard to say. We just went to a social gathering with over a 100 people we technically know and had a great time getting to know everyone better. Lots of fun.
If you just wanted alone time with your spouse, I would pick the stranger option, assuming they stay strangers so you could have time together. Thinking a concert, restaurant, or some other place where you wouldn't go talk to other people.
Let's say you can schedule a social outing with your spouse or SO. Which would you prefer:
1) a gathering with complete strangers
2) a similar gathering but with people you technically know, but have no real connection with
?
Is "neither" an option? Why would I attend something like that?
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