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humanodon  ·  4059 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ghosting, the Irish goodbye, the French leave: stop saying goodbye at parties.

I will admit to ghosting, especially if I get drunk and hungry and no one else is interesting in eating, or more likely, I feel like eating alone. It's not that I mind people seeing me eating, it's just that sometimes I don't care to be social while I eat.

Alternatively, I sometimes ghost if I don't like the crowd, or the dynamic feels weird to me, but in general, if someone made an effort to personally invite me to something, I feel like I am obligated to do them the courtesy of at least thanking them for the invitation and to set vague future plans (which I tend to act on) to do something with them at another time, as per my upbringing.