I guess everyone has different ways of coping with meeting new people or operating in a crowd of strangers. There's the traditional method of drinking more than you would normally and quite quickly so that you get drunk and stop caring about what others might think about you.
This can occasionally backfire as your drunkeness can cause you to do several things that you might not ever normally do. eg. vomit on the table causing a scene, grope / molest or point suggestively at the attractive waitress / passerby / fellow dinner attendee or tell obnoxious jokes too loudly and then explain them in minute detail as you don't think anybody got them the first time. All of these things can get you into trouble.
And if you aren't a big drinker, then what are your options? You can sit there like a mouse all night waiting to be taken home, or attempt to join in the conversation by nodding enthusiastically at everything.
Tonight I used the rather abstract method of colouring in a childrens drawing with crayons borrowed from the 7 year old daughter of one of the guests. The results will hopefully be displayed here somewhere.
Everyone thought I was a bit strange to begin with but soon got into
it, and I had suggestions flying in from everywhere as to what colour
should go where. Eventually it got shown to a waiter who decided he
needed to jump on a chair and pronounce loudly to the entire
restaurant that 'this guy here had drawn this!' pointing at my
picture. It is lucky I don't have an embarassment gene. Anyway, we got a plate of free lollies out of it. Awesome.
Me avec crayons and my excellent picture
You just have to keep reminding yourself that these people are
probably really excited to meet someone new too.
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