>>19197082the trick to these events is to drink just enough to get buzzed and to try to maintain the buzz by drinking periodically. if you can, try to find a group of people to hang out with. if you have someone you're close with, just go hang out with them and whatever group they're with. crack a few jokes or whatever - it doesn't matter the quality, people will be drinking so they'll laugh at anything and you want to be seen interacting with people before you leave. then leave as early as possible citing some urgent thing you have to do (take care of a dog, my mom is sick...etc).
