Graduation Party Hopping

Sorry, guys. I already broke blog etiquette. I fell asleep on my couch before I had time to post something last night. :(

Speaking of etiquette, this brings me to my next point. I don't know how to do grad parties. And this is major grad party season. And there's this thing people do called grad party hopping? But for the most part, people haven't really liked me that much in the past, so I have very little experience with the hopping.

But I'm going to try. Because now that I'm a senior, I'm expected to be places. But I have limited myself to only going to the ones I actually want to go to. That's just how I roll. I refuse to love a lot of people. Is that bad?

In any case, here are my thoughts on graduation parties:

First of all, DON'T invite your entire Facebook friend list. Be honest: if you're inviting 400-1,000 people, you don't really want me there. And you most definitely won't miss me when I don't show up. Also, if you've never actually said more than twelve words out of courtesy to me, save yourself the invite. Because it would be awkward for both of us if I just showed up.

Also, don't be offended when I don't respond to your graduation party invitation on Facebook. I'm sorry. Just know that I intend to come if I love you. But my life is weird and busy and I don't want to tell you I can come if it turns out I can't. Please don't take it personally. I currently have 44 event invitations on Facebook and I have not responded to any of them. Oh, and thanks for inviting me. If you really meant it. You're sweet.

I also hate when people are grad party hopping and they say, "Oh, let's go to so-and-so's party next!" but you weren't invited to so-and-so's party. That becomes uncomfortable. I don't feel okay showing up to someone's party I wasn't invited to. I'm not going to invite myself to your graduation party. It's about YOU, and YOU purposely did not invite me for whatever reason. It's okay. I'm not offended that you didn't ask me to come, and I will not show up. You're welcome.

Eat the food. Just eat it.

Be gracious. That goes for both the host and the guests. If you're the host, make sure you come over to give me a hug and thank me for coming and show me where the food is. Host, be a good host, but don't get so into hosting that you forget to have fun.
Guest, make sure you seek out the host and the host's parents and thank them for inviting you. And say congratulations. And tell them how wonderful everything is. They will appreciate that.

And have fun.