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Originally Posted by Matt75
UpDown I've learned how to manage socially too. For work and family occasions. I have some rote 'scripts' and think of things ahead of time that I might talk about. I also need to have some understanding of the physical setting to make it work.
If the script runs out/fizzles or the physical setting is unknown/unfamiliar/otherwise 'threatening' so is my social 'grace'.
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Yeah, the "what do you do?" is from the script. The really bad jokes are not. I crack a disgusting one and then the alarms in my head go off. WTF just came out of my mouth? There must be a hole around here I can crawl into. Or maybe a glass; there's an open bar...
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