• 1. Ignore the request for RSVP and attend the party anyway.

    2. Call to RSVP that you will attend and then be a no-show when you get a better last minute offer.

    3. Bring a friend who was not invited.

    4. Be fashionably, habitually late to every dinner party.

    5. When invited to a family event, ignore your children and let them run amuck at your host’s home.

    6. Attend the party in a grouchy mood. Make sure everyone knows about it.

    7. Or don’t say a word to anyone all night and definitely don’t get out of your comfort zone to meet and socialize with new people.

    8. Dominate every conversation no matter what it is about.

    9. Leave your cell phone on and when it rings continually, have long conversations that other party-goers are forced to listen to.

    10. Drink too much and then insist that you are ok to drive.

    Happy Holidays!
    Patricia Mendez