I had to contribute to the cost of that, in addition to my bus fare into town and back.
Guests were obliged to buy their own drinks all evening, which shocked me.
Entertaining is not my area of expertise, I’ll admit that, but surely, if you are a host,
you are responsible for ensuring that your guests are provided with a libation?
That’s a basic principle of hospitality, in all societies and cultures, and has been since recorded time.
In the event, I drank tap water—I rarely imbibe alcohol in public.
I only really enjoy it when I’m alone, at home. They did at least serve tea and coffee later in the evening, free of charge;
this was accompanied by poor-quality savory pastries and, bizarrely, slices of Christmas cake.
For hours and hours, there was a disco, and terrible people danced in a terrible way to terrible music.
I sat on my own and no one asked me to dance and I was absolutely fine with that.
The other guests did seem to be enjoying themselves, or at least I assume that to have been the case.
They were shuffling on the dance floor, red-faced and drunk. Their shoes looked uncomfortable,
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