On the downside of DH's promotion...

[WOT?*]

Corporate dinners. Ugh. I get my initiation (kind of) tomorrow evening when his soon-to-be-retired-boss is taking us out to dinner to congratulate him. One of the complaints DH's equity partners had was that there wasn't enough socializing so I foresee more dinners with his business partners in my future, as well as with his bosses at the corporate meetings and GTGs and all that other fun stuff. And in the course of some of this, since he's the boss I get to be the hostess with the mostess. Yay.

Talk about your FWP.

[anlo]

Have you met any of these people before? Maybe they like to drink and things won't be as stiff and formal as you imagine? I'm reaching here, I know. Good luck. I'm sure you'll be fabulous...says the internet stranger

[karmasabiotch]

I hate socializing. It kills me.

[WOT?*]

Thankfully I know the majority of the attorneys. His former (I guess, since he's retiring and DH has been appointed his replacement even though he still comes to the office) boss is a very nice guy and his wife is darling. He's also been a terrific mentor for DH, who said today that he thinks boss has a rather paternalistic pride in seeing DH get the job at his recommendation. They've had company BBQs at their weekend island house for a few years but not in the past year or two and they didn't do a family Christmas party last year either so we didn't do the spouse socialization thing for a couple years. DH spoke at a seminar in FL that his boss and wife attended and we did dinner with them at a local restaurant with a client and I didn't trip on the steps or insert foot-in-mouth as far as I am aware.

[mamasaurus]

You know, I was pleasantly surprised by a lot of the social stuff for my H's work. Sometimes it is dry and boring. Other times we end up hanging out with the old spice guy and mini kiss at a giant party. There have been a couple times I wished it was boring because I felt like some kind of messed up nanny, calling taxis for a bunch of drunk or coked-out dudes in suits and trying to send them home with the right laptops. Maybe you will end up enjoying some of it.

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Aug 5, 2012 11:21:06 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

I am not a fan of business socializing. Not that it's boring, though it usually is. It's just fraught with trouble, that is completely avoidable.

Yes. Business socializing stresses me out endlessly. I am normally so blunt and like to drink too much and corporate events are the opposite of that. And it sours experiences that should otherwise be fun by association. I now hate eating out because I associate it so much with work.

[2boys2danes]

I'm sure it'll be fine....you'll be charming and it'll go great

I, on the other hand, would rather slit my wrists then make small talk or business socialize with folks I dont really know and really dont have any interest in or care about. What's funny about that is that on the Myers Briggs personality inventory I'm the biggest extrovert there is! Good luck!