So reading the forums as one does when working. I can across this year is 20th birthday of SH.
Should there be something to celebrate?
I'd just like to make a little comment about the SH 10th birthday party.
I was a single guy there and I spoke some of the other single guys who were attending at the time, which included the male half of a couple who decided to walk around my himself as his partner was occupied, and we all had the same experience of getting dirty looks from people. The kind of looks that say "what are YOU doing here?!?" and "you're not welcome here" as we were exploring the club. Even trying to approach couples that I recognised from chat was met with either dirty looks or backs being turned to me. It was not a nice experience. Had I not gone to the event with the couple I'd gone with, I would have left within an hour.
If the 20th birthday party goes ahead could I please ask people to just be kinder to everyone attending?
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I'd just like to make a little comment about the SH 10th birthday party.
I was a single guy there and I spoke some of the other single guys who were attending at the time, which included the male half of a couple who decided to walk around my himself as his partner was occupied, and we all had the same experience of getting dirty looks from people. The kind of looks that say "what are YOU doing here?!?" and "you're not welcome here" as we were exploring the club. Even trying to approach couples that I recognised from chat was met with either dirty looks or backs being turned to me. It was not a nice experience. Had I not gone to the event with the couple I'd gone with, I would have left within an hour.
If the 20th birthday party goes ahead could I please ask people to just be kinder to everyone attending?
Definitely such a good Idea I think we need to find a way to introduce people so they are not going alone. I think it takes so much for a single guy to attend any social I know they never regret it after 10 mins but does take so much.
Quote by tigerstyle2k2
I'd just like to make a little comment about the SH 10th birthday party.
I was a single guy there and I spoke some of the other single guys who were attending at the time, which included the male half of a couple who decided to walk around my himself as his partner was occupied, and we all had the same experience of getting dirty looks from people. The kind of looks that say "what are YOU doing here?!?" and "you're not welcome here" as we were exploring the club. Even trying to approach couples that I recognised from chat was met with either dirty looks or backs being turned to me. It was not a nice experience. Had I not gone to the event with the couple I'd gone with, I would have left within an hour.
If the 20th birthday party goes ahead could I please ask people to just be kinder to everyone attending?
Plenty of couples are looking for single guys so I doubt they'd be thinking like that but, of course, there are those couples who've had bad experiences being pestered by guys so maybe that's accounts for it. One 'dirty look' obviously goes a long way but doesn't necessarily reflect the view of a majority of attendees and wouldn't necessarily be levelled at every single guy. When we attended SH socials many years ago, we certainly didn't give or get that impression.