What I’m confused with:
– should I bring food/a plant for her parents?
– what kind of gifts should I buy for the game?
– how do I dress up? I’m M and I just don’t wanna under or overdress.
– how can I improve my small talk? (My situation is below)
– how long should I expect this to be held? Like hours wise when we’re meeting at 5:30 pm.
Context:
My close friend (f19) invited me (M21) to a Christmas party along with ten others. I’m a little lost on if I should bring some food/treats for the night party and bring a house gift to her parents since they will be home.
None of us drink and she’s hosting it at her parents house so I’m curious what “the norm” is. I’ve never really been to christmas parties before. When I attended a Friendsgiving with a small group, I’ve always had several friends around so it was a lot of fun but this is a bit different since I ONLY know one person.
We’re likely doing a secret-Santa game (TBD) so I plan on bringing a gift that’s been wrapped up.
I also plan on wearing a christmasy fit or a hat or something since it is Christmas themed. But I’m not sure how much I should dress up.
Context about friend:
My good friend and everyone she invited are college age (19-22 years old). And knowing my friend who organized this, we’re all relatively good/friendly ppl. In the past, she’s literally mentioned that all her friends are extensions of her personality. And I’ve met some of them very briefly.
About my situation:
– I’m not a very good conversationalist
– I have a slightly negative view of how I look so I’m not very outwardly confident and have low self esteem as a result
– I can be really friendly and sweet but my low self esteem makes me really nervous and not sure how to small talk and I sometimes over smile as a result. Weird, ikr lol?
– I try to act confident even though I’m rly not sometimes too.
Lots of other things but that’s the most of what I’m worried about.