• MoonlightFox@lemmy.world
    25·
    10 days ago

    People are making leaving so needlessly difficult. Do you want to leave? Just leave and say that it’s time to leave.

    “I think it’s time for me to leave. It has been great seeing you again and hanging out!”

    Want people to leave? “I am starting to feel a bit tired, so I think we got to wrap this up”

    If you are leaving a party with many people? First say goodbye to the host, then announce it to everyone. “It’s time for me to leave. Was great seeing everyone again!”

    Always say goodbye to the host, just leaving is in my opinion a bit rude. People may disagree on this.

    • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
      71·
      10 days ago

      I prefer my method of awkwardly shuffling away once everyone’s attention is elsewhere. Bonus points if it’s a party in my own house

  • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
    24·
    10 days ago

    An “Irish exit” (also known as an “Irish goodbye”) refers to leaving a party or social gathering without saying goodbye to the host or other guests. It’s a discreet or unnoticed exit.

    • gwilikers@lemmy.ml
      6·
      10 days ago

      Can confirm. We do this all the time. It’s because in Irish culture if you tell people you wanna go they’ll try to get you to stay out for another round (ad infinitum) so people just bail and then message to say they had a great night and went home.

  • _____@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    10 days ago

    So this is why my friends take forever to leave? goddamn it neurotypicals.

    • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 days ago

      It’s a bit silly that you say ‘goddammit neurotypicals’ because they don’t communicate their need to leave, but you don’t seem to communicate your need for them to leave either. Just tell them you’re tired and would like for them to leave/leave soon. I do this and nobody has ever been offended. I guess someone who’d get offended by direct communication like that wouldn’t be friends with me because I be like that.

  • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
    41·
    10 days ago

    Just start playing your game? If its single-player, at least, they’ll get the idea. That said, most of my kids’ parties, and my friends parties for that matter, are sleep-overs and the directive early-on is “make yourself at home”.

    Peeps in the OP look miserable and incapable of self-direction.