How to introduce yourself at a work event without wanting to die
A three-part sentence, one good follow-up question, and an exit line you memorize before you need it
Topic
social
8 articles tagged social.
How to open the door: the first sixty seconds of a dinner party
The first minute of a dinner party decides the tone of the next four hours — here is what to say, where to put the coat, what to hand them
How to make a real new friend after thirty — the specific first move
The one sentence that starts an adult friendship, and the three-week rule that turns a nice chat into a person in your life
The three-invite rule: turning an acquaintance into someone you know
The first invitation is easy and the second is polite, but the third is the one that decides whether you actually know each other
Why "put yourself out there" is terrible advice for adult friendship
The advice was built for a world with dorms and cubicles — here's what to do instead when you're 34 and want a real friend
How to make friends at the school gate without becoming a school-gate person
The two-question opener that gets you past weather chat, and how to keep the friendship alive once your kids move up
The friend group you married into: how to build your own alongside
Naming the arrangement honestly, and the one weekly habit that keeps a parallel bench of your own people warm
When to introduce two friends who do not know each other
Three signals that mean yes, a clean setup that respects everyone's time, and the graceful way to step out of the middle