If it's a small party then we always thank the host for the invite and offer to help clean up. But at a big event (wedding, etc) sometimes it's best just to bolt.
Our decision usually goes like this:
Me: IGB? (Irish Goodbye)
Wife: IGB (nods head)
We both exit the wedding/party. If we pass the host we thank them and tell them we're off, if not we just keep going.
Yeah telling the host goodbye is polite, but I don't see any reason to have to say goodbye to everyone, either. As a kid, I'd be forced to say goodbye to every single person, no matter if there were 8 or 80 of them. The ones I never even said hi to, too. My dad still gives me shit if I just book it at family events.
I have an uncle that just ups and leaves at anything in a group larger than 5 people. Everyone in the family thought it was incredibly rude but I never really cared. Then again, when you go to a family reunion with 60+ people and every single damn one of them (even those you've never met before) expects a hello and goodbye as well as a 10 minute conversation at one point, It's no wonder he perfected the art of sneaking out. I want to do that sometimes too, but I happen to be really bad at sneaking in general (also my dad would kill me if I did that at a family gathering).
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u/bryan_sensei Jul 13 '15
If it's a small party then we always thank the host for the invite and offer to help clean up. But at a big event (wedding, etc) sometimes it's best just to bolt.
Our decision usually goes like this:
Me: IGB? (Irish Goodbye)
Wife: IGB (nods head)
We both exit the wedding/party. If we pass the host we thank them and tell them we're off, if not we just keep going.