Observing Social Interactions Gifts

"This is my friend Estella."

I'm not good with names but never forget a face. Of course, that's not very useful right now.

Glance Exchange

'Fancy you doing a curtsey and she being a non-serving royal, you big dope!'

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

"Global warming is a great icebreaker."

"I've been out of the dating scene a long time. Is kissing still a thing?"

Lovers' leap with chaperone observation point.

"Great coffee, Carole."

'You're good with people. Just tell him to go fuck himself.'

"Ma'am, why don't you go ahead of me?" "Um... no thanks. Let's let this gentleman go ahead of us." "Oh, no... you ladies go right ahead!"

No one knew it, but Gerald was about to execute what he called 'The Move.'"

"Call me!"

"Maybe you need some kind of app to make it work."

"Such a cute doggie! And I'll bet you make the cutest poopies too, don't you?"

"I know it's our first date and we're at this fancy restaurant and all, but would it be a red flag if I ordered the chicken fingers?"

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

People I've Met At Parties Whose Names I've Forgotten

"I know it's only been a little while since we've been allowed to mingle again but I'm already getting really tired of people."

'Not...one...drop.'

"I'm a Doctor and I was in the house, but I have on stage presence."

"Hey, do you want to be in my bubble?"

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

"My battery died too. Wanna talk?"

"You have to get up early tomorrow, too? We have so much in common!"

"I'm enjoying kindergarten except for all the politics!"

"You ain't wearin' a brassiere." "How could you tell?" "Cuz the wrinkles are all stretched out of yer face."

Abstraction and recognition

Man looking at a vending machine with a hand sticking out of it and a sign that reads "Put'er there buddy".

"‘How is everything?’ Well, I don’t think everything is going very well … but my pasta is excellent, thank you."

"There she is! Don’t be nervous. Just be yourself, walk over there and sniff her."

Hugs and knucklebumps don't mix.

"It's an adjustment being a handshake guy in a fist-bump company."

"It's all good – but some of it is better."

"Let's welcome our new member, Bob!" "You, too!" "'You, too'? Idiot!"