But I had it coming. I knew all along something of the sort was going to happen, and I ignored my instinct. So now I'm making my own rules to abide when it comes to attending gatherings. I'm probably NOT going to attend a gathering if:
- it is not thoroughly organised,
- there are more than 10 people,
- there are people who I'm not acquainted with,
- there are people who I'm not to familiar with,
- there are people I don't really get along with,
- the venue is somewhere without a bookstore,
- there are people with food problems,
- there are people who deny/insult BOOKS
However there are always exceptions...
Attending any gathering which has the following criteria may end up badly for me, so I had to choose which to go and which to ignore. But mostly I ignore those which have more acquaintances than friends.