We’re Postponing This Event Because, Honestly, We Just Don’t Feel Like It
We thought about it, and then thought, “nah.”
Dear Friends —
Did you recently receive an invite to our event? Did you think, “I’d like to go to that,” and circle it on your calendar?
Well, you’re going to have to uncircle it, because it is not happening.
Recently many people and organizations have been cancelling events for legitimate reasons. This is not that. Straight up, we just don’t want to.
After some misguided train of thought a few weeks ago, we figured throwing a happy hour would be a good idea — bring a bunch of friends and acquaintances together in one space for some specialty cocktails, discount appetizers, and general conversation — but now, it just sounds exhausting. Quite frankly, we don’t have the energy or the wherewithal to make this happen. It’s kinda just like, “why?”, y’know?
Let’s make something clear — this is not about keeping people safe or taking precautions. We just thought about it, and then thought, “nah.”
You might be thinking, “but what about my plans?” Well, that seems like more of a you problem. Seriously, how much did you really want to take a shower, comb through your laundry hamper for your least wrinkled clothes, figure out if the G train is running (it’s not), get yourself from your house to a location that’s not your house, navigate through a crowded space with people you don’t really know that well so you have to make some small talk about what day of the week it is? Did you really want to do that? If you’re the kind of person who regularly enjoys this sort of thing, honestly, we’re not even sure we want to associate with you anymore.
Sure, we could have gone through with this. We could have muscled through dozens of emails and texts to line up everybody’s schedules and reassure them they’d have a good time — but who’s to say what a “good time” even is anymore? Most nights we’ve been laying next to our significant other and just wondering what any of us are even doing.
And do we really want to bring more people together in some attempt to quell our existential unease which throbs just below the level of whatever music is playing? Isn’t that selfish? And have you heard music recently? Even the bangers are bummers.
Look, we’re doing this for your own good.
You may have noticed that we’ve said, “postponing,” and to get real with you, that’s optimistic. It’s highly unlikely that we’re going to change our mind on this one — unless us having this event would get us out of attending someone else’s event. Then we might consider it.
Hoping to see you again soon — but not that soon.
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