Mark Warner - to mix or not to mix

[libby68]

Hi

Just back from a MW hol in Greece. Had a fab time, but amazed by how much mixing and communal dining going on!!

We were happy to have a relaxed week by the pool, bit of tennis etc, but by half way thru the week we were feeling like "Billy No Mates" as eveyone seemed to be grouping up.

Is everyone just more sociable than us? Found myself feeling quite shy in the face of all the cliques forming and struggling to find opening conversation starters - usually quite socially confident. Resort only 1/3rd full so very obvious was everyone was doing.

Also found that when I did chat that people just wanted to talk about themselves - my pet hate!!

What are others' experiences on MW or similar??

The other people must have been happy to listen to others rabbiting on about themselves, or found someone daft enough to listen to them. Sounds like hell to me .

libby - had v sim impression to you, v much of a time - successful careeer in Lon & ostentatious about it, label-conscious etc etc. Had nicknames for everyone - admittedly not v original - wanker-banker, Mr Corduroy.. but helped while away the time! were you at lakitira?

v much of a type even.I think you either "fit" these hols or not tbh. rather identikit, IMO, like Butlins for wealthy MCs.

Never done a MW, for exactly that kind of braying herd reputation. Which is Enormous Fun (Darling) presumably if that's what you're into, and, if you are, it will statistically mean that people you meet there will know other people you know so the talking about selves is just the preliminary orientation before the orgy of "so you must know XXX!" "She was my bridesmaid!!" "And of course her brother was at school with ..."

Ugh.

oops that has put me right off a MW holiday ! We don't go on holiday to network . Esprit, where you are forced to eat with fellow parents, with whom you have nothing in common apart from being parents and a vague interest in the great outdoors, was bad enough.

Ugh cubed bink. My perfect holiday = gite somewhere properly rural where you don't hear any type of English vowels for an entire fortnight.
I know the facilities are supposed to be great at MW but I think you did the right thing there libby68! I get enough compulsory socialising at the school gates

I went to MW at Christmas

Everone was polite "in passing" and I had quite a few good chat .....when I wanted

I think you can avoid it all or join in as much as you want

We did feel somewhat out of place tho' but then we did at a Haven holiday too