Partners Christmas party

[lokivonpoki]

Do you go to your partners Christmas party?
if you don't does it make a difference that other workers partners go?
Do you feel that you should be going too?
Do you tell your DP that you want an invite?
How do tou fell about Christmas parties in general??

I don't really have a partner(I am seeing someone) but if I did I wouldn't really want him to come to mine as it's a chance to unwind and have fun with your colleagues, bond over a few drinks and war stories etc. I wouldn't want to have to check my partner is fine the whole time. I wouldn't want to go to a partners bash either for all the same reasons. The guy I am seeing stays at mine sometimes so if we both have a do in town we sometimes travel back together which is quite nice when you are both a bit tipsy

No I don't tell my DH I want an invite

Sometimes I have gone to his work party, some years I've not fancied it and haven't gone.
His never attended my Christmas party as its staff only!

No I don't feel I should absolutely go, it's a staff party at the end of the day and I don't work there

I don't really care if other partners go along. I make my own choice

No, we work in same place but different departments have different nights and partners dont go. He had his last night and i have mine in 2 weeks. I have never taken a partner to a work xmas party. Actually, last night my partner did invite me in for a drink first as i was dropping him off at 4.30 and the actual "do" wasnt until 6 but i said no and went home :)

Yes I go to his, we work in the same industry and he works with a lot of my friends so it's more a social thing for me.

He doesn't come to mine. If he didn't work with so many of my friends I wouldn't go to his either.

I don't even want to go to my own Christmas party. Two would finish me off.

Ha ha, I was thinking the same as Katie

No, I think Christmas parties are for workmates to bond and let their hair down. I wouldn't want him to feel obliged to spend it facilitating my relationships with his colleagues.

I used to go to my stbxh Christmas party because he was in the Army and it was kind of expected. I hated it to be honest.

Even if partners were invited I wouldn't tell my current DP about it. Just don't want him there. It's my night with my colleagues. I also don't really fancy entertaining a conversation with other people's partners either.

I'm not actually antisocial btw. Just prefer to let off steam with peers.

No.
No.
Christ, no.
No.
Tedious.

Do you go to your partners Christmas party?
No. I couldn't think of anything worse than trying to make small talk with people I don't know

if you don't does it make a difference that other workers partners go?
^Not really. However, if DH really wanted me to go (a situation that's never happened in the 30 years we've been together!) then I would do

Do you feel that you should be going too?
Absolutely not

Do you tell your DP that you want an invite?
No. It wouldn't even cross my mind to want to go! And I certainly wouldn't be so needy as to ask for an invite!

How do tou fell about Christmas parties in general??
Do you mean work ones? I love them. I've always been lucky enough to work in places that have been very generous about the parties that they lay on

Wouldn't expect to be honest my DP had a works do yesterday I didn't go

I always hear so much angst from people re their partners Christmas do's I just thought I'd see what people on here feel.

I was on a train yesterday and 2 women spent 40 minutes discussing why woman 1 wasn't invited to her dp Christmas do, they came to the conclusion that he's shagging the woman from reception

katie

DH was at his yesterday. Came home half cut and insisted on showing me the photos. At midnight.
"Oh look, there's Bob, he's just had a hip replacement!"
"There's a funny one of Dave"
"One of us all together, ha, only two of us have hair!"
FFS, I might as well have been there.