To add on to that - I find that invite-only parties are the exception and not the rule with this group. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten to know any of you, really. Because I've never considered myself the popular type, and I don't actually relish the position of "looking-down-upon" that is sometimes implied by a "popular" descriptor. But I do relish friendships. So I just kept showing up to open events until I got to know people better. And I'm still getting to know people better, and that makes me happy.
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