Everyone has been to that one party when you feel so awkward being there. Maybe you are going with a friend who was invited, or maybe you were invited, but the atmosphere is different than you expected. Whatever the case, it is pretty awkward crashing a completely random party where you know absolutely no one. I recently ventured away from Georgetown to another university whose party scene consisted strictly of fraternity and sorority houses. I was with twelve other Georgetown girls and we decided that if we were going to stay away from Georgetown on a Saturday night, we would make the most of it. When in Rome, right? So, we got all dolled up, called the cabs, and asked the cab driver to take us to wherever that place the party was at. We arrived to a house that seemed pretty loud and ventured around the back, where we found a wide open door. All twelve of us walked in and, if I do say so myself, found some awesome awkwardness in a very random frat house.
This house was gigantic… but sparsely populated. Apparently we had missed the height of the party and everything was dying down. It was supremely awkward because we all came in at the same time, and it is hard to go unnoticed with twelve friends. We all looked at each other and without speaking any words decided to make the most of our situation.
We headed directly to the dance floor and immediately broke out our best moves. We were hooting and hollering, spinning in circles, and doing the lawnmower (did I mention that it was a live student band?). We soon had a dance circle going and invited in the few people left in the house. The whole dance floor joined in and the microphone was even offered to one of my friends. We took a dying party and revived it using the power of awkwardness.
After quite the dance session, new friends, and a trip to get breakfast at 3am, I was in my bed at the hotel thinking about how awkward everyone felt as we walked in the door AND about how happy everyone was when we left. The moral of the story is that any awkward situation can be made better with some friendliness, a big smile, and maybe a little dancing.