What do you do at big social events, like parties?

I usually stick to a group of my friends. I actually can have fun if I'm with friends and stuff, but I get a headache after a while, and I can't really talk to new people well. But, yeah, I stick with my friends for the most part. If I don't have any friends there, I don't go. I've declined parties before simply because I didn't have any close friends attending, several times, even though I had nothing better to do that day.

I wonder to a corner and try to find people I know. I try my damdest to avoid parties, I really hate them.

I try to avoid people, or stay hidden somewhere, like a nice corner.

If some of my friends are there I'll just sit on the sidelines and chat with them. But if its just me with people who arn't my friends, I just sit somewhere hidden and stay quiet.

Yeah I would just sit on the couch and read a book

I just don't go to them if none of my friends are going to be there.

I agree with yoshifan1976, I just sit in the corner reading, hoping nobody will see me.

when i go to events at school that are after school i am VERY shy i will just stay wit hone of my good friends and when i go to family reunions and stuff like that i just stay with my mom or my older brother because im so nervous ive only been to one party and i bareley talked and stayed with my best friend if my friends arent there im not there.it kind of sucks because i used to talk ALL THE TIME and i would talk to complete strangers all the time when i was younger but now i cant even talk to my family.

I don't really do anything. If there's food, I just eat and stay by myself. If people are playing video games, I either watch them play games or attend (in that case, I might actually open up and be cocky XDD). Other than that, I probably wouldn't talk at all, and just stick by my friends or family, maybe wander around.

I stand in the back and watch everyone else, its so interesting.

if more than two of my friends are going I'll go. I'm most comfortable if they're with me. Otherwise I just stand near the wall. If my friends leave me I start to have panic attacks, but not really bad ones.

well... i dnt go to any, but if i hve to, like a compulsary school events, like we have danceathons (most horryfying part of my school year) i'll try just dance, but then after a while, i stop, and i ask myself wat the hell im doing, then i panic, go outside and buy food even tho im not hungry.

sometimes i 'll try to dance with my friends for like a minute and then, i like to write and always have a book with me to write poetry, songs, or just my thoughts so last time i didnt hve one so i just wrote it as a text in my phone, outside by myself and saved it to drafts. :P

i look for any oppurtunity to fire my introvertness. makes me comfortable.

Well, a lot of my friends at my school are extraverts, and they ALWAYS go to those things, so I usually go along if they remember me...

Usually it's my friends that convince me to go to parties, so I go with them and cling to them like a baby kitten to its mom.
But if it's just me, I'll sneak a book into my jacket and hide in the bathroom to read.
I can't really do that at school functions, though, so it gets very awkward sometimes...

I only go if I know at least one of my friends will be there. Other wise I end up standing in the corner hoping no one will notice me.

stay at some corner with some drink or food (the simple one) and then watch people around...

1) Suffer
2) Watch people
3) Read the book I brought along

I don't get invited to big parties. I have small parties with friends, and I feel comfortable around them.

But if I did have to go, I would just find one person that seems nice enough, and just talk to them most of the time.

usually i am not invited because most of my friends know... i don't go... but if i attend these kind of social gatherings... i sit in the corner....

quietly............

I take photos- lots of them(but usually only with people I know)! This makes me communicate with people, without having to party, cuz I just hate dancing or singing and so on! And I'm having fun without people wondering why I'm not doing party stuff.

I stick around an exit, with my friends, or near the walls, where I'm not totally surounded by people.

Well, last night I was at a dinner party and I just made conversationwith the people I was sitting with. I'd met them all before, though, so it wasn't too bad. :)

I usually just stick with someone I know and try to be friendly to other people. xD

1)i just sit and watch
2)drink water or soda
3)listening to music