One might think that at crowded music festivals, extroverts have it most easy. But truth be told, The Sherp thinks that they too, have to take the good with the bad!
To be someone out there, ready to take up a conversation, or ready to socialise works pretty darn well in gatherings filled with people to the brim; such as a music festival for instance. A place where old friends are lost, and new ones are found, amid connections made over music and art, extroverts find great solace in the social bonhomie at music festivals. Except, itโs not all honey and sugar.
We look at the most exclusive extrovert-experiences at music festivals. Like we said, itโs a whole lot of good, with a dose of unnecessary.
You donโt have to try very hard for company
You want to go to a music festival of a genre none of your immediate friends appreciate? Itโs no problem for you, because one scroll down your WhatsApp bar, and youโre sure to find someone whoโd like to hit your tempo. And given how much of a peopleโs person you are, you will have no trouble finding carpoolers, either.
Huge line for festival bands? No problem
While the huge lines at the festival entries for bands are bound to piss people off, it doesnโt get to you much, as you find yourself striking up a conversation with any decent person you can find. Pretty soon, your new festival friend knows someone else, who knows another person at the very beginning of the line, and you find yourself cutting the time with ease! What can we say, youโre a pro!
Itโs never too boring for you
Even if you find no one to cut the long queues, youโre pretty soon entertained by the hoard of people around you, all willing to amuse you with things to say. Youโre never the one getting bored with nothing to do. Your extrovertedness is entertainment enough.
You will also never be alone
Most of us have found ourselves alone at some point at a music festival. Either your friends have wandered off, or you had no friends there to begin with. As an extrovert though, in any given situation, you will always have people to hang out with. Music festivals are truly that one place you will always be surrounded by willing โfriendsโ. Of course, should you want to be alone, this ability of yours to attract numerous conversations at all times can be slightly annoying.
You might end up spending an awful lot
The flipside to being an extrovert is that everyone invites to each and every activity. Shots at the bar during a stringing metal guitar riff? Youโre there. Some pizza munching at the food zone? Youโre there too. Youโre pretty much invited everywhere where money needs to be spending, so in turn, youโre pretty broke at the end of it.
Also, you will never be hungry or sober
And should you be broke, you will still never go hungry or sober. With so many people out there to speak to, youโre being abundantly offered things to consume despite your too-broke-to-buy status. A simple โHello, where are you from?โ, is followed by a generous offering of intoxicants. Youโre living the life.
You will meet way too many people you wonโt remember
You will also end up meeting, and forging friendships for life with people you will not remember when sober. Your phone contact is abuzz with a hundred new additions, but if drunk then, you will have no memory of these lifelong alliances when sober. Itโs not your fault, entirely. No single person can be expected to remember everyone, especially when surrounded by people at all times.
Know details you donโt want to
Because youโre such a peopleโs person, so easy to talk to and mingle with, people do not hesitate in sharing their deepest, darkest secrets in drunk or stoned stupor. Your ready accessibility fits perfectly well with their need to share when intoxicated. So youโre in a place where you know some real complex feelings of people you do not very well. So many secrets, you know not what to make of.
You might just piss your introverted friends off
Itโs really dicey when you attend a music festival with friends who are far more introverted in nature, and prefer the comfortable company of you, and you alone. Your ability to hoard on company at every interval really would piss them off, as theyโd rather just be with you enjoying the music. Good luck balancing both!
But, they get your after party invitations
The biggest advantage to being a peopleโs person is not having to fret about post festival blues. Youโre sure to get invited to all the happening after parties in town; whether they be at a club or in someoneโs downtown garage. And by being invited, you will automatically get to take your friends along. That should make your introverted friend slightly happier?
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