Monday, December 3, 2012
How-To: Impress Your Significant Other's Parents This Holiday Season
Posted by Virginia K. Smith on Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 5:00 AM
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Be A Nice Person
Specifically, if there are any children, pets, or elderly relatives in the vicinity, go out of your way to make sure they're engaged and having a good time and not just hanging out forgotten in a corner, as so often happens at family parties. You'll look like a mensch, and besides, they're probably easier to talk to than probing adults. I mean, hopefully this is a thing that occurs to you to do anyway (you're not a jerk, are you?), but if you can be seen doing it by a group of people who are trying to assess your character, all the better.
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Virginia K. Smith
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Virginia K. Smith is the Assistant Editor at The L Magazine and a Bushwick resident. Her profile picture was taken at Summerscreen, because she is a real team player.
Virginia K. Smith is the Assistant Editor at The L Magazine and a Bushwick resident. Her profile picture was taken at Summerscreen, because she is a real team player.
