What if you threw a party and no one showed up?

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Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.

And somebody in here posts there posts with a quote about following your heart.

I hear these things, but oftentimes rather than get motivated, I go back to a

few years

back, I was living in Boulder Colorado, and I was going to put together a 'fairy

gathering'

people who are into fairies/nature spirits and the like.

I went to something like that in WA state a few times, and had a great time. I

mentioned

this to a Boulder friend, and she said, 'oh , that sounds great. I'll help

you with it.' I

liked hearing that, and asked her when she wanted to do it. And she said

something like,

oh whenever you want to is fine with me.

So I picked a Saturday morning, 9 am, a few weeks hence. I called her to let

her know, but

she was out of town. I got a bunch of flyers printed and posted around town,

included my

phone number and email address. Came up with some activities, looking forward

to

Boulder friend's input.

But when she returned to town, she called me and said 'oh there's no way I could

make it

at 9am, I don't ever get out of bed til 11am'. I was really disappointed, but

didn't want to

change or cancel, figuring some people had already noted time and date and were

planning on coming.

Only heard from one person, a guy who asked me about it and assured me he'd be

there.

The morning of, I got there early, put up a big banner I'd made, put out

activity materials,

not sure if only a few would show up, or several dozen, or a hundred or more.

It got

closer to 9am, no one. 9 came, no one, 9:15, and I started getting bummed. I

thought 'I'll

wait til 9:30, then pack it up and go.' 9:30 came, and I, with a rather heavy

heart,

gathered up the stuff and left.

Got a call later that day from the guy who'd assured me he'd be there. He calls

and says

'what happened? i showed up but no one was there.' I said 'I waited til 9:30,

but no one

showed up, what time did you get there?' He said '9:30'

Be bold, and might forces will come to your aid. Is that true? well, I think

those inspiring

sayings are just more sayings. what do you think?

It sucked, that's my story.

What if I threw a party and no one showed up? Well, I'd wait awhile, pack up,

and leave.

I guess the second part could be whatever I make it. It could be...

.... and no one showed up? Well, I could try it again the next week. Or, I

could stop

believing in fairies. Or, I could write a post about it in LWI. Or..

I guess anything's possible.

Have any of you ever threw a party and had no one show up? Please tell about

it.

Still believing in fairies/but not so much in people sometimes