The give-away that it's all self inflected melodrama is *he's going to the party*. If you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, don't go. If you want to go for a little bit, do that. And if for some reason you need to lie with an excuse versus saying "I've had a wonderful time, I'm going to head home.", then do that too! *But* do not try to speak from this tortured soul, zero agency, prisoner of parties that go on slightly longer than you'd like perspective on the same website that you present yourself as master of your domain. Sheesh.
