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Now the big question is why didn’t I get in touch with the many people I know in Glasgow and tell them I was coming?

Well, there are three reasons. Firstly, Mark’s never really been to Glasgow before and there is nothing worse than going somewhere to have a look around and being dragged from pub to pub meeting someone else’s old friends and feeling a bit like a gooseberry.

Secondly, we booked the holiday so late that I didn’t really have time to give them proper warning. Folk have got kids and other responsbilities - they can’t just say ‘Hey honey I’m off to the pub tonight, you don’t mind do you?’

Thirdly, and here’s the biggy, I’m a coward. What if they don’t want to see me anymore or what if we meet up and we have nothing to talk about and it’s really awkward? I hate that. Yes, I’m a coward.

Now if the purpose of the visit is purely to meet up with people then you can prepare for this - you can give people warning, you can make sure that it’s OK to have a hangover - you won’t be missing anything. This time just wasn’t the right time. However, both Mark and I had a really good time in Glasgow and it would be great to go back specifically with the aim of socialising. It’s not that I don’t want to see people. I do, very much so, it just has to be under the right conditions.

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