KillingAndKindess
They're fine. In fact, out of all the possible professional-life-based events, they're probably the least anxiety inducing thing to attend.
There are happy hours / meet n greets, networking dinners, and more, that are specifically for branching out and developing professional connection without having to know anyone.
Cause I can at least trust this pole not to vote trump and ghost me after I smoke it!
Posts like this make me think about who will be the David Attenborough, Bill Nye, Martyn Poliakoff etc of tomorrow, and how do we lift them up without politicization?
There are no advantages to burning professional bridges.
Otherwise I agree.
There is a large gap between "oh, thats right I forgot she worked here a few months ago" and "that bitch? I'm glad she's gone".
The latter of the two is more likely to say something negative about you to a future potential employer or coworker. And this gets more true the older you get, especially if you continue working in the same/adjacent field.
Trying clearing the site data
Give em a toot n' wink 😉
But in all seriousness, if there were other women around then call that shit out. If its just you stay safe and call a friend/pretend that they're meeting you.