Well, one solution seems fairly obvious. Have a drink or two to lower inhibitions and loosen up but be careful with that one. Super easy to overdo it.
What about having a get together someplace more private? Your place or a friend’s.
I’m with you tho, bars suck.
I just never set mine up so when you call me and I predicably don’t answer, it just says “This user has a mailbox that has not been set up yet. Please try your call again later.” What I’d rather it say is “Hang up and text me like a normal person. If you can’t text me, I don’t want to hear from you anyway.”