Then you can deal with the “It might be rude for me to leave now. I’ll just stay a little longer.” “Okay, just 15 more minutes.” “Okay, at the top of the hour, I’ll leave.” “Someone just got here, so I’ll stay another half hour so they don’t think I’m leaving just because they got here.”
Then you can deal with the “It might be rude for me to leave now. I’ll just stay a little longer.” “Okay, just 15 more minutes.” “Okay, at the top of the hour, I’ll leave.” “Someone just got here, so I’ll stay another half hour so they don’t think I’m leaving just because they got here.”
Irish good byes are the best way to go.
It’s tough for us midwesterners to do that.