I knew like 60% of the people there but I was still an awkward gremlin
I ended up being seated next to the groom’s dad on the important table (I was there since I was the brother of the bride) who spoke to me about engineering because he knew that was what I did at uni and he works in power generation, then he referred me to his ex-wife’s brother who I thought did something vaguely engineering related in the royal navy but then he handed me a business card saying commodore of the royal navy and OBE
I now have contacts TM