It's about a life where you go to parties with people who aren't really friends but are upwardly mobile acquaintances and feel a pressure to one-up each other,

It's about a life where you go to parties with people who aren't really friends but are upwardly mobile acquaintances and feel a pressure to one-up each other, or at least convey success to them. This is pretty much life as an unmarried yuppie, as you seek out a mate. It's fairly exhausting after a while.