Parties...?

[FinalHeart95]

Eh, never got the whole "lol getting drunk is so FUN!" thing. I just equate drunkenness to massive hangovers that suck, especially since I'm the kind of person that plans ahead.

I'll go to a party if there's alcohol, maybe accept a beer or two. Not gonna get tipsy though.

 

[Blemontea]

Yes i do party, party hardy in fact.. or at least as much as i can in a high school dance... none the less while i am a quiet slow moving man during school i become the fast moving loud mouthed party animal when the party gets going. I LOVE it! as for the third question, well if you'll count it, i went to homecoming a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Zing]

I've never been to one, but I'd go if invited. The problem is getting invited, I really don't know how.

 

[Stevo_s]

Whats the word?

The beautiful thing about parties is that if you don't drink (I don't), and you've got enough confidence and enough of a "whatever" attitude to handle the awkwardness, you'll upstage about 90% of the people at any party you go to, who will all be mishandling opportunities with the opposite sex, passing out in pools of their own puke and generally being douchebags. I've met most of my girlfriends in situations like this simply because I stood out as relatively conscious and was thinking clearly enough to make sensible decisions. So in that sense I do "like" parties although I'm often only there because of business obligations and they can sometimes be boring if there's nobody there I can connect to.

Snip?

Well bro umm what kind of alcohol noobs have you been with?
I mean like by the way you make it sound, everybody is there just to get f-ed up...
Whats even weirder though is that most of the time girls are consuming alcohol as well so they are unlikely to notice how dumb a guy is being or not care.
So maybe your just being self-centered?

That's an interesting interpretation.

I live in Australia. Here, most people who drink at parties drink to get fucked up. There are exceptions, but binge-drinking is culturally pretty normal here. Drinking in moderation is something that our media and education system tries to promote, but I haven't seen a lot of evidence of this working, at least in the circles I mix in.

Girls are mostly pretty switched-on socially and will notice dumb drunk guys unless they're so drunk themselves that they're practically comatose. It's true that sometimes they may not care though. I'm not saying that my experience is the only one that works, I'm just saying that it's worked for me.

(pretty drunk sorry :/)

Well if you don't mind me asking whats your age group?
Because I'm Hispanic and that is the ethnicity of most of the people I party with and my age group is 18-26. We do binge drink its just that.. well 50% of us know when to stop so that we dont end up on the floor puking our brains out.

So its weird for me to hear that a whole lot more would just drink ton feel like shit the next 3-8 hours. We have all experienced it though view it as a learning experience. Kind of like an initiation to the first steps of learning how to drink properly; specifically binge drinking properly.

 

[Stevo_s]

My demon is the one of laziness after all.. I skipped a lot of the replies before writing mine, again, sorry.

Parties, well, at first I didn't really liked them that much, barely considered them and consumed alcohol. Then I went to the university, and lived with 5 other guys, each of which liked parties, and alcohol, therefore, the parties were always at my place (though people referred it as one of my house mates place, or the 69, which was the address of this house of, many many things) I pretty much needed to start partying and drinking to adapt and prevent going mad.

I still rarely participate in parties if I have the choice, I fear to be too drunk and let out stuff I would regret, and too much new people don't appeal to me. Example, friend of mine dragged me to a girl party, he was probably trying to force me to get one of them, turns out it's the most boring thing I ever attended, their drinking games were pitiful, and by the end of the night the pretty much all told me their life's problem and ended up love hurt (them). So I prefer being the designated driver, karma doesn't pay much from it, but it as from time to time.

Last party I attended was the Engineering faculty family party, decided to go for some reason, turned out okay, then again, how could it have been bad, having a karaoke setting in a pub with about 80 drunk people, singing many songs like: Don't stop believing, I'm gonna be (500 miles), Fuck her gently, and many more.

A bit hypocrite of me to skip 5 pages of replies before posting isn't it? I'll read through, don't worry, have a good night.

Edit: okay, I read most of them and skimmed the rest, best I could do.
and it might be on subject so, when I was living at the 69, I was constantly in a party atmosphere but barely ever participated or drank anything, there were good times, there were boring times, and my best times were we a small group of friend (except one of them, were I can't recall the order of things enough for my taste), where I actually drank, and the best one of all, I was reading people's future with a regular deck of cards, fairly easy actually, my imagination was my limit. And now I tend to drink alone too much, which I prefer to with too many people, sadly.

Dude I had a nice reply going to you!
But this keyboard is full of retard! and It decided to go to my last quote! >:[

anyway

I think I was basically gonna say that small get to get togethers are extremley fun! but get boring after awhile.
:]

 

[Betancore]

I don't really party, since most of the parties thrown by high school kids tend to be pretty lame. I just don't share their interest in crappy music and rubbing up against one another. But I don't mind getting together with people I like and having a good time with them. I hate it when a friend drags me along to some party, and I don't know anyone there. I don't mind a couple of strangers, because meeting new people is fun, but I start feeling depressed when I'm the only sober person in the middle of a faceless crowd of people trying too hard to be happy.

 

[THEfog101]

Parties....... they are little more than a compulsory social gathering that greatly increases the chances of finding suitable companions in the conundrums of young adult life. but yes i go to them fairly often and they are great amounts of fun, remember though that drinking is only fun up until a certain point lol.

 

[ottenni]

Parties are fun. Its always nice to meet new people and to catch up with people who you haven't seen in a while. I like many people here it seems do not drink at parties. Partially because i'm the designated driver (i volunteer, just to be sure my friends will get home safely even if i'm not needed) and partially because my friends are mostly horrible drunks. Which is sad but it does encourage me to go talk to people i dont know at parties, and thats kinda the whole point.

 

[Redingold]

Ugh, I hate parties. They're always filled with people I don't know or like, overly loud music and bad food. I'd much rather hang out with a small group of friends than go to a big party.

 

[Sonofadiddly]

That's funny. When I started going to college I never got invited to parties. I've been to a couple, if you could call them "parties." One was a post-season fencing club party (yes, I am that awesome) but there was no drinking, and the wildest thing that happened was that we all sat down and watched "The Pirate Movie" (best movie ever). I'm going to one tomorrow, but it's officially classified as a "potluck." The rest of them were just me and a few friends playing video games.

I did go (was dragged) to one actual college party full of drinking and beer pong and the like, and I was completely at a loss there. People were just laying around looking bored. I guess they were all already drunk or something. Problem is I don't drink much. I can't stand beer or any drink that has alcohol taste, and even when I do I don't want to drink enough to actually get drunk because I'm afraid I'll behave like an ass. So I guess that's why I don't understand parties. No one at the party I went to seemed to be doing anything fun, and I couldn't talk to anyone because they all looked like they were too drunk to be able to carry out a decent conversation. If real college parties are only enjoyable while drunk, I suppose I will never enjoy one.

 

[Mutie]

Well I'd say you cant talk about any of the topics you mentioned until you've experienced them firsthand sure thats your opinion or view but hey Roger Ebert's view on video games.

I have been to parties in the past... They have mostly been filed neatly away under "Worst Times and Biggest Mistakes". With the exception of me best mates 18th, in which I took a managerial role... progressively cleaning, keeping the peace, tending to the catatonically drunk... It was enjoyable, but only cause had something to do and it's always humorous to watch people make arseholes out of themselves.

 

[Woodsey]

I like parties, I go to parties, but the last time I went to one must have been a month ago or something? Sadly I missed one recently because I had some family dinner.

Jesus Christ, you guys aren't exactly social animals are you? I can get along with most strangers just fine. This wasn't always the case, but I've been forced to develop this skill and it's pretty awesome now. Talking to strangers can be tremendous fun.

I'm convinced it's because most people on here seem to be taking a hard-line on getting pissed - at times I've started to wonder if I was posting on an abstinence forum.

And most people are anti-religion too. But they're taking the boring conservative interpretations ("interpretations", because they're not necessarily true) of religions. Meanwhile, I'm a Christian and don't have a problem with drinking or sex. This is a bassackwards forum.

No they aren't; there are plenty of religious people on the forums, many would probably describe themselves as agnostics and atheism =/= anti-religion.

In what ways are you a Christian then?

 

[Shockolate]

I was suppose to go to a party last night.

Lots of old friends coming down from their college/uni's and lots of drinking and fun times.

I was unfortunately screwed over due to illness and missed it.

I go when I feel like it (not often).

 

[JimJamJahar]

The last party I went to consisted of me getting really nervous for some reason. They problem is that I am really scared of throwing up, so my nervousness caused my fear of throwing up to keep me sat shaking in the corner drinking an inhuman amount of water for five hours.

Then the next big party at my school(that I didn't go to) was mainly people getting ridiculously drunk(something which doesn't appeal to me) and throwing up everywhere.

So, no. I don't like parties

 

[SuccessAndBiscuts]

In a similar sort of vein I was rarely if ever invited to parties until about two years ago at the time I was a lonely fairly socially inept nerd but I was also an occasional drinker.

Started at university this year after a year of college and over the course of the last three weeks I've been to quite a few parties. At first (back at the start of the two years) I was the creepy guy in the corner, but since then I've really opened out, be confident, a bit loud, tell stories, truth is variable, topics can be anything and everything all you need to do is find some common ground. (I have shared some common ground with everyone I've ever met, the tricky part is finding it)

Crushing loneliness only exists if you don't try to do anything about it. Attend parties, meet people swap numbers, call people to parties you are at and they will call you to ones they are at. Its a repeating cycle.

Yes I enjoy parties, yes they can be crazy but they leave you with things worth remembering as well as things you would rather forget.

Last party I was supposed to be at was on Saturday but I missed it due to being at a beer festival in a different town.

 

[Alon Shechter]

When I play Rock Band, I MAKE a party. Just recently got the stage kit. Man, I'm so awesome.

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!

OT: What the hell does OT/OP stand for?
To subject, only when it's a small party with not a lot of people.

 

[Woodsey]

Eh, never got the whole "lol getting drunk is so FUN!" thing. I just equate drunkenness to massive hangovers that suck, especially since I'm the kind of person that plans ahead.

I'll go to a party if there's alcohol, maybe accept a beer or two. Not gonna get tipsy though.

As long as you drink a few pints of water when you wake up then you should be fine, and it's more than worth it.

 

[FirmartheTrilby]

Never been to party really, people just drink and get drunk there, nothing for me. I was invited few times so I don't get "offended" but really, what would I be doing there anyway?

 

[Azure Sky]

Dearest Escapist; do you party?

No. I don't party.

Do you like parties?

No, not really. I associate them with music that I dislike, behaviour which I would consider to have some impropriety and general discomfort.

What was the last party you went to and what crazy shit happened there?

Shit, I can't even remember. It's been so long.

Basically this.
Exactly this.

OT: Do LAN Parties count?
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