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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Yeah, so much fun you aren't even letting your friends in your house to hang a piss. Sounds like a blast.
Here's a thought -- why not just have the party in your house? Warm, lots of space, already has furniture, multiple flush toilets, no outside noise to bother your neighbors. Kinda seems to solve every problem you're having whilst also making you look like less of a mid-life crisis try hard.
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Mid-life crisis? Try hard? Only teenagers have keggers because grown ups? Lol wow. Some of you guys are blowing me away here.
First of all, I'm supplying beer at a party for my friends. That
is something grown ups do. When you have a party, do you put BYOB on the invite? That screams lame party to me.
Mid-life crisis? It's a party. Since when is throwing a party the sign of a mid-life crisis? I've thrown numerous parties every year since I was a teenager. My parent's friends still party. My friends' parents still party. This is the first I've heard parties are supposed to end at some point. I love house parties - they're my favourite thing to do.
Like anything else, the outcome of a party is directly related to the effort you put into it. Last year we drained a full-size keg and drank another 40 beers or so. Doesn't matter how old you are, that's commendable given the reasonable size of our group.
And my garage isn't some dank, dark, messy space. It's finished, it's got a stereo, led lights, strobe, disco ball and even a smoke machine.
I'll tell you why a garage like mine is a better place to party than inside a house - at our age (I'm 38) people behave a certain way when they are in a home. They're more reserved. They don't let loose. They're on their best behaviour. We are all so 'adult' surrounded by nice furniture and such that it's hard for people to drop their guard and have a great time.
A place like a finished party garage knocks people off kilter a bit. There is a different vibe and no real expectations or scripts for how you should behave. As a result, you can get better parties than if everybody was sitting around the living room sipping wine and talking about the weather. The garage is more lively. People stand up and walk around. It's roomier. It promotes silliness. I've had duds in there as well, but having a party space set up increases the probability of a hit.
Building on that, props are important, too. I had a party at a beach last year. I brought a piņata, a tug-o-war rope, water balloons, etc. Putting a small amount of effort really adds to the fun for anything.
That's not to say you need to go completely overboard for every party you through, but my spring kegger is my annual party I have which I put in the most effort and it's generally pretty fun. I have another buddy that throws really good parties through the year, but goes off for the group Christmas party.
If you guys can't recognize that I'm planning to put in a reasonable amount of effort to give me and my friends a great time on some random spring Saturday night by going the extra mile on a few things, then we probably wouldn't make very good friends. In fact, while you're on your high horse judging me so harshly, enjoy watching Netflix on Saturday while we are having a blast at my place.
If a big party with free beer, free beef dips and a guaranteed good time doesn't sound like your cup of tea, maybe you could do with a little midlife crisis yourself. I devote way too many hours a week taking care of business and managing my responsibilities.
I love planning parties and am thrilled when I hit one out of the park (with the help of my friends, of course; I don't mean to be taking all the credit for our good times). And here some of you are spinning that into a negative thing. WTF is wrong with you?