Parties...?

[Jewrean]

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I only really party with friends. I've been wasted many times (which helps confidence). Haven't you ever had an all-night gaming session with some mates? Add some Alcohol, some music, some people talking random shit, and more than 6-8 people and you could call it a party.

Go to parties anyway. Don't think of them as something to be feared. Just go there, say hello to a few people. See what everyone is doing or is up to. Order a Pizza and get it delivered. Share the Pizza with your new mates. Play some Guitar Hero or some other party game. Just have fun in general. What do you do for fun? Talk about it to others or better yet do it with others at the party (providing it isn't Stamp collecting or something).

 

[Simmo8591]

I got back from a party about 10 minutes ago. It was a friends 21st and we had a pretty standard student house party, it was good, we drank, played Beer pong, danced to some Dj sets and ended up chilling in a friends bedroom and ordering pizza, then I walked home

 

[eggy32]

Can't remember the last party I was at. I hear about parties some times and it makes me want to punch people. Recently one of my friends attended a party. He's gay, he got drunk, he kissed one of his female friends several times and licked another girls face, he vomited on the sofa, he doesn't remember anything yet claims he had a good time and wants to go to more parties.

To me that sounds like a horrible, shocking experience yet he continues to go to them, I'm beginning to think he isn't enjoying parties and is only going to keep his social life active because he's a shallow idiot.

 

[Hollock]

I went to one with my brothers friends. It was pretty good. I drank one beer the whole night (if you tell rednecks you've never had a drink before they'll hand you tons of drinks), There was a lot of "how's it going?" being said and they were nice. It wasn't amazing and I wouldn't do it every weekend, and if it were people more my level (they were nice it's just that we didn't have much in common), but it was okay.
It was a couple weeks ago.

 

[ClaptonKnophlerHendrix]

I love parties, especially good now that my band is getting asked to play at some. Nothing makes you look cooler then playing lead guitar and singing at a party.

 

[RanD00M]

The Cantina on Tatooine would be a different matter. Sure, they serve drinks, but everyone's armed, and you have to be careful with who you mess with. I've always wanted to be a lone Sith, watching Luke and Ben catch a ride with Han and Chewie aboard the Millenium Falcon.

Spoiler: This is just too relevant here!

OT: I've never been to a party. I don't want to go to a party. And I don't want to hold a party.

A shindig on the other hand, those I like.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

The best kind of parties and Mountain Dwah and LAN parties. Fuck alcohol, that sexy green liquid is where it's at!

 

[Dogstile]

Never really been to one myself....though I'm not much of a party person.

I'd just be referred to as "the creepy girl who sits in the corner."

You've been on my friends list on here for like a year and i've only realised you're a girl.

Obligatory man question: Are you hot. Feel free to slap me in the face.

OP: With that kind of forwardness i'm assuming you can tell I like to party. Alot.

I was at one tonight in fact. It was crap, but I went.

 

[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.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

I love parties, I go to them whenever I'm invited. They're fun. You get to hang out with yo peeps.

Granted, I've never been to an alcoholic themed party, cuz, ya know, I'm a minor.

 

[kannibus]

Depends to the party. If a it's a party with a bunch of teenagers with nothing better to do than get smashed/high it's like a root canal without the anesthetic. Then vinegar in place of water as a cleansing agent.

However, a good party with people that can string together a coherent sentence can be most fun. Especially if it's with your co-workers. Ever seen your boss doing the tango in his formal getup with a poodle? It's fucking amazing.

 

[DustyDrB]

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.

 

[ISawAFish]

Goddamit do i love parties!! When all the people my age started partying it was at my 15th, I was so proud because it was all my yeargroup was talking about for 2 weeks. Everyone got smashed (apart from me cause i saved that for the afterparty with my close mates) but it got called off 2 hours earlier when my dad found some weed upstairs. When i found out who was the douche that brang the weed i gave him a good punch im the face.
But the benefits of having the first major party of my area: It got me well known, i had people ive never seen before come up and ask me "are you ranga?" (my nickname to everyone i know is ranga so people kept talking about "rangas party") and i've been invited to most major parties since then.

 

[Stevo_s]

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.

Well I like parties, I like alcohol, and I Love sex. Yes Ive experiences all three. Large groups of people is annoying at first but later in the night with enough alcohol you don't mind it.
Ive experienced a lot of things at parties met a lot of people and most of the time I have blast at them. :]

 

[TheBoulder]

The only parties I've been to are ones where it's a bunch of adults talking about crap that doesn't really interest me. Come to think of it, I haven't been to one of those in quite a few years. But chances are, I'll talk awkwardly with some people I haven't seen in years, then hide upstairs and play Xbox.

 

[Nifarious]

What defines 'party' is very very subjective. If you just mean big chances for idiots to get together and be idiots, or strangers to get together and be strangers--glued together with more than a little alcohol--then yeah, sure, if you don't see anything in that, then why bother?
But this is your first time at college. People are still meeting people. Don't begrudge yourself that...but no, it doesn't have to be at a party.
Still, there's no reason to not see what its like for yourself.
Anyway, just remember that working on your social life is a key key part of college, especially for the first couple years when you're developing into an adult. Don't be afraid of groups or alcohol or whatever, but be in tune with what you like.

 

[Kortney]

I don't see how people can manage to bash parties yet have never been to one.

Parties can be great. They are a time to meet other people, hang out with your friends and to have fun. It's good to meet other people and it's good to get out and about once in a while.

 

[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.

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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?

 

[Mr. Google]

I haven't been to a party in three years. It wasn't that fun, we were all too young to drink or do anything sketchy so it wasn't that great. Although I seem to recall two people making out.

People making out is a big thing? i dont mean to be a dick but what are you 12? if 2 people made out at one of my parties (im 15 btw) everyone would be like alright thats cool continuing on with life now!

 

[Serenegoose]

I don't see how people can manage to bash parties yet have never been to one.

Parties can be great. They are a time to meet other people, hang out with your friends and to have fun. It's good to meet other people and it's good to get out and about once in a while.

There's a lot of preconceptions - which is fine. I know that I don't want to play barbie horse adventures because it's not my thing. I've never played it, but I can be reasonably sure. People can say the same for parties - I was originally pretty biased against them because when I was younger, parties were just where tons of people congregated to get blind drunk. I don't drink, and thanks to other parts of my life, drunk people terrify me, so I could be reasonably sure I wasn't going to enjoy the experience. The few times I was cajoled into going confirmed it. However, things changed, and now I'm more capable of enjoying them. I think the OP should definitely be open minded and willing to try it - repeatedly under different contexts - but figuring out stuff we probably won't like before we experience it is a fairly common aspect of human existence.