It doesn't take much to ruin the party mood.
Anything can tank a good time.
Usually, it's a guest who has decided to act a fool who brings down the atmosphere.
But it can also be the menu, the music, the neighbors... the list is endless.
A party is a fragile experiment.
Play it fun.
Redditor Joeyniles9 wanted to discuss all the things people have done that destroy the good time, so they asked:
"What instantly kills the vibe at a party?"
Anything. Anything can kill a vibe at a party.
Especially with perfect timing.
Lights Out
"Someone putting the big light on."
templewater
"Used to work at a bowling alley. On the weekends we had cosmic bowling (dark, black lights, fog machine, disco lights). At midnight we would turn the music off and the big fluorescent lights on so people would go home. The vibe kill was instantaneous."
roguescience
GiphyElden RIng
"If the hosts are a couple, and they get into a fight."
MightyMCY
"For real, I was at a couple of friend's places for a chill party once and the guy started getting angry at his GF for asking him something while we took turns playing Elden Ring. It became increasingly awkward and they moved their argument into the kitchen, then it turned into a real fight with screaming and dishes thrown on the floor."
"Eventually when someone suggested that they calmed down and the guy became hysterical, threw everyone out including his GF, and said it was her fault the party was ruined. I took pity on her so I drove her to her place, and ended up consoling her until 3 AM. Turns out they'd been fighting before about cheating on one another.
"They're due to get married at the end of the year but I'd be surprised their relationship lasts that long."
SaliktheCruel
Nesting
"I was at a staff party with an open bar, and it reached the time when the first clusters of guests were leaving. When they went to get their coats from the closet, they discovered a young new team member who we thought had left hours ago. He had stripped off all his clothes, made a nest of jackets, soiled everything, and passed out. Killed the vibe for sure."
MistaLuvcraft
Damn Kids
"When someone gets extremely wasted and too out of control (starts to pick fights, has drunk fits, will sprawl on the ground, needs 100% supervision, has to be carried around). You just wanna chill and enjoy the party but you can't cuz you're stuck babysitting them."
Akai_Sakita
"Uggggh yeah been there, had to babysit a drunk Belgium kid (he was like 18/19) and watch half my group make out with each other in Amsterdam, killed my night hard."
NevrAsk
"I think the S is needed. A single, aggressive drunk can be headed off. The party can pinball them around the place and make them feel special...and, if not, push them into a ditch."
"Multiple aggressive drunks? GTFO. Now."
fishsticklovematters
Time for some coffee darlings.
Song Killer
"When someone changes a song before the best part... I've done this and got my dumba** ex-communicated... rightfully."
Employee-Number-9
Golden Girls Dancing GIF by TV LandGiphyThe Pooper
"A friend of mine announced she had to fart to the entire kitchen while she was intoxicated. She proceeded to sh*t liquid diarrhea on herself. It hit the floor, and it smelled terrible. Party ended before it really ever began. Guess she had some stomach bug or IBS or something. She ended up getting diapers for any gift-giving occasion after. No clue where she ended up, we lost touch a year or so later."
Guerrin_TR
It was Him
"One time, my brother (14 at the time) wanted to see how hard it would be to dig out a 1 meter x 1-meter square hole out of the ground (Minecraft inspired.) He spent a good amount of time over a weekend digging, until he got bored. It was mostly finished."
"Fast forward a couple of months. I throw a party at my dad's house and we're having a blast. A bonfire out back and everything."
"A kind-hearted attendee noticed the pit in the ground and made it his duty to guard the pit, for he did not want anyone to get hurt."
"Someone got hurt. Spoiler alert: it was him. HE fell into the pit - our brave guard. Thankfully, we had a sober person there and they drove him to the hospital, but that instantly killed the vibe at the party."
coolbrys
But Damn
"An overdose."
eatafetus632"
I witnessed this. The host and two friends went to a room to do a little booger sugar, but it must have been laced with fentanyl or something. They were found unresponsive - Party over, paramedics, cops, etc. Narcan definitely saved them and they made a full recovery, but damn. What a horrible night."
KurzBadger
Bar Fail
"Shortage of drinks when everything is closed."
ads5531
"Ah yes, time for the Adventure (gathers the folks for the quest to the closest gas station to buy more alcohol, gets lost twice, changes destination several times, 3 people go missing, somebody passes out, drink entire booze before they make their way back home)."
CatOfCosmos
Season 6 Trailer GIFGiphyAlways have the bar stocked!
That is party 101!!
Who doesn't love a theme party?
When you not only get to dress up in something completely over the top, but also get to bear witness to everyone else's zany outfits in-keeping with the party's theme.
Be it Regency era, glam rock, or fairy tale villains.
Or what if the challenge is just to be blatantly inappropriate?
A theme which got the imagination of Redditor StockD0ctorStockD0ctor running wild, resulting in their taking to Reddit to ask:
"You are going to a party. The theme is dress inappropriately. Who or what do you dress as?"
And not on your foot, one imagines...
"Nothing but a tube sock."- Sanguiniutron
Reverse Psychology
"Dress normally, because if the theme is to dress inappropriately, and you dress appropriately, technically you're the one being inappropriate for the occasion."- GoAwayImHereForMemes
"I've actually been in a completely opposite situation."
"Was invited to a art exhibition, came in well dressed. It was basically porn but the person I went with forgot to mention that."
"I felt very malplace standing around people wearing next to nothing."
"So I would probably do that again because what's more inappropriate than being appropriate at an inappropriate event?"- cccantyousee
"I mean, if dressing inappropriately is the appropriate attire, then dressing appropriately would be inappropriate for the party, thus, making it appropriate."
"Now that I think about it, it's an unsolvable paradox."
"You could never appropriately dress inappropriately."- MUNKIESS
Getting Ready Jimmy Fallon GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonGiphyIt's all in the details
"A suit."
"With the pants cuffs rolled up, wearing tevas with gym socks."- BitPoet
And they say you can only wear it once...
"Bridal gown."- fromhelley
Depends on your surroundings...
"Imma wear a parka."
"In South Texas."
"In August."- Ahshalon_Tenisk
Parka GIF by moodmanGiphyThe question is, what aren't you wearing...
"Nothing I'd just show up in lingerie."- cloboehobo
Wrong on so many levels...
"A two sizes to small wrestling singlet, and crocs."- thirdtimer_2020
I Like Swimsuit GIF by MOODMANGiphyThere's little more fun than facing the challenge of dressing to impress.
Or, in this instance, un-dressing to impress.
And if you are greeted by a round of shocked expressions, you know your choice of outfit was a success.
We go to parties to unwind and have a good time. To relax. To let the worries and warts of the world slip away. The last thing we want to deal with at a party is someone setting themselves on fire or inadvertently stabbing you.
Unfortuantely, by the very nature of parties, things get a little crazier than we intend and that's when all you can say is "W.T.F?"
Reddit user, GuyWithAScuffedLife, wanted to know when the party took a turn for the weird when they asked:
"What's the most "WTF" moment you've ever had at a party?"
Not all craziness happens at adult parties. Even the most wholesome, child-friendly events can lead to head-scratching moments.
Come On Alison, Get It Together
"A girl took my pillow without my knowledge and then proceeded to throw up all over it, she said she would get me a new one."
"Alison, it’s been 3 years, please give me a new pillow :("- CrockyCroc
Who Snitched?!?
"Not really a party, a sleepover a few years back, I was probably 14 or 15."
"Some of the girls thought it would be fun to do some prank calls on various people, and we got a kick out of it for a while."
"Everything was going fine, we were all having fun and laughing."
"Then, one of the girls rings up a lady."
"I’m not sure if the girl knew this woman or not, but when she answers we did the classic, 'hello this is Wendy’s' or something along the lines of that."
"Then, get this, the lady starts NAMING EVERY GIRL AT THE SLEEPOVER."
"We were all freaked out and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone hang up the phone faster."
"It was truly terrifying."- ChatNoirsGothGf
A Gracious Party Host?
"I went to a bowling alley in grade 4 because that was the first birthday party I had been ever invited to."
"I was really excited because he was one of the popular kids. come to the day that it was happening, I decided to wear a nice pink glittery shirt because glitter was really important in my life for some odd reason."
"I got to the bowling alley with the bag and when I went to give it to him, I farted really loud out of excitement."
"Everyone looked over at me and I immediately burst into tears."
"He told me it was okay and then proceeded to fart maybe 3 minutes after I did."
"That really comforted me and we had a good time."- jaydenfarted
fart GIFGiphyYou know what really turns a party to the next level?
Narcotics!
You know what helps lead people to all kinds of bad, awful, truly terrible decisions?
Narcotics.
Cow Man, Away!
"New Year's party at a farmhouse."
"This guy I know has taken LSD."
"He found a top hat and cape somewhere and was wearing them."
"He is having a bad trip and is just spiraling into a depression and fixating on death while being freaked out on his trip."
"So I take him outside to get him away from all the smoking and noisy drunks in the house."
"We step out on the dark porch and for a minute he seems to be getting right when suddenly about 10 cows run by the porch."
"His eyes go wide and he runs away."
"The drunks in the party yell 'the cows are out' and they all start chasing the cows trying to round them up but the cows are now smarter than the drunk people so they were not doing a good job of it."
"And I never saw that guy again."
"I found the cape and top hat laying on the floor like he just vanished and they fell straight down."- inkseep1
There Are Better Ways To Say Hello...
"Was standing in a circle with 4 other people smoking and talking."
"Girl comes up super drunk all happy and smiling, everything is all good and suddenly out of no where she drops her pants squats down and pees right in front of all of us, like legit still talking and looking right at us."- Snowfreak2507
Fire. Fire!
"We had a bonfire going."
"I left early once the 'shine came out."
"About an hour after I left, some of the guys started spitting mouthfuls of the stuff through the fire to make fireballs."
"Caught some of the grass on fire, tried to put it out by peeing on it, and ended up starting a 200 acre fire."- gothangelblood
GiphySometimes, You Don't Need Drugs To Get Crazy
"I was at a friends birthday party and him and a group of maybe 5-10 kids were there."
"We put on Shrek and I was on a recliner watching it."
"Meanwhile these other kids were messing around."
"One of them took their shirt off and said 'who wants to join the no shirt gang?!'"
"Everyone but me and this other kid took their shirt off."
"Then, the crazy one said 'no PANTS gang?!'"
"They took their pants off."
"Fast forward a bit and we had like 8 naked kids running around screaming naked gang while me and this kid say there like 'wtf'"
"Me and this kid who didn’t strip are actually really good friends today"- CGL_j
And then there's these, those moments that make you wonder if the stars aligned to let the kooks out only when you arrived at the party. W.T.F.
Gotta Stop Those Cramps Somehow
"Caught a guy sucking a banana in the bathroom"- redditassemble
*mwah* Good Night, Everybody!
"The host got so drunk, he pulled his dead pet lizard out of the freezer (saving it to bury it in the spring) and showed it to everyone in the room."
"Then he started crying, threw up, pissed himself, and passed out."
"I have no idea if the lizard ever made it back to the freezer."- MinouCheetos
First Impressions
"Was at a party last Friday, a guy I met that day for the first time became so blackout drunk he took of my sock and started playing with my toes and such."
"That was the weirdest f*cking ten minutes of my life."
"And then he called me later when I he came home and called me and declared that he liked me."
"No thank you."- GuiltyCat3927
Screaming Internally First Date GIF by OriginalsGiphyHold the burger...
"Watched someone snort ketchup in one nostril and mustard in the other."
"Completely unprovoked, not dared to do it...just did it..for....fun."- irregaardless
One way to end the year...
"Hands down, 2015 NYE at a friends spot in Bay Area."
"Noticed a ruckus happening with the bf, friends, and some guy, thought little to nothing about it."
"Couple min later cops show up."
"Turns out the neighbors noticed this college party and decided it was a great spot to come and try to sell some crack."
"The ruckus was a friend and my bf telling him to get the f*ck out, seller lost his sh*t."
"Told them he would be back with his piece and 'show them what’s up'. "
"Cops were called, guy was arrested, vibes were super harsh from that point forward."
"Happy 2015 to us!"
Welcome, leave your clothes at the door.
"In the late 90's an older guy that was interested in me invited me to a party being thrown by his manager at his 2nd job."
"We get there, I'm getting buzzed, and everyone seems normal enough."
"Suddenly the hosts fiancée does a NAKED BACK WALKOVER from the bedroom to the living room, comes over to where I am and starts making out with me."
"There's been a bunch of wild party moments in my early days, but that one was just so unexpected it seared into my brain."
"I never saw her again after that."- ILuvMyLilTurtles
You break it, you buy it.
"Come to a party and meet a girl I met a week before at a party."
"She cries and is completely devastated."
"She says that at her party I had become quite drunk and turned the buttons on her stereo so the speakers broke."
"She asks me while she's crying if I can pay half and shows me the Receipt."
"Of course I say, and we walked to an ATM."
"I take out $ 25 and she gets them."
"She thanks me all the way back because it was her mother's stereo."
"Nothing more with that."
"Partying and having fun the rest of the evening."
"The next day I find out that before I came to the party she had asked my friends for me and they had started arguing with her."
"Told her to leave me alone, that it was her fault for having a party and that I would hit her if she brought it up with me."
"I understand that she must have been terrified when she brought up the incident with me and she must have been overjoyed when I just said that of course I would pay."
"Nice picture my friends had of me."
"I broke up with them a couple of years later."- Crocodile-toes-ten
The Wildest party... that never happened...
"I can't rightly remember."
"The evidence afterward was pennies on the floor in the kitchen & hallway, an empty Jim Beam & empty mouthwash bottle in the trash, a stiff stain in the hallway with black scuff marks on the wall, improperly tucked sheets, a light left on in the 'rumpy room', and all the salad dressings thrown out."
"Also, we had so many cars, we had to park in the Mormon church across the street."
"Oh, wait. It wasn't a party."
"That's the 'evidence' my friend's grandmother accused us of having a party with."
"It was actually just 4 of us, none of us had a license, let alone a car, we sat around watching TV & eating chicken nuggets."
"We did throw out the salad dressings, they were all out of code, by months."
"We only drank Pepsi, no Jim Beam, no mouthwash."
"I have no idea where the pennies supposedly factored in."
"None spent the night, my friend decided to sleep in a different bed each night while she was housesitting, and she didn't know how to do 'military corners'."
" We were never in the 'rumpy room' either, so if the light was on, Grandma left it on before she left."
"So, out of all the 'evidence', the only thing we were actually responsible for was the salad dressings."
"Excuse us for trying to prevent you from getting sick."
"She actually said they were still good."
"The reason we checked was the ranch came out watery with lumps."
"She still insisted the rest were probably good."- GrandSpecter
money coins GIF by Ashlyn AnsteeGiphyDo I know you?
"This is more funny. but i was at a nye party going into 2021, and i just remember seeing this random ass dude dancing on the couches."
"iIwas like, bro who tf is this?"
"It was a pretty big party 60+ ppl and i knew almost everyone there and if i didn’t know them, i’ve at least seen them before."
"And there was just this random ass guy, dancing on the couch."
'So i just casually asked him where he was from and how come I'd never seen him at any other of these parties before."
"He just said 'I was just walking by and saw there was a party and walked in'.”
"I started laughing."
"I didn’t see him after that."
" I think some of the boys caught wind and kicked him out."
"Never saw bro again lmao."- buckys_doll21
Well, we're certainly glad we didn't get an invite to some of these gatherings.
Do you have a similar story to share? Let us know in the comments below.
You've been having a great night.
The drinks have been poured, the music has been just right, and all the night's conversations have ended with you thinking, "I would genuinely enjoy talking to that person once again."
All in all, a good party.
Then, IT happens. You know what it is as soon as it occurs.
You grab your phone, you grab your bag, you grab your friend and you vamoose, because this night just ended.
Reddit user, mharris1405, wanted to know when is it time to bug out when they asked:
"What are some signs you need to leave the party?"
Right off the bat, see any of these lurking around a friendly gathering, time to consider calling that Uber several hours earlier than you intended.
"What'd You Say, Bro?!" - someone, in about 5 minutes
"When a group of 5-10 unknown men arrives, which weren't invited"
Katsudonisyummy
"thats alwaaaaays the one."
"you are moments away from a nasty fight"
readyfredrickson
Correct. If you get a bad vibe, just leave. You won't want to be around for whatever's next.
"If a group of guys come in and don't greet anybody, they just stand around looking around, someone is about to be jumped or shot. Leave."
CGY-SS
Yes, leave!! We can't stress this enough.
When Even Your Distraction Needs A Distraction
"You’re starting to be on your phone WAY too much"
PillsburyToasters
"I've had times where I check my phone, then look at it again a few times only to realize even that is getting boring and I def need to leave"
koayfish
Yeah, if you're spending more time on your phone or standing in a corner somewhere, it's probably better that you go.
At The Sign At The First Chair Breaking
"When people start getting obnoxious. If you see drunk or high people breaking sh-t, or screaming, interrupting others' conversation, that's when you can see that the party is going to get worse."
ToastedMaple
Yeah, no person with common sense wants to be anywhere near that!
It doesn't take much to take a party to the next level.
Sometimes it's the right music, or the right combination of fun-loving people, or one memorable moment by the pool, to make a party legendary.
And then there's moments like these, which have the opposite effect.
Oh, It's THAT Kind Of Party
"everyone is doing crack except you."
Toxic_Politician
"I remember being stood at a table at a party searching for cigarettes to steal when the girl next to me just took a baggie out and started keying coke. In that moment I felt:"
"(a) Really cool for being invited to a party where people just casually did hard drugs (it was a post-gig party with a small band I liked)"
"But"
"(b) Really uncool because my response was to be Spongebob "right, imma head out""
bethcano
American Parties Say, "What's Up!"
"The Halloween party where the guy dressed as a cop starts showing off his real, loaded gun."
geegeeallin
"I once walked into a party and saw a bunch of guns just laying around and I grandpa Simpson’d myself right back out the door"
poopcornkernels
Scatter!
"I have a rule. No matter how good a time I am having, even if I have done nothing wrong, when cops show up, I leave then."
Latvian_Pete
"Wait are there people that stay at a party once the cops show up???"
Lexafaye
"My friends and I used to try to hide in the backyard at parties while the cops looked for people. It's kind of like high stakes adult hide in seek."
14thCluelessbird
"When you get asked questions that require any of the following answers:"
"yes/no officer"
"that's not mine officer"
"maybe icing sugar officer?"
KoalaDeluxe
You'll feel it in your gut, that pulling sensation that says you should no longer be here because bad things are about to happen.
It's not hard.
What you're fighting against is the notion that you want to leave the party at all, because you want to stay and have fun.
Trust that first feeling.
Leave.
Step Into My Web Of Chaos
"When the host is the cause of any form of drama."
Nova_Phoenix
"Michael and Jan seem to be playing their own separate game, and it's called "let's see how uncomfortable we can make our guests" and, they're both winning, so I am going to make a run for it."
Ca_Milla
"This is the realest answer."
"There are tons of bad joke responses."
"I would add: when people start advocating for changing a party's location, if that wasn't already the plan."
"So many times I've been at a party, it's getting late, things are winding down, and someone tries to inject life back into it with "Let's go do shots at the bar!" Nope. I'm going home."
"Someone's partner is going to be annoyed. Someone is going to try to drive drunk. Someone is going to get refused service and kicked out. Someone will be sick."
AFK_Tornado
You'll Start To See The Circles Forming
"There usually comes a point in the night, usually around 2-3am, where everyone’s drunkenness wanes from energised to a bit sloppy. A lot of people start sitting down in increasingly insular circles, and drinks just stop going down so well."
"A lot of people will just hang around because it was fun earlier and they don’t want the night to end, but you start to really compromise on tomorrow’s happiness by drawing out the night."
Tosslebugmy
Yeah, Creaking House Joints Is The Best Sign To leave
"I went to a rager once where the county bought the house to tear it down to expand a road. So the teens threw this goodbye party and we were wrecking the place. Annihilating walls, breaking cabinets, the works."
"Well, the building suddenly shifts kind of aggressively and everyone stops. Someone was going to town on the foundation and made some steady progress. We left right then and there."
"Drive by the next day and it was leaning considerably to one side. Lucky nobody was hurt or killed."
StarchyIrishman
No one here is saying don't party.
Party all you want.
Maybe leave all the guns, cocaine, bad decisions, and property destruction at home.
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I know some of you haven't been to a party since 2020 ... and if you're like me you didn't really do them before that, either.
As the world starts to open back up, it's very possible that you're going to be invited to a party.
DO NOT PANIC.
I know socialization can be awkward, but it's going to be okay.
One way to ensure social success is to be the person who brings the cool thing to the party. What "the cool thing" is really depends. It could be anything, but I'm not about to leave you stranded without ideas.
Again, DO NOT PANIC.
We've got Reddit.
Reddit user GoldGorilla asked:
"What's an underrated thing to bring to a party?"
Take a look at what these people had to say.
The Best Sandwiches
"At my daughter's 15th bday party, some kid showed up with a heavy looking backpack."
"I immediately assumed it was full of beer and was watching him carefully. Nope, freeze packs and ice cream sandwiches for an outdoor party in July."
"That kid is going places."
- handsoffmypublicland
"I got married at an outdoor campout wedding at the end of July. We had ice cream sandwiches instead of wedding cake. It went over really well."
- ebb_omega
"Did a summer party with a Costco box of frozen treats (ice cream sandwiches, fudge pops, those drumstick cones) and have never seen such glee from grown ass adults."
- maggiebear
GiphyEverything Is Warm
"Ice!"
"I’ve never met anybody under 40 other than myself who brings ice to anything. People seriously undervalue it when you show up with it, too, then everyone realizes how useful it is over the night."
- doomer_irl
"It helps so much. I don't walk into a party without a iced down cooler of my own and a extra bag or two of ice for the party."
"After my last bad breakup I started throwing massive drunken dance parties a few times a year. At least two people a night would bring ice without being asked."
"We had two slushie machines and the floor would be a STICKY MESS the next morning, but someone would always mop it without being asked because there are still rad people in the world - and rad people bring ice and help clean up."
- jamesholden
"I like to bring a huge sack of ice."
"I’m amazed at the lack of ice at many parties. Just a tiny bag in the cooler, not even enough to cover drinks - and none to actually put in drinks."
- MacShi9
GiphySalami Hero
"Giant 6-ft submarine sandwich."
"I once brought one to a party and arrived right as the attendees finished a round of bong hits. They treated me like I was Jesus Christ himself."
"Which, honestly, I was okay with because carrying that thing wasn't fun."
"Me and my ex bought it in a shop in Carroll Gardens, BK because they are famous for amazing sandwiches (think Satriale's in the Sopranos). We then grabbed another friend who helped us to gently carry it into the subway to go 3 stops."
"Getting it into the small elevator where the party was held was probably the most precarious since we had to gingerly hold it vertically while we were going up."
"In the end, it was a worthwhile venture. I didn't really know anyone at the party and made a few friends who still refer to me as 'salami hero.' "
- fulthrottlejazzhands
GiphyGames
"I knew a guy who always brought a good card game. Always had something new, but easy for a big group to learn quickly and everyone always had a good time."
"He always brought different ones, I don’t remember them all and I haven’t seen him in years (I moved) but I remember one called something like “We Didn’t Even Playtest This” or something."
"Fun game to play towards the end of the night. It’s just totally random and the point of the game is to break the game."
- barbaramillicent
"My favorite is Snake Oil."
"It’s a little like Cards Against Humanity - everyone takes turns to choose a type of customer (for example, caveman) and then the other players have to pitch a product (for example, a beard comb)."
"Customer chooser picks funniest one they like the best."
- soapyrubberduck
"Snake oil gets better the more you commit to it."
"My wife and I have a reasonable costume closet. It happens after a short career as a cosplayer , den fair attendant, Halloween enthusiast."
"We opened the costume closet and kept playing allowing people to use costumes from the closet. It got so funny after that."
"If you take it too seriously it’s not fun but otherwise it’s great."
- enter360
"I love this!! What a clever way to bring everyone together"
- funlovingfirerabbit
GiphyStuff From Work?
"My roommates and I had a party in college. Some random friend of a friend quit his job at KFC that night and came over late."
"He brought like 6 buckets of chicken, huge trays full of sides and biscuits, and even a bunch of their chocolate cakes for dessert."
"That dude was a legend and the hero of the party."
- ghostnthegraveyard
"I worked at Panera in high school, and would often take home bags of pastries and bread because they got tossed in the trash at the end of the night."
"I showed up at friends’ houses and parties with them, they loved it. My best friend’s mom still reminisces about it whenever I see her over a decade later."
- Rosenblattca
"I lived in a party house, and two of my roommates worked at Little Caesars. They'd come home from work with pizzas with a "hidden fish" where one slice would have a pile of anchovies under the toppings."
"We'd be standing around eating and one person would start gagging."
- HitchhikingCats
GiphyThe Goat
"Bringing things are cool and fun, but usually almost everyone brings something. The real move, and way to get on the hosts good side and most likely invited back is help with clean up."
"Most people party and make a mess and dip when time to clean comes. Don't be that party person."
"Be the partier who wakes up the next morning, and starts cleaning. Nothing crazy, just get a trash bag and clean up trash, place dishes in sink/dishwasher, clean up spills."
"DO NOT clean personal items/rooms unless asked to do so."
"Basic cleaning is barely ever done by the people who enjoy the party all night without having to take any responsibility. You will be loved/noticed/and in the future, invited back."
"Remember in the eyes of the Host, the one who helps clean is the Goat."
- T-Jenks
GiphyWaffle Rolls
"Waffle iron and uncooked cinnamon rolls."
"I did this once and the whole place loved me. Especially the drunkzillas. Good times."
- amjenn4x
"Just seen a guy do this on Guys Grocery Games and it blew all the judges minds"
- killittoliveit
"My partner uses a Foreman Grill. I was amazed at how well they came out. I am no longer an oven-exclusive cinnamon roll snotbag."
- fragbert66
"Yes, this is so good. Every part of the roll is both crispy on the outside and gooey in the middle."
- GtheH
"Lol my wife did this once but spent the whole party stuck making waffles. I think she regretted it."
- popple-winward856
GiphyBad Breath
"A breathalyzer."
"Before the pandemic hit, there was some guy who would always bring one to every party."
"He had some drinking game associated with it and would double as a way to know who needs a couch, an Uber, a buddy for the sidewalk, a buddy for the bus or just fine by themselves to walk home."
- _Username-Invalid_
"My husband told me his party group used to do that too!"
"The 'winner' would get their cab paid for by everyone else lol"
- JCtheWanderingCrow
"I'm the breathalyzer guy in my group!!!"
- teenytinytap
"Same - had a bright pink one"
- CrossXFir3
GiphyGetting Creative
"One of my friends always used to bring different giant stuffed animals for people to take pictures with."
"By the end of the night he’d have a collage made that he’d give to the host. He got pretty creative with the animals and even started making backdrops too."
"Our themed parties were a ton of fun and everybody loved the pictures."
- Edge80
"When I was a kid, me and my sister had this giant Pikachu pillow we used to pretend was boys we liked and tried to make each other kiss. (It was a girl thing)"
"Fast forward we're all adults now. One of our friends got married so we brought the Pikachu pillow for the photo booth."
"Pikachu was the hit of the party! We have pictures of the bride's 90 yo grandma dancing with Pikachu!"
- crap_whats_not_taken
GiphyProtein Powder?
"Ok I can not stress this enough: Fat and protein makes you be able to drink more alcohol without puking or getting drunk."
"Just buy 30 bucks worth of protein powder and mix it with yogurt or something like milk. Is a true live saver, especially if you are young and not as experienced."
- maskedjam
Gym Energy GIF by Bucked UpGiphyLayers Of Yes
"Real talk, a lasagna."
"My girlfriend's parents bought a couple massive lasagnas for her family birthday party a few years back when we were seniors in college. After that party we went back to my apartment for a surprise party with a few dozen people."
"Her dad came by an hour later and dropped off the leftovers. It was all gone by 3am."
- InvalidKoalas
Lasagna Big Food Bucket List GIF by Food Network CanadaGiphySweet and Succulent
"Fruit. Succulent fruit."
"Whether you’re drunk, stoned, tripping or all of the above, fruit is delicious and refreshing."
"I'm talking fruit that bursts in your mouth Think pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, maybe some grapes."
- Cagey_Cret1n
Fruit Eating GIF by Miley CyrusGiphySnakes At A Party
"Snakes, and I base this off of a true story from when I was, like, twenty-one(?)"
"Anyway, my friend hosted a backyard pool party and despite the large number of attendees, it was pretty tame (or about as tame as a backyard full of early twenty-somethings can be). For the first little while, I remember feeling a sense of complacency."
"I wanted some weird sh*t to go down or something. Nothing bad but like... something."
"There's always that one (or more) memorable aspect of a party and I found myself looking for it. A certain je ne sais quoi."
"As if answered by God himself, in comes this motherf*cker with three snakes."
"According to him they had just finished feeding and were prime for non-hostile greeting and interaction with humans. They were also pretty friendly in general so it wouldn't have been much of a big deal even if they were a little hungry."
"In terms of length, I'd give them a few feet each, and they were sharp and sleek-looking with names like bullet and red-stripe. Y'know. Snake sh*t."
"Anyway, I knew the guy in question to be a snake breeder but I didn't think he'd bring actual f*cking snakes to a party. He did, though, and he commanded the night."
"Absolutely nutty."
- PeanutButterCrisp
steve irwin snakes GIF by BustleGiphyUncoordinated Mastery
"Glow in the dark hula hoops."
"People never stop trying to master mine no matter how uncoordinated they are."
- slavicgypsygirl
Hula Fail GIFGiphyPink Drink
"Pink fireball."
"I’ve met people who go crazy over fireball and the one time, this one girl got really excited that I had pink fireball with me and we had a blast."
"And pink Whitney vodka, pink moscato wine, so on and so forth."
"Rule of thumb is if you bring a pink colored drink to a party and there are at least a few girls there, it will be gone in the first half hour. So plan accordingly."
- juicycannoli
Amanda Freitag Pink GIF by Rachael Ray ShowGiphyA Huge Hit
"A giant Rice Krispie treat!"
"Line your biggest stockpot with plastic wrap. Mix up several batches of RKTs, and pack them into the pot until it's full."
"Lift it out of the pot, set it on the table, stick a knife into it, and let others cut off as much or as little as they want."
"Always a huge hit."
- 58532569086897
lady and the tramp eating GIF by NailedItGiphyAlways Prepared
"I actually pack spare condoms, some menstrual products, some aspirin and a water bottle, just to have it if anyone needs it."
- Sufficient-Ranger474
"This is just for anywhere, but I always carry band-aids and ointment in my purse. It came in handy for other people and myself."
"Also a fresh pair of underwear because you never know."
- scouche
Comedy Trip GIF by ABC NetworkGiphyWhat Super Bowl?
"I once showed up to a Super Bowl party with an Ikea tote bag full of board/card games (in addition to a crockpot full of sweet and sour meatballs that were, admittedly, the star of the food table)."
"For some reason it didn't click in my mind until I got there that people might want to actually watch the Super Bowl at a Super Bowl party instead of play games, and I felt kind of silly for bringing them at first."
"Evidently, they didn't. By halftime, everyone was playing board games and ignoring the football game and it was the best Super Bowl party ever."
- somewanderer_13
Super Bowl Snl GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphyWhat NOT To Bring
"Just don't be the acoustic guitar guy"
- haystackofneedles
"I don't mean to sound rude, I love the sound of guitars but the "guitar guy" that just out of the blue starts singing and playing in a group makes me uncomfortable"
- menchii
"My old roommate was the guy with the guitar until we had to have an intervention. Showing him all the memes made him realize it wasn't as endearing as he thought."
- xxkoloblicinxx
"I know a guy who brought an acoustic guitar to a party. A party with a live band. He was not in the band."
- Arctic_Puppet
"Someone whipping out their guitar and singing will suddenly dominate the party and attract all attention. You can't play beer pong like you were just doing or carry on a conversation so it just kills that whole vibe."
"Leave it for campfires."
- Rolten
GiphyLet's do a quick overview:
- Bring dope snacks.
- AND ICE.
- Be ready to help clean up.
- Do not bring a guitar.
You're ready.
Go have some fun, champ!
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