This is kind of lame but...

[Mobius]

I've been invited to a girl from works party on Saturday and I've never actually been to a party before. What type of clothes do people wear to parties? Do I need a suit, shirt and jeans or shall I just dress as informally as possible to appear cool? Also I have no idea what to drink. I suppose I have to get drunk as everyone else will but I've never really drunk before..except the odd beer. Whats a "mans" drink?

Thanks.

 

[old.user4556]

Ummm, some stab in the dark questions first:

What kind of party is it? House party? Dinner party? Student party?

There will be no harm in pitching that question to her - something along the lines of "how formal is the party? dunno if i should go smart, or just smart casual" should suffice.

Don't worry about what to drink, drink whatever you like - if people give you a hard time by what you drink, they're fuckwits you don't want to be around anyway. But if you are worried, bottles of beer will be absolutely fine.

That's as good as my advice gets .

I take it you want to impress her?

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Oh I hope so very much there's going to be a lot more than drink there, the thought of the look on your face would be great

 

[Louster]

Hire a big foamy banana costume, and refuse to drink anything that isn't banana flavoured. If anyone queries you about this, allude vaguely to being "in remembrance", and ask heatedly why they show no respect.

 

[Cask]

It takes a real man to drink banana flavoured milk when everyone else is drinking stella.

 

[Gumbo]

I love you Lou.

 

[throdgrain]

Hire a big foamy banana costume, and refuse to drink anything that isn't banana flavoured. If anyone queries you about this, allude vaguely to being "in remembrance", and ask heatedly why they show no respect.

Best reply Ive ever read

 

[Mobius]

Its not that I want to impress her, but all my work colleagues are there and I get invited to stuff alot and end up turning them down with stupid excuses because I'm just not a very social person. You probably remember my thread at Barrysworld about my lack of confidence and stuff..well its improved but I still go red speaking to people alot and just get really self conscious.
I'm not really sure what type of party it is. She gave me an invitation that looked like the sort you used to get in year 4 when someone was having a Pizza Hut party. Then again its her 19th birthday so I expect it'll be quite different.
Also everyone there is 19/20 and I'm 17..and they've all been friends longer than me so its going to be difficult to "fit in"

 

[dysfunction]

Do what Big G said. Its sensible info....for a change

 

[Cyfr]

I get invited to stuff alot and end up turning them down with stupid excuses because I'm just not a very social person.

Same Give tips people!

 

[Furr]

Theres always backup plan C :If goes completly haywire drink enough to complelty erase any social ineptitude and deny any stories at your own discretion afterwards. Which seeming as you dont drink usually may involve large plastic elephants and/or fairy lights.

 

[Dillinja]

Just wear a smart shirt and trousers and drink a lot of alcohol. You'll be fine. Most of them will probably be too pissed to take notice of what you are doing/wearing anyway.

 

[Munkey]

Arrive late! this is very important! Never ever arrive to a party ontime, unless its on a bus that travels around town whilst you get pissed so you'll need to be on time to catch it.

If you arrive on time, nobody else but the loser type people will be there. Also, the later you arrive, the more pissed they'll be. so less people will notice you really. Mans drink.....well really you cant go wrong with a beer, thou I dunno about the UK but out here its acceptable to drink a womans drink e.g. bacardi breezer. Stay clear of cocktails, womans drink. Dont think "martini, shaken not stirred" is cool either, its not. Dont wear a suit. Jeans and a smartish shirt should do, smart shoes as well.

final tip: try not to get drunk before anyone else does, if you do everyone notices what a twat you act like. try to be at the halfway mark. Being the last person to get drunk isnt fun either as it means the time of having fun is nearly over. People may offer you cigarretes or try to get you to smoke. If you smoke already. this is good. If you dont smoke, say you've given it up. People may also ask: "how many did you smoke?" or "whats your favourite brand?" i prefer to favour this with a 1 pack, dunhills, response. Nobody smokes dunhills as their tar sprinkled with straw, rather than malbaro lights which is straw sprinkled with tar.

Fosters, Bud, Heinakien. All acceptable. If you're paying for drinks. They're cheapest.
Dont touch cider, its for kiddies.

If you've never been drunk before. take it lightly. DO NOT GULP IT DOWN LIKE ITS COKE.

and thats about all i can think to divulge. pretty much how i've survived the last few years.

oh yeah, dont make a complete tit of yourself or you wont be invited back. Good luck!

 

[Doomy]

Or just be yourself and have a laugh. If you dont want to drink, dont drink, if you want to get smashed, get smashed. If any of your friends are there, youll be completely fine!

 

[snake75]

just wear jeans and a tshirt or summat and drink budweiser its cool.

relax, chill out and do wotever to wanna do....other ppl dont like it then its their problem not urs

 

[Gurnox]

DO NOT GULP IT DOWN LIKE ITS COKE.

This is very very important.

An old mate of mine at Uni, let's call him DG, did this in a stunning fashion at the first party he went to. He was drinking Bacardi and cokes in pint glasses that were about 1/3 Bacardi. Lots of them.

At the time we left him (Not on his own I hasten to add) he was standing on a table screaming gibberish in perfect German. The only choice phrase I can remember from this is 'Mein mutter ist eine hund ficker'.

Anyway, me and some friends have gone back to my room for a bit of a smoke. About 3 hours later there is a knock on my door. I've opened it to find a naked-from-the-waist-down DG with bleeding palms, absolutely fucked out of his spinning eyeballs, being suspended by his arms between a couple of security guards. I did what any good friend would do and pissed myself laughing before we helped him to bed.

The next day he gets a summons from the utter hag who was in charge of accomodation. He went off to this meeting, with a memory erased by booze, assuming it would be about late rent or something. He was wrong.

Turns out that, after he had left the party, he decided to pay a visit to one of the 'quiet corridors' in the posh block. This is the corridor where overseas daddies put their innocent, rich, sheltered and predominately islamic daughters.

According to hag-witch, he announced his presence in said corridor by hammering on some poor girls door and screaming like a possessed banshee. His bleeding palms did not, by all accounts, do the appearance of the door, or the surrounding walls, any favours.

Needless to say, the terrified innocent on the other side of the door thought some axe-wielding loon was coming to kill her so called security, who found him unconscious and half-naked lying in a pool of his own piss. Between that and the blood up the walls he must have looked like an especially macarbe work of art by Damien Hirst.

The funniest thing about it is that they had found his lower garments in a cow field next to the Uni. God only knows what he'd been getting up to in there.

He narrowly avoided being booted out of Uni and has never been pissed since.

 

[Munkey]

lol poor lad.


I fell down a manhole when i did that, the drinking lots like coke....not going around revealing myself to everyone and sundry.

Couldnt take the leg to hospital, it was cut open bleeding like a pig, when it happened because i would've been chucked out the country for being underage. Learnt my lesson since. Tipsy > Pissed out of your skull.

And make sure you have a few mate around, they "normalyl" stop you doing half the crazy shit that you do do.

 

[Aoami]

wear a blazer, smoke lots, and drink lots of lager.

the 3 things you need to get laid at a student party.

 

[stormrider]

wear a blazer, smoke lots, and drink lots of lager.

the 3 things you need to get laid at a student party.

Also remember going to a student party is different than going to a party with people you work with.
Unless like me you actually worked at uni for a period, in which case the two are remarkably the same

 

[Mobius]

I don't really like drinking. Beer doesn't taste that nice to me...Bacardi and stuff are alright but I guess they're womens drinks or whatever. Why couldn't she have a LAN party?

 

[Doh_boy]

I always bring a few bottles of spirit. Some **** usually doesn't bring owt and usually when people get very drunk they want something involving spirits. Something to talk to people about (they'll be nice to you coz you got booze!)

I also drink guiness which is a bit shit at a house party unless it's a relaxed one.

As for when to come, I find it's best to get their around an hour after the start. Any later and no fucker will rreally notice/care you've arrived. If you know the people well then get there as soon as possible, I do this and usually you get teh best of the food/drink. (been to a lot of bbq/house parties atm )

It's kinda hard to think of good advice for house parties, I usually just turn up and talk shite to strangers. The last one I went to I was talking to some bloke who was a DJ (DJ Neo? ) who was a top laugh and shown me a really fucking genius cocktail... the pernod and black...that doesn't contain pernod.

 

[Munkey]

last party i went to. well. second last party. some austrian aussie spoke to me for 5 hours about how he wanted to be a flight attendant.

and his days in high school.

and his girlfriend.

and his whole bloody personal life, i was waiting for him to tell me his bank code and pin.

Some people just never stop yapping

 

[Moving Target]

I don't really like drinking. Beer doesn't taste that nice to me...Bacardi and stuff are alright but I guess they're womens drinks or whatever. Why couldn't she have a LAN party?

Wine is the answer

 

[Munkey]

makes you look like a toff tho.

 

[SAS]

never ever touch wine if you are not used to drinking. In the morning it's awful .

A glass or two at the start is ok, but know your poison and stick to it!

 

[Cyfr]

The first (and only) party i've been to was a few months ago, we were all 15/16.
Was a house party. I drunk as much as I possibly could, it showed a side to me most of my friends have never seen, and they loved it . Apparently I was halarious, in a good way

I was still drunk the next day however... My advice would be get drunk so you can have lots of fun, but not too drunk like I did :S

edit: btw its only the only party ive been to because nobody has house partys now, they all go to the pub and clubs, and I look too young

 

[Brynn]

Bring a 6 pack of beer. Dont waste money on bringing lots.

Dont do what i did, i drank three cans of special brew, then went out into town. I couldn't remember a fucking thing, and was exorcist sick the next day.

Just drink Bud or Carlsburg or Stella Artiois kinda mellow drinks.

Wear a shirt and jeans, kinda works ... well does for me, spike your hair and you look older.

Well bottom line, is if you dont want to drink dont bother, i dont drink at all, just dont see the point in it. Same with smoking some people think im boring but i dont want to drink to make them think im cool. I like remembering what i have been doing the night before.

If you need to chat about any topics chat about music, films tv programs all are valid options.

let us know how it goes.

 

[Sigurd]

Wow.. erm.. some people have slightly odd ideas about things. Whatever you do, don't just do it to fit in, just be yourself and do whatever the hell you want. Certainly don't smoke cancer-sticks just to appear "cool" :touch:

Basically, to survive a party, you need to remember one thing: get wasted. Drink enough and everything is funny, you have all the confidence in the world, and you just do what the hell you want and everyone loves you for it. You'll probably be labelled a legend, and be invited to more parties. Leave the pulling to the insecure gibbons who crave a pointless kiss from a drunken slut more than anything, and you'll be just grand.

 

[dysfunction]

I dont understand the mentality of getting completely wasted!??!

If you choose to drink then drink till you feel merry and then just keep it there by alternating with every other drink with something non alcoholic.

You dont want to end up passing out in a gutter drowing in your own puke.

Take it easy and just relax and enjoy the party. Just chat to people about everyday things you would chat to your friends with and you will be fine.

 

[Cask]

Maybe SAS could make a guide?