What instantly kills the vibe at a party?

[u/Joeyniles9]

[u/MightyMCY]

If the hosts are a couple, and they get into a fight.

[u/bladerunnerism → u/MightyMCY]

Oh, Are their names Michael and Jan by chance?

[u/anon10122333 → u/bladerunnerism]

To be fair, that party wasn't really vibing to begin with

[u/Just_Aioli_1233 → u/bladerunnerism]

"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."

[u/Akai_Sakita]

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 baby sitting them.

[u/MistaLuvcraft]

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.

[u/LibertyCash → u/MistaLuvcraft]

Bless his heart. Did he ever show up for work again?

[u/potato11teen → u/LibertyCash]

Op replied somewhere else:

He peed and had diarrhea, unfortunately. He did show up to work on Monday, but he only lasted a week or two before he left the organization. Yikes. Maybe watch the 18 year olds when you have an open bar.

[u/MistaLuvcraft → u/MistaLuvcraft]

He peed and had diarrhea, unfortunately. He did show up to work on Monday, but he only lasted a week or two before he left the organization. Yikes. Maybe watch the 18 year olds when you have an open bar.

[u/2021sammysammy → u/MistaLuvcraft]

Omg I'm guessing he had some serious issues going on. I'd simply move out of town and never come back if I did something like that at any party.

[u/SpaceDog777 → u/2021sammysammy]

I'd want to at 18, but I'd need to pay rent...

A new job ASAP tough.

[u/NativeMasshole → u/MistaLuvcraft]

There was one guy from my town who would consistently drink too much, pass out on the couch, and shit himself. Definitely stopped a few parties dead.

[u/nAsh_4042615 → u/NativeMasshole]

Shitting myself in front of others just once would probably be enough for me to decide to never get drunk again; twice would absolutely seal the deal.

[u/funguyshroom → u/NativeMasshole]

How the fuck did he kept getting invited and allowed near alcohol?

[u/bearatrooper → u/funguyshroom]

"Seriously, bro, I changed the amount of fiber in my diet, let me come to your party, bro!"

[u/krabmeat → u/bearatrooper]

"I pregamed a ton of Metamucil I swear!"

[u/KJBenson → u/bearatrooper]

My dude over here with a chemist set, testing the perfect amount of fibre to mix with his alcohol so he doesn’t shit himself.

Also, he’s in a lab coat and a Diaper

[u/Gorilla1969 → u/NativeMasshole]

OMG

In my 20s, we had a hanger-on to our friend group. I swear to you, we all called him Scott the shitter, because that was his name and that was what he did. Every. Single. Time. He didn't even have to pass out. Once he got to a certain point of drunkenness, his bowels staged a revolt and he would have the squirts all night. He rarely noticed and would cluelessly walk around with a wet shit stain on the seat of his jeans all night.

Sharing a cab with that guy and his poop-reek was too much. We eventually managed to ditch him permanently.

[u/[deleted] → u/Gorilla1969]

"If he shit his pants every time, why'd you let him back into the parties"

"Got to. It's America, man."

[u/ThatLeetGuy → u/Gorilla1969]

One time? Unfortunate, even feel sorry for the guy.

Two times? Hey man, maybe you should get that checked out by a doctor.

Three times? Alright dude, you can't come to parties any more.

[u/1stMammaltowearpants → u/ThatLeetGuy]

It's the three streaks rule.

[u/kneel_yung → u/MistaLuvcraft]

so someone shit in and around the coats?

[u/jc_onesev → u/kneel_yung]

What? I hope it wasn't on my coat. Classic

[u/Cheetodude625]

That one sad drunk who is loud as hell.

[u/controversial_parrot → u/Cheetodude625]

The trick is to be so drunk yourself that you don't care.

[u/templewater]

Someone putting the big light on.

[u/roguescience → u/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 flourescent lights on so people would go home. The vibe kill was instantaneous.

[u/andorraliechtenstein → u/roguescience]

Maybe it's a culture thing, but I worked in a friend's restaurant for a while and there would be a big party for Surinamese people. All the lights were a bit dimmed, soft atmospheric music: everything top. The guests came in: "What is this? All the lights should shine as bright as possible ! Oh, and we like the music only very loud ! One bottle of whiskey for that uncle !" Sigh.

[u/UncleHagbard → u/templewater]

Gotta turn the lights down and keep things sexy.

And then when the host wants to go to bed they just snap on the lights, kill the music and watch everyone scatter like cockroaches.

[u/Rocky922 → u/UncleHagbard]

That’s what I would do if I want to go to bed but the party was still going. I’m not about to have a bunch of people in my house partying when I’m knocked out.

[u/Guerrin_TR]

A friend of mine announced she had to fart to the entire kitchen while she was intoxicated. She proceeded to shit liquid diarrhea on herself. It hit the floor, 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.

Edit - I've had some experts weigh in to tell me nobody with IBS trusts farts so I'm going to bend the knee to those soldiers battling their own colons and rule out IBS. I'll leave it in though for continuity.

[u/BEGOODFORDOMME → u/Guerrin_TR]

Rule #467 Never fart when drunk. Always assume it’s shit.

[u/Pm_me_your_marmot → u/Guerrin_TR]

Same but when it's your dog because people keep feeding the poor little beast god knows what from the pot luck table.

I WARNED YOU HE CAN'T EAT PEOPLE FOOD. BUT DID THEY LISTEN?!?!?

[u/BigCass07]

When someone gets too drunk and starts arguing

[u/Lunkis → u/BigCass07]

... or when someone gets too drunk and becomes a liability. Enjoy yourself, but it gets real irritating when you're so hammered that you need to be taken care of.

[u/coolbrys]

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 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.

Edit: The end result? He broke his leg pretty bad.

[u/Gaiden_95 → u/coolbrys]

crippled by his own hubris

[u/No-Manner3916]

Someone took a shit in the sink at a house party of mine once. That was a buzz killer for sure!

[u/Tall_Thinker → u/No-Manner3916]

Party pooper

[u/Ok-Ad-7247 → u/No-Manner3916]

One party I went too, some one shit in the washing machine....

[u/Employee-Number-9]

When someone changes a song before the best part... I've done this and got my dumbass ex-communicated... rightfully.

[u/ehletsgo → u/Employee-Number-9]

Nothing worse than an inpatient DJ. Even if the song is mediocre, it’s certainly better to suffer through it as opposed to skipping each song played 20 seconds into it

[u/UncleWinstomder → u/ehletsgo]

I was at a party last week where someone decided to take over the spotify playlist that had been on for the night and from then on I didn't hear the last minute of any song. It was incredibly frustrating.

[u/fullmetal_pipsqueakk]

The two drunkest guys getting into a fight and then hearing one of their gfs start crying and screaming things like “Stop for me please, look at me this isn’t you “ etc etc before she gets yeeted by being in the crossfire

[u/ShutUpRedditor44 → u/fullmetal_pipsqueakk]

CHADLEY STOP YOU'LL GO TO JAIL AGAIN 😭

[u/ohverychill → u/ShutUpRedditor44]

Prayers up for Chadley gettin' in a tussle with Torkley and Blorf 😔

[u/Low_Entertainment324]

Aggressive drunk(s)

[u/fishsticklovematters → u/Low_Entertainment324]

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.

[u/Pariyama → u/fishsticklovematters]

You underestimate the power of an aggressive drunk with a sprinkle of insanity. Went to a small cosy wedding party and one of the guests (sister of the groom) brought her boyfriend of 5 months. Funny guy, easy to talk to, all cool until suddenly shit hit the fan entirely. The guy became incoherent, threatened to rape the married couple's toddler if they don't stop pissing him off, then got told off as everyone was rightfully pissed, ran out of the garden hut away from the property, threw himself to the floor and started simulating some kind of seizure all while his girlfriend suffered a major panic attack through all of it out of guilt and shame.

Party ended with an ambulance and a police car.

[u/Lankydick → u/Pariyama]

Jesus dude. Hopefully that was the last time he was around that group. I don’t know how anyone could recover their reputation after threatening a toddler like that.

[u/Pariyama → u/Lankydick]

Yeah, the girlfriend broke up with him pretty soon after and he was prohibited from entering their house, forcing him to spend the night at the police station.

[u/ddh85 → u/Pariyama]

Sounds like he got off lightly.

[u/Successful-Clock-224 → u/Pariyama]

You underestimate the party value of well placed aggressive drunks. Went to this wedding where the bride was literally drunk under the table talking about how the groom was really bad at sex, so his sister, only slightly less drunk, tried to stop that. They ended up half naked in the fountain with clumps of hair extensions floating like some obscene confetti. 3rd best wedding i have been to.

They have an awesome kid now and there are no hard feelings.

[u/potpro → u/Successful-Clock-224]

Please tell me about the top 2 weddings.

[u/Successful-Clock-224 → u/potpro]

One had tear-away pants on the groom with fur trimmed booty shorts while his wife had a ridiculously elaborate choreographed dance (both were surprised) as well as a 300-lb man doing the worm on the dance floor with his balls out, multiple party crashers, and… oh yea they lost the ring.

The other was a beautiful wedding at a vinyard… until last minute (no deposit back) the father of the bride wanted to cancel… he didnt pay for anything front or back end… so in two weeks the wedding moved across the country to be by his trailer park and was a massive shitshow with multiple maids of honor(one of whom was violently ill and like 12 month’s pregnant). The food was a 14 year old girl that wasnt related making as many pizzas as fast as possible. The father of the bride also demanded his wife stop with the last minute prep that day to get him some fried chicken. At the wedding he fell down stairs and was sort of… left there after it seemed like he was just a drunken asshole with a concussion. The groomsmen tried really hard to distract people by tap dancing. None of them had any tap experience what so ever. Then the wedding party took turns laying under the igloo coolers of jungle juice, whiskey, and cheap wine slushy and got plastered.

[u/7_by_6_for_kicks_mn → u/Successful-Clock-224]

Props to that second wedding party. Life gave them lemons, and they made lemonade.

[u/Successful-Clock-224 → u/7_by_6_for_kicks_mn]

Props go to the bride and groom who made it happen. They did eventually get their dream wedding in a vineyard.

[u/AreaGuy → u/Successful-Clock-224]

Remind me to never invite you to my next wedding. (But for real, HMU if you’ve got any others coming up. I’m sober and can drive so long as I can bring a +1.)

[u/ads5531]

Shortage of drinks when everything is closed

[u/CatOfCosmos → u/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).

[u/jean0901 → u/CatOfCosmos]

The adventure>The actual party

[u/Karmasmatik → u/jean0901]

Always volunteer for the adventure.

[u/GreenJag02 → u/Karmasmatik]

One of my favorite adventures happened during a party. I was at my friend's party, and the neighbor and my friend's sister wanted to go smoke some mj and asked me to come with them. Naturally, I obliged and followed them into the woods.

We weren't even halfway through the blunt before we saw a light at the edge of the trees. Apparently, the neighbor was grounded and not supposed to be out, and his dad saw us duck into the woods. We all split up and went separate directions. His dad almost caught up to me when I was taking a second to catch my breath. I rendezvoused with the neighbor, who then tried to convince me to let myself get caught (lmao).

I pretty much told him to kiss it, and we split; somehow, his dad was still hot on my trail, I had to spend the next 20 minutes evading him until I was sure he was off me. I let myself in through the back door of the host's house and snuck back to the bedroom where the rest of our main group was. The second I walked in, I was met with stares that quickly transformed into hysterical laughter. I looked like I had been thru 'Nam, and frankly, I felt like I had been.

10/10 Would happily do it again.

[u/Karmasmatik → u/GreenJag02]

Sounds like a memorable evening. I wish I had woods anywhere near me growing up, but alas…

[u/Matias8823 → u/Karmasmatik]

I did this during New Years this year in NYC with a friend, we were going to pick up pizzas, but we were right on the edge of some area that had an attack that happened in Manhattan that night (someone attacked a cop with a machete or something). Cue us walking like 8 blocks calling the pizza guy, telling him we cannot physically get to him to pick up the pizzas because the cops keep closing off streets as we make our way down. So we head back to where my friend's apartment was and the pizza guy was kitty cornered to us on the opposite end of the police tape. After begging the cops for like 5 minutes, they finally let the pizza guy cross the crime scene. Imagine like 50 people at each street stoppage, watching this lone fucking pizza guy cross the street on his own to hand us pizzas as we shove a ton of money into his hand.

We were fucking desperate. And I was tripping. Fun night.

[u/MrRemj]

In college, when we wanted to wrap up the party at 2 or 3 AM - play Dark Side of the Moon.

Drops the energy, no one is being asked to leave, people are chill as they head out - no crazy disruptions for the neighbors.

Not specifically the vibe-killing that the rest of the posters are sharing, but similar.

[u/Chasing-the-dragon78 → u/MrRemj]

When I was ready to shut down my parties I played Gordon Lightfoot. Everyone got the hint and left happy.

[u/drfsrich → u/Chasing-the-dragon78]

I'M NOT FUCKING LEAVING UNTIL I FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EDMUND FITZGERALD!

[u/ivanwarrior → u/Chasing-the-dragon78]

I went to college on Lake Superior. I think that would have hyped up the drunkest of us.

[u/Sheepygoatherder → u/Chasing-the-dragon78]

Back in college, when we left a bar, we always put on Rem's "everybody hurts" on the jukebox as we paid our tab. The mood in the place would sink. God we were dicks but that was hilarious.

[u/AstroWorldSecurity → u/MrRemj]

Me and my buddy used to work at a bar kinda out in the middle of nowhere. Me as the bar back and him as the dj. When we wanted people to start wrapping up he'd play Disney tunes.

[u/PocketBuckle → u/AstroWorldSecurity]

That would have the exact opposite effect on some of my friend groups. I can assure you it would become a sing-along.

[u/AstroWorldSecurity → u/PocketBuckle]

Yeah, that's usually people's response on Reddit. This was more of a dive bar with a lot of bikers and whatnot. It worked extraordinarily well. Not a lot of those types trying to sing along to the Mulan soundtrack.

[u/Firewynn- → u/AstroWorldSecurity]

I go to a Dive Bar in South Gate that has a lot of bikers and that does NOT phase them at all. People even Karaoke it there.. Not often you see a dive bar with karaoke but one of the bikers wives really liked it so she brought the gear with her and the bar was just like "i guess"

[u/mewdejour → u/MrRemj]

The ultimate vibe chiller.

[u/eatafetus632]

An overdose

[u/KurzBadger → u/eatafetus632]

I witnessed this. 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.

[u/ThatGuyBench → u/KurzBadger]

Im not from the states, but why is fentanyl a thing to cut coke with? I mean one is a stimulant, and the other one is a downer. In Europe coke tends to be cut with amphetamine as its much cheaper than coke, or some filler which is inactive. But why of all powders, they use fentanyl for cutting coke in the US?

[u/tuscaloser → u/ThatGuyBench]

Fentanyl isn't usually something users are asking for or even want. It shows up in everything now, not just opiates... Even meth and coke. Spooky spooky stuff.

[u/DDMenace23 → u/KurzBadger]

I will forever be surprised by what euphemisms people can come up with for cocaine.

Edit: They're all amazing, please keep them coming.

[u/SparkleEmotions → u/DDMenace23]

“I just like the like the way keys smell” is one I heard a couple years ago I thought was awesome.

[u/UniqueFlavors → u/SparkleEmotions]

I don't like drugs especially not cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

[u/PhageDoctor → u/DDMenace23]

My favourite is sniffle snacks

[u/Zrk2 → u/PhageDoctor]

Nose beers!

[u/tuukka_rasp → u/DDMenace23]

Disco Dust

[u/SafewordisJohnCandy → u/DDMenace23]

Booger sugar, nose candy and nose beers are my personal favorites.

[u/Necromancer4276 → u/SafewordisJohnCandy]

We got a bucket of nose clams, fresh from the sea. Sweet, delicious nose clams that are lookin for a home, if ya follow me.

[u/maybepensive]

When people take over the TV to share YouTube videos.

[u/scalability → u/maybepensive]

"Oh there's a funny video about this, let me find it. No no it'll just be a second. Hmm, I don't see it on TikTok, was it Youtube? One second, it's loading. Ok here it is. No wait. No it's this one. Ok ready? 00:04/06:55."

[u/__rosebud__ → u/scalability]

"Okay just wait for this dumb commercial"

[u/LoganBeeBeeTown → u/__rosebud__]

Then they stare at you while you watch the video, because you're going to think it's so awesome.

[u/BittenOnion → u/LoganBeeBeeTown]

99.9% of the times... it's not

[u/KentuckyFuckedChickn → u/BittenOnion]

there's too much pressure

[u/BittenOnion → u/scalability]

That's weirdly relatable. A cousin had her sweet 16 and there was a laptop with music videos during the night being played. All dance music and video remixes. Then one of my uncles wanted to show us a "funny" lip sync video he saw. Most guests were there awkwardly watching it, then another video, and another one, as my uncle happily told others about the couple that did the videos and how he liked them.

[u/ixfd64 → u/maybepensive]

https://xkcd.com/920

[u/Slam_Burgerthroat → u/ixfd64]

Man, they really do have a comic for everything.

[u/typewriter6986 → u/maybepensive]

Put on "Bozo Dubbed Over"

[u/purduekid207]

4 or 5 guys rsndomly walking in that may or may not know the host

[u/slugwurth → u/purduekid207]

I had a party once with a bunch of ravers and didn’t know half of them. Then some neighbors asked if they could come in. They were a little sketchy but we said okay, and the second they walked in the house my roommate’s Boston terrier started growling and walked them all right back out. That dog knew something.

[u/Sabard → u/slugwurth]

Walk-ins aren't welcome at any party with my friends ever since some random came into our 4th floor apartment, got kicked out for being creepy, and then (successfully) climbed the side of the building onto the balcony.

[u/training-exercise3]

Injuries!

Watch me dive head first into the shallow end of the pool and break both my hands!

Or

I’m going to do a keg stand and break my nose!

[u/sliverspooning → u/training-exercise3]

It was a keg FLIP!

[u/smitty9112 → u/sliverspooning]

OHHH MY FOOTBALL KNEE!! WHY!?!? ^{oh can I have some corn nuts} WHY!? NNNOOOO!!!

[u/I_Did_The_Thing → u/training-exercise3]

"Hey guys, we really shouldn't be doing a human pyramid, it's late and you're all drunk"

-Me, a surprisingly responsible 30 yr old telling my surprisingly irresponsible younger AND older friends to please not do this.

[u/TheTacomaKing]

A couple getting into a public argument

[u/chopped_lettusse → u/TheTacomaKing]

Witnessing a drunk relationship meltdown is one of the worst things one could experience.

[u/Politirotica → u/chopped_lettusse]

Depends on whether or not you have a dog in the fight. If it's a couple of strangers screaming personal shit back and forth, it's got high entertainment potential. I saw a woman scream, "I wouldn't have fucked your brother if you just DID THE GODDAMN DISHES," at her husband at a party once, and I still think of it to this day.

[u/donairdaddydick → u/TheTacomaKing]

That’s entertaining for the most part I find.

[u/Aeokikit → u/donairdaddydick]

It’s entertaining except when that couple was gunna be your ride home.

[u/Menteure → u/Aeokikit]

Always side with the driver

[u/chazwhiz → u/Menteure]

“Dude we’ve known each other for 23 years, you were my best man, and she just admitted to fucking my dad?!?”

“I really think you’re in the wrong on this one Dave. Anywho, I’ve got work in the morning so I’ve gotta run. Wait up Jen!”

[u/NimpyPootles → u/Aeokikit]

Oooh. Yeah.
Am I getting a ride with both of you still arguing, both in hateful silence, a ride with just one of you (ranting/crying/trying to touch my leg) or no ride at all (maybe with no warning)?

So much worse in the pre-uber days.

[u/InformalPenguinz]

Cops

[u/Lunar_Gato]

A group of people showing up because they heard about it but weren’t directly invited.

Also in high school it was weird when kids more than 2 years after graduation would show up to parties.

[u/927comewhatmay → u/Lunar_Gato]

Kinda happened to me. A person I’d just met a couple of times created a birthday party event for themself p and shared it publicly on their Facebook. Seeing this I thought it’d be a good way to grow the friendship and meet new people in a new town. I rsvp’d and when I showed up at the restaurant it was just them and some friends and family, they didn’t know why I was there, and worst of all they couldn’t remember my name. Ooof.

I guess they didn’t know they made a public event and they didn’t notice I rsvp’d. What a crawl out the door moment.

[u/ApprehensiveTailor98]

Anybody whips out a crack/meth pipe or syringes i'm out

[u/TheManFromFarAway → u/ApprehensiveTailor98]

I was once at a party where I knew nobody except a friend and his gf. The three of us ate some mushrooms, and I ended up having way more than I should have. I felt super uncomfortable so I went and just chilled out in my car for like six hours. At some point my friend and his gf came and sat with me to make sure I was ok, and they convinced me to come back in to the house where the party was. When I went inside there were people smoking crack and shooting up in the house. It was absolutely wild, and once again I was super uncomfortable. I had a minor confrontation with a guy (who turned out to be my friend's brother) and decided to leave. I drove home because I didn't know what else to do. It was a very rural place, so cab or bus were not options. But as I was coming down from the mushrooms and driving through the countryside the sun was rising, and I just remember feeling like I had been at a crossroads that night, and I really felt like I had picked the right path getting out of that crack house and had been rewarded with a sunrise. It was both a super sketchy and super cool experience.

[u/First-Detail1848 → u/TheManFromFarAway]

Shrooms as a party drug is pretty weird unless it’s supposed to be a chill party.

[u/Fictional_Animal → u/TheManFromFarAway]

I felt super uncomfortable so I went and just chilled out in my car for like six hours.

I laughed hard at this.

[u/Ok-Minimum-1338 → u/ApprehensiveTailor98]

When the guy smoking weed says "aw, man, I didn't know people were going to be doing drugs up in here!" (Dave Chappelle)

[u/CaptainHoneydew]

Pointing out someone's recent bad experience.

Someone thought it would be a good idea to loudly ask a girl "Hey, I heard you failed your test so hard that you flunked out of your program, is that true?"

[u/Additional-Fee1780 → u/CaptainHoneydew]

“So when are you going to have (more ) kids?!” To someone who just miscarried

[u/yakubindahood → u/CaptainHoneydew]

Take a cue from The Wedding Singer:

“Yeah it felt really great actually thanks for bringing that up. Hey my parents died in a car crash when I was ten, do you want to talk about that?”

“Why would I want to talk about that?”

“I have no idea”

[u/JustRandomStuffs2123]

Anyone who is off handedly berating/insulting/taking digs at their romantic partner in front of everyone. Go to couples therapy already or break up. Quit bleeding your relationship issues out all over the damned place. We can tell you're unhappy, we get it. We don't want to be an unwilling 3rd party to your drama.

And if you're acting like an ass, we're going to call you an ass. It doesn't mean we're taking sides in the fight.

[u/Redditor2742]

Spotify Ads

[u/Present_Quantity_756]

The person with a fresh breakup

[u/Snooopp_dogg → u/[deleted]]

This is so specific and also so accurate.

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Snooopp_dogg]

I have been that hype man so many times...

[u/aliensporebomb → u/[deleted]]

Wow I just pictured that in my head perfectly. I think I was at the same party.

[u/psilocin_wins → u/[deleted]]

Why is this so accurate lol

[u/JohnnyBrillcream → u/psilocin_wins]

It's every high school movie

[u/bonjour-mademoiselle]

The one girl who thought her boyfriend would propose that night, and cries for the rest of the party.

Why you’d want to be proposed to at a frat party is beyond me but ok

[u/Pugloaf1 → u/bonjour-mademoiselle]

But things improved after she went to Harvard and became an attorney!

[u/jackyomum]

someone trying to show off a weapon (especially a gun, its time to nope out)

[u/Azzizzi]

Using the party for MLM sales opportunities.

I was invited to a dinner party and only found out when I got there that it was a pitch for Amway. When I arrived, I was told there would be a "short" presentation prior to dinner. I said, "No, thank you," and left.

[u/MrsTurtlebones → u/Azzizzi]

I went to a bridal shower at which the mother of the bride used it to pitch some jewelry MLM scheme she was in. It horrified me that anyone would be so tacky at her own daughter's shower.

[u/fishsticklovematters → u/Azzizzi]

Moved back to my small town. First person to contact me outside of the small friend group that knew was trying to get me to come by for an Amway meeting.

Thanks for making my homecoming suck, Leslie. You're a horrible cheerleader.

[u/ixfd64 → u/Azzizzi]

At a family friend's Christmas Eve party back in 2008, someone was giving away coupons for flight discounts. We thought that was nice... until we realized we had to attend a timeshare presentation to redeem them.

[u/Witch_on_a_moped]

The crying girl that needs everyone to console her. Get out of the bathroom, there's a line forming!

[u/kewlbeanz83 → u/Witch_on_a_moped]

I remember I was at a party once and this girl did that, but she thought she was too drunk (she wasn't) and was going to die and got people to call an ambulance for her. We sat at a table drinking beers and rolling joints (Canada) and these paramedics and cops showed up and it was basically just an eye roll fest for everyone involved.

[u/PersonMcNugget → u/kewlbeanz83]

Haha, there was a girl in my town known to some as '911 Nikki' for a similar reason.

[u/LordCaptain → u/kewlbeanz83]

I was a hospital peace officer. Group of drunk girls show up at 2am with their passed out friend. They get the usual response of she's just drunk. She can sleep it off here or she can sleep it off at home. So they just took her home to put to bed. As they rolled the wheelchair away I realize the drunk girl had shit herself and it was all over the back of the wheelchair and floor.

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Good times.

[u/TheRahwayBean → u/Witch_on_a_moped]

This...but it was a hookup and they kept going into the ONLY bathroom to fuck. 🤦‍♀️

[u/Hatta00 → u/TheRahwayBean]

If you're in the bathroom for 15 minutes at a party, fucking is better than the alternative.

[u/MechanicalTurkish → u/Hatta00]

I had to take a real nasty shit at a party once. The next person in line wasn’t too happy

[u/PrestigiousWaffles → u/Witch_on_a_moped]

There is always that one girl crying and noone knows why

[u/HealthyBox5]

Strangest I've seen, a dorm party, drunk girl goes to her room, gets her bible, and tries to start preaching at all of us.

When it didn't go over well, here came the tears. Luckily some friendly types got her back to her room and tucked in. Dunno if they did some bible study briefly or what, but they got it handled.

[u/ShitfacedGrizzlyBear]

The person who talks about other parties that are going on at the same time. This one might be more of a college thing. You’ve got a good thing going on, but that person is scrolling through their phone and saying, “oh shit, the party looks lit over at Alpha Beta Douchebag. Should we go?” And then proceeds to recruit people to follow them to the next party.

It’s like, dude. If you want to go to that party, just go. No need to try to inflict your FOMO on everyone else. Some of us are perfectly content at this party we’re already at.

[u/PoinkPoinkPoink]

One person being MUCH more drunk than everyone else, or some show off putting a bunch of niche songs on that don’t match the vibe of the room.

[u/Skyistaken → u/PoinkPoinkPoink]

Scaring the hoes music

[u/BriefAd8920]

The dude who had too much.

[u/CaptainAwesome06 → u/BriefAd8920]

This is a good catch-all. It doesn't matter if that dude gets angry/violent or if that dude just becomes loud and annoying (but harmless). It kills the vibe either way.

[u/Feeling-Maybe6888 → u/BriefAd8920]

When I was about 15/16 a mate of mine threw a party because his parents were out of town. There was a dude at this party, All but downed a 75cl bottle of southern comfort straight from the bottle. Started falling over everywhere, started throwing darts everywhere but the dartboard then proceeded to throw up in the sink in the bathroom. Then got in the bath and slipped over bringing the railing down. Got out and went and passed out in the hosts parents bed. They all antiqued him and wrote the usual shit on his face, drew dicks, swastikas etc.

He got up in the morning, had to apologise and then got picked up by his dad and had to explain it all to him.

And that lad, was me.

Learn from my mistakes kids, put coke or lemonade in your southern comfort.

[u/switchypapi]

When someone turns off the music and starts playing an acoustic guitar

[u/WordsThatEndInWord → u/switchypapi]

Hey now, I've been playing guitar for decades and all I can say is, you're absolutely right. I never play at a party unless I am specifically asked to and all present are in on it. It's just goofy posturing otherwise.

Also, protip: if you do end up being that guy playing at a party, you better make damn sure you pick the right song to play. For reference, the right song is "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys.

[u/Rare4orm → u/WordsThatEndInWord]

This actually awakened a long lost memory in my mind. Many years ago I was at a small party consisting of mostly co-workers. Music was low and there was a ton of friendly chatter. Very nice vibe. Then one of the guest decided he was going to bring in his portable amp and electric guitar to lay down some sweet riffs. Many people tried to politely dissuade him, but there was no stopping him. After about 5 minutes of speed metal solo the place quickly started to clear out. That single event was the talk of the office on the next work day. As I think of it right now I can’t stop laughing.

[u/LanceFree → u/Rare4orm]

We used to have a few parties a year, and one time close friends of my ex-gf said they’d be late and showed-up about 2 hrs into it. They had befriended some people in a bar, who brought all their DJ stuff. (I never asked for a DJ). We go along with it, and the problem was: most of my crowd was into classic rock, and these guys were in their early 20s bringing a completely different sound. What happened was: most of the party moved outside, with the DJ and his friends in the living room. Nobody really said anything about it, but I was outside and someone went in and left the sliding glass door open. Another guy closed it, which slightly deadened the sound. Someone said, “Thank God!” Then there was some laughter and we basically agreed the late arrivers had committed a party foul.

[u/Zeebuss → u/Rare4orm]

This actually sounds like an amazing host move to end an overlong hangout. Social battery ran out? Just start shredding, do not stop, refuse to elaborate.

[u/Beingabummer → u/Rare4orm]

It would be the funniest if the person playing the guitar was the host and that was their way of passive-aggressively telling everyone to get the fuck out.

[u/Oddant1 → u/switchypapi]

I was once at a party at one of my friend's houses and he said he had an accordian. One of my other friends is pretty musical and said he wanted to give it a shot because he'd never played one before. He picked it up, fiddled with it for two seconds, then was like "Oh I know what I can do with this," and started playing a perfect rendition of the shire theme from lotr.

[u/mongoose_mayhem]

Microwaving Carolina reaper peppers

[u/First-Detail1848 → u/mongoose_mayhem]

Just microwave some milk afterwards.

[u/absentbusiness]

The couple that shows up with their kid.

[u/mewdejour → u/absentbusiness]

"He's okay. We brought him a granola bar and his tablet."

[u/kkeut → u/mewdejour]

okay but this is a brewpub and we were wanting to use the word 'fuck' sometimes

[u/Khripchook]

I found a pair of underwear and an extremely large turd in my toilet once. I thought that someone had used the underwear to whipe; However upon closer inspection, the turd was sitting perfectly on top of the pair of ginch.

It's been 15 years and I still have no idea what happened.

[u/Sir_Distic → u/Khripchook]

Someone shit their pants and rallied.

[u/Khripchook → u/Sir_Distic]

The turn was too intact and there was no smudging. I think about this once a week.

[u/Miruwest]

A fight breaking out and then the persons starts running to the trunk of their car.

[u/ByuntaeKid]

That one girl who shows up late with a bottle of expensive alcohol, finishes it herself within an hour, then needs to be escorted home by someone because she’s too drunk to even form a coherent sentence.

[u/tekhippie]

I saw a house party clear out, dj and all because of an excessively rank fart. It was one of the most hilarious things to see half the party just give up and go home.

[u/MendelsonJoe]

When some mope brings out their guitar and starts playing without anyone having asked them to, sorry but you are not the center of attention you seem to want to be.

[u/hash-slingin-slasha → u/MendelsonJoe]

One of my top lines from the show “The office”:

andy starts playing the guitar

Jim: “Hey do you take requests?”

Andy: “Of course!”

Jim: “ok…please stop playing”

[u/[deleted] → u/MendelsonJoe]

This was my ex😭 he started dating someone immediately after we broke up and he said “she appreciates my music” but like bruh there’s a time and place. Wonderwall at every party

[u/bk15dcx]

Fighting

Even if successfully kicked out, after a fight breaks out, the rest of the night is ruined and everyone is on edge, or the fight is the only remaining subject for the rest of the night.

Don't fight at parties.

[u/fusion0608]

Landing on your car keys when you try to do the splits

[u/ANewStartAtLife]

An Irish person taking out a guitar

Source: Am Irish, have seen many parties ruined by naval gazing, Oasis song playing gobshites.

[u/-retaliation-]

My most vivid memory of a party abruptly ending:

at a friends house, big house party going on, we're hanging out in the living room, MMA is still relatively new to the mainstream so every guy thinks he's an MMA all star all the sudden.

2 guys, friends, start "play wrestling" in the center of the room, on guy get the other in a choke, chokes the guy out to the point of entirely passing out. Blue lips, non-responsive.

I, at the time a lifeguard, start giving the rescue breathing, chest compressions, guy slowly starts to regain consciousness.

and then loudly, proceeds to shit and piss himself. The place just reeks.

and that was the end of the party. People cleared out before the EMT's even got there. It was just me, the friend who owned the house (or at least her parents did), the guy who got choked out, and the guy who did the choking.

[u/tomorrowistomato]

When meemaw has a heart attack

[u/Suck_it_Earth]

The scratched record noise.

[u/colinshark → u/Suck_it_Earth]

YALL REAaDY FOR THIS

[u/DCJustSomeone]

Someone pulls out a gun to show it to people. why the eff.

[u/Competitive_Snow7186]

They brought their fucking baby. No one wanted to be around them

[u/sickkyland444]

When someone throws up in the middle of everything like on the couch or the beer pong table. Know your limit folks, and if you are still discovering your limits. At least try to make it to a bathroom, or a trash can, or hell even just outside in the street??

[u/Outside_Tip_8498]

Mother fuckers that put on sad ass songs that mean something to them but everyone else is in party mode

[u/babyduck21]

The drunk guy who shits on people for not drinking or what kind of drink they have. Surprise Matt, men think fruity drinks are delicious too.

[u/alex_russian_spy]

Drunk douchebags that are trying to get in every conversation but talking like “uh, man, listen, that is all bullshit. What did you say again? Wait, where is my beer?”

[u/kourier6 → u/alex_russian_spy]

in a new years eve party, this drunk fuck arrived at like 5am and was exactly like this. We couldnt understand ANYTHING he was saying, but he still felt the need to be involved in all the conversations at once, just talking nonsense slurring words and making everybody unconfortable. I dont even know how he could get to the party. Oh my god I hope he didnt drove there

[u/Abject-Body-53]

An out of place Pineapple Express joke in front of your crush, accompanied by a panic look around to see if anyone got the joke

Wait that’s just a repressed but reoccurring memory

[u/ODBasUcansee → u/Abject-Body-53]

“I thought hurricane season was over”

[u/ItsMeWarm]

When you smell your armpits and have the sinking realization that you forgot to put on deodorant.

[u/ZookeepergameSea3890 → u/ItsMeWarm]

That's when you head into the bathroom, find some Mouthwash, and rub it in your pits. Kills the stench-causing grossness living there.

It works awesome. I broke my deodorant while camping and was passed this tip by a fellow camper.

[u/Traditional-Pie-3019]

Shooting their endangered owls with a champagne cork.

[u/ShatteredAspects → u/Traditional-Pie-3019]

I like this reference...I like it A-LOTT

[u/hughiesghost]

Whipping out coke at a non-cocaine party.

[u/More_Information_943 → u/hughiesghost]

Or seeing someone filming anything at a coke party

[u/Bite-Expensive → u/hughiesghost]

That’s what the bathroom is for.

[u/fiftyshadesofdoug]

Somebody yelling "OK people, listen up!!"