Am I old, or is a party that starts at 9 pm a bit late?

[blueamy66]

My neighbors let us know that the party was gonna go from 9 to 2 am.....but heck, isn't that late?

Can't wait to hear the music through the screen door. :-)

Am I old?

[Kali]

1. yeah

the husband and I joke as we head to bed around 9 or 10 "but the band is just getting started"

glad I partied to excess back in the day cause it is so hard to do now (or maybe that is what wore us out?)

[blueamy66]

2. Yeah, but we used to arrive at about 7.

I'm already in my pjs and sitting on the couch chilling.

I cannot imagine getting into the shower right now and dressing up to go out. I would miss my blankie.

I have a friend that has been on The Apprentice and Made (MTV) and she thinks 9 is a bit late as well. Yeah, I asked her. :-)

Maybe it's an AZ thing. :-)

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Yes,

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I figure EVERYBODY has the right to tear it up every once in a while. As long as this isn't a nightly/weekly thing...
as long as they're normally considerate of noise levels... as long as they informed you about the party... they sound
pretty considerate and thoughtful about YOUR reasonable expectations. I think that you (and when I way "you", it's
generic and includes myself, as in "I think that I..."), I think that you could be considerate and thoughtful and allow
them to enjoy themselves in this way -- as long as it's only on relatively rare occasions.
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Both sides of this equation (the "noise-makers" and the "quiet-lovers") should be able to accede to the OTHER'S point
of view and do the neighborly thing -- on the one hand, being considerate of noise levels MOST of the time... and on
the other hand, allowing a neighbor to raise some hell now and then.
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[blueamy66]

4. Oh yeah, I don't have a problem with the party at all.

I texted them and told them to have a good time and signed it "the neighbor". They invited me and I declined, cause I don't do costume "things" and my last 2 weeks have been absolute HELL. I need to just chill.

I find that a party that starts at 9 is a bit late. But that is because I am OLD, I guess. :-) Or because I live in AZ. :-)

[blueamy66]

5. Oh shit, they're already testing the DJ speakers....

rap....just walked down the alley to request old time R&R...it's gonna be a fun night, ain't it????? :-)

[Brigid]

6. That's nothing.

My neighbor is having a Halloween party too. I meant to post this in the Lounge, but mistakenly put it in GD instead.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2211256

[alphafemale]

7. That's pretty late for a party in a resedential neighborhood, but...

If it's only done occasionally that's not too bad.

And my bf and I generally do not go out to any kind of club until after 10pm or so. Nothing gets started until after then.

[blueamy66]

8. The music wasn't that loud. Didn't bother me at all.

The yappy dogs next door, now that's another thing!!! :-)

[Chan790]

9. 9 is fairly standard now...

it did use to be 7 and the reasons for the gradual drift later is not good.

Pre-gaming...drinking to get drunk before the party starts so that you're more festive from the get-go and can save money on drinks at the party (particularly for college kids, parties make great fundraisers or paydays. Charge by the drink like cash-bar...or charge for the cup...or charge for "beer-tickets".), now is a common occurrence. So smaller groups of people who are going to the same party get together at someone's house or a bar (usually sometime around 7PM) and get wasted...then they drive to the party. As long as there's a Des. Driver this would be fine...except that I've been seeing more and more idiots who are the DD saying "I'll only drink at the pre-game"...and I've been seeing more and more people who are drinking to far-excess and getting alcohol poisoning. Idiot binge drinking behaviors used to be largely confined to the collegiate-aged generation...and have been drifting upwards towards 30 for nearly a decade.

So, general advice to anybody who wants it from a former fraternity social chair -- Pre-game if one wants but ID safe behaviors when you're sober, stick by 'em when you're drunk: don't get in a car with a drunk person, know exactly how many drinks you're going to have and stick by that number, call a cab company in advance of the party to make sure that they service the address/neighborhood that you're going to & make sure that your host knows that you have that information (that way they/you can call someone a cab easily. (NB: Cab companies love this...it's like a promise of future business. I knew all the dispatchers whose areas covered NE DC and they'd do me favors occasionally...like let me pay them later for the viciously over-drunk guy we just needed to leave ASAP.)), key-check saves lives/no key-check=no-drink. I always loved DD-raffle as advice for party-hosts...you give the DD's orange "I'm not drinking" bracelets upon entry, revokable if they're caught drinking or drunk, numbered (record names & numbers for future reference)...as the party is winding down, draw the winner, the prize is up to you but I find that a value of $20ish is usually sufficient, $50 if the party-purpose is to make money.