Bitchfest: Theme Parties

Okay—I’m going on a rant. This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular or some attempt at passive aggressive way to make people feel bad, just something I have noticed and is making me a little crazy.

Theme parties—I love them. Nothing makes me happier than a reason to hang with my friends, get all dressed up and be silly. And I have a lot of people in my life who are like this too; always looking for a new theme or thing to do. It’s amazing that all the goofy geeky nerdy freaks found each other and have a good time making their own scenes.

That all being said—I get really annoyed when people don’t participate. I know, I know, there are a handful of very valid excuses. Last minute invite or not having the money for a costume or something came up like a crazy work schedule or trip or ceiling falling in that makes it impossible to dress like a pimp or all eighties. But these times are very few between and what I have noticed is that there are three types of people never who bother to dress up or take part in the wild funny crazy things we sometimes do.

The first type is the “can’t be bothered” person. Someone who is just lazy and is showing up to drink for free, eat for free and stare in wonder at all the costumed guests. They stand off to the side, never dance or talk to someone new and are just so above the idea of the theme, the party and the entire scene. These people are the cousins of those that go to theme restaurants and are mortified when the staff sings. Why come if you don’t plan on playing along?

The next type is the “worriers”. They think that they will look silly or fat or not get the look right. They will spend hours at a time trying to create the perfect costume only to throw their hands up in exhaustion and proclaim that it can’t be done and that no one really will do it anyways so why should they? Then when they show up to the party they feel left out because they didn’t dress like white trash or have a Halloween costume. The funny truth is that no one ever looks hot in a sheet or as a hooker or anyone from the cast of ‘Star Wars’. Really. It’s just meant to be fun and not a runway show.

Which brings us to the last people—the attention seekers. These people know the theme, have the clothes for it or the creativity to pull something together last minute but choose not to. Instead they see any theme party as the chance to get the attention by wearing an outfit that has nothing to do with the theme but is sexy/hot/noticeable enough to get every person in the room to look at them. A theme is just an excuse to know what everyone else is wearing and how to stand out.

I guess what I’m upset about is why do we ever bother to throw these types of parties if no one outside of 2 or 3 people really wants to partake of the theme? Seriously. I think that if no one wants to do it then they should just say so we can all just stop wasting money and time on something that isn’t fun for people. Because that’s why I go—to have fun. And for all my shallowness—I have no problem looking silly, fat, awkward or ugly if it means we all have a fun time.

A party should be a cause for laughter, dancing, jokes and catching up. Not cause for misery or whining or anything else.

Bitchfest over.

Love you all.