<p>Most people who don’t enjoy parties don’t drink.
Most people who don’t drink don’t do so because of some sort of social stigma/fear.</p>
<p>hate large parties
small parties are real fun though</p>
<p>It is stupid to coorelate whether someone drinks with whether they enjoy parties.</p>
<p>There are degrees and categories of drinking and there are degrees and categories of parties.</p>
<p>This thread has seen it all - the introverted, the extroverted, and Andrew WK lyrics.</p>
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<p>Wow. This is EXACTLY how I feel. I do like socializing/partying, but really no more than 1-3 times a week. Otherwise, I am quite introverted and like spending time by myself.</p>
<p>College parties are a total joke. All people do is get drunk. They’re also not worth the time and money that people spend to put them together. College students are the most prone demographic group to overspending, and the number one thing in college that money is wasted on is alcohol. Seriously, why is this such an issue? Because people enjoy killing themselves? What good comes out of drinking? You might feel good when you’re drunk, but that’s because your brain shuts its receptors off, and you can’t think straight. Do you want people to see you that way? It’s not really that hard to say “Hmm, this drink could potentially kill me and may lead me to do embarrassing and potentially harmful behaviors, so I’m not going to drink it.” And I hate the judgements that the rest of the age groups make against college students. I am the exact opposite of the stereotypical college student, and I hate it when people look at me like all I do is drink and party all the time. There are many other ways to have fun.</p>
<p>This thread has had over 100 replies, several times more than the pro-party threads. So I think the answer is yes. Add me onto that list. I think most people mature during their years in college and realize that they are in college to prepare for the rest of their lives, not to waste their time at drunken, naked, sex parties. The appeal in that for me disappeared after orientation weekend before my freshman year. I prefer to enjoy those things separately.</p>
<p>I don’t like to party, if at all. I came from a strict family, in that my parents think partying is a waste of time. I am in a fraternity, so I do have to attend events once in a while. But other than mandatory socials and events, I don’t travel outside my dorm room much.</p>
<p>The only time I went to a party (which was Halloween-related), I went with my roommates and the only people at the party were my floormates from when I used to live in the dorms (the party was actually held at one of my floormates’ apartment, not some random ass venue), so I knew everyone there (even if I forgot their names), and it was mainly low-key, so no weird **** happened (no sex, no people getting naked, none of that ****. Just a bunch of former floormates getting together and catching up on old times while dancing and playing a few games). All I did at that party was follow my roommates around and hang out with them. I liked that they had soda and juice in addition to alcohol for those who didn’t want to drink alcohol. I really stepped out of my comfort zone going to that party, though, since I’m introverted and don’t usually like being around large groups of people. </p>
<p>But when it comes to typical college parties? I stay away from that ****.</p>
<p>@ Master: Just because someone drinks doesn’t mean that they drink to get drunk. I’ve drank alcohol before, and I’ve never gotten a drunk–kinda hard to do that when you drink only a tiny bit (that it doesn’t even fill half of a shotglass) of 3-5% alcohol. Me, I’m a wine person, and only drink wine with my roommates when we have something planned (like if we plan on making a big dinner for everyone, if it’s someone’s birthday, or to celebrate the end of midterms/finals), and even then, I don’t get drunk since I only have one glass of wine (and even then, it’s just a little bit of wine).</p>
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<p>What the hell kind of college are you going to?</p>
<p>I’m not a party person. For one thing, I get migraines really easily, and loud music and odd lighting usually bring them on faster. There’s also the fact that, at midnight most nights, the place I want to be is in front of my TV, watching 30 Rock, playing with my dog. I’m not much of a late-night girl! </p>
<p>And then, honestly, I don’t like being around things like alcohol, because it usually causes the people around me to do stupid things (I don’t drink). </p>
<p>On the whole, parties don’t work for me. Unless, of course, we’re talking people hanging out and playing scene-it or something! I love stuff like that.</p>
<p>Parties are usually fine in my book. I like smaller house parties, not gigantic frat parties. I’m not a big fan of the bars around here since they’re all focused on dancing, I’m more of a lounge or dive bar person.</p>
<p>But the best nights of my time in college have been when I’m just hanging out with a few friends, sometimes drinking and/or smoking and sometimes sober.</p>
<p>This was a joke for emphasis.</p>
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<p>Just skimming older replies in this thread it seems as if people are making their judgments against parties (and party goers) based upon either
A) A basement frat party
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B) Some naked drunken makeout party that they imagine college partying to be like despite having never seen anything of the sort</p>