ok- so i'm going to a party tonight, but I don't know any of the people (I'm a date for someone) and will only be there till 10ish... I want to bring a bottle of liquor, but I know I won't come close to finishing it in that time, and I doubt I will be able to give out much (true whiskey drinkers are rarer than I would have thought)-

here is the question- is it faux-pas to grab my bottle when I'm leaving? Or is that acceptable?

basically I don't want too look like a chump, and embarass my date, but at the same time... I'd like to enjoy this bottle of whiskey past 2-3 drinks





PS- this thread is good for anyone else who might have a party etiquette question

12/31/2008 5:47:34 PM

PARTY FOUL

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 5:49 PM. Reason : lol j/k they are douches if they care either way]

12/31/2008 5:48:59 PM

hell no, grab the bottle when you leave. If no one else will be drinking it anyway they will just end up giving it away or pouring it down the drain

12/31/2008 5:49:16 PM

i was wondering if i should bring something to the party i'm going to tonight. they are my friends/coworkers so they know i'm poor as dirt but i thought it would be lame to show up without contributing even a cheap bottle of wine

12/31/2008 5:51:31 PM

Quote :

"hell no, grab the bottle when you leave."

12/31/2008 5:51:43 PM

I think you are entitled to grab your bottle as you leave. If someone gives you flack, be like bitch you aren't mixing this with your sams club coke imitation. what about a flask?

anyway have a safe new years

12/31/2008 5:52:08 PM

I am doing what I do every year when I go to a NYE party. Bringing a bottle of Champaigne. Because you know that shit will get gone

12/31/2008 5:52:20 PM

i think you can get andre for like 4 bucks at food lion

12/31/2008 5:53:11 PM

I'm bringing champagne and liquor tonight, but I'm not sure which one. I might get one of those already mixed up drinks

12/31/2008 5:53:38 PM

this is what i was thinking


i left 2/3 a bottle of 18yr Jameson at a Christmas party earlier this month, and I know that the people who live there will never touch it- I didn't really have an opportunity to grab that one though. They lived by five points, and we walked to the bar, and I left from there. That shit is bank though... the bottle i'm taking is a little more reasonably priced


i would bring champagne, but we are leaving that party at 10 (and i don't know many who drink champagne that early before midnight)

12/31/2008 5:53:39 PM

^^^you think? that sounds like the voice of experience

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 5:53 PM. Reason : ^]

12/31/2008 5:53:43 PM

I would grab my liquor if there was some left. Liquor is a luxury.

12/31/2008 5:54:11 PM

definitely get your liquor when you are leaving, and especially if you don't know any of them. Fuck etiquette.

12/31/2008 5:57:10 PM

It's bad party etiquette.
If you really want it make sure nobody sees you when you snag it back

12/31/2008 5:59:42 PM

If you're the only one drinking it, just take a pint.

12/31/2008 6:00:47 PM

^^ fuck that, if you get drunk enough then just announce to everyone that you are taking it when you leave. They will certainly remember you

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 6:01 PM. Reason : one more ^ carrot]

12/31/2008 6:01:07 PM

bad party etiquette would be:

showing up without any beverage
or not sharing

what he is proposing is barely in bad taste, esp if he has offered it to others without success.

12/31/2008 6:01:16 PM

and most especially considering it is a house party of 20 somethings, not a fucking black tie affair at the Ritz.

fuck etiquette, just live. no one will remember anyway

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 6:12 PM. Reason : s]

12/31/2008 6:11:53 PM

^ exactly, nobody will remember that shit.. stop having such anxiety over the little stuff.

12/31/2008 6:14:41 PM

The real question is...do you want to get in this girl's pants or not? Therein lies your answer...

12/31/2008 6:16:48 PM

You know I have a similiar thing...I left a bottle of liquor at a party last weekend and tonight I'm going back to the same place. Should I take my liquor back with me?

12/31/2008 6:18:59 PM

^ hell yes you should little lady

12/31/2008 6:19:36 PM

It is bad etiquette. If you don't want to leave it, take something smaller or something you care less about.

On a side note: if these people are young or just out of college, it probably wouldn't be a problem, but you do risk pissing them off. I've had people bring beer to a party, and leave it, and I've had some take it, it didn't bother me any way. I would be mad if someone brought a bottle of wine to a party, it didn't get opened (mainly because I provided enough), and then they took it home.

12/31/2008 6:21:19 PM

the point is, who gives a fuck about etiquette? If the hosts are that fucking deranged then fuck those people, you don't want to be hanging out with them anyways.

12/31/2008 6:22:34 PM

I've been in the real world...
they expect results

12/31/2008 6:24:38 PM

^ lol no they don't, unless you are talking about your job, where they hope you bring in more $$$ than they pay you, which is ofcourse true.

12/31/2008 6:26:47 PM

you should bring a bottle of bullshit liquor there to leave and a flask of the good stuff with you

12/31/2008 6:28:05 PM

solution: drink the whole bottle and no worries for a good long while.

12/31/2008 6:28:37 PM

i think he is trying to get up with his date. so the whole bottle might be a hinderance

12/31/2008 6:30:05 PM

well if you are trying to get in your dates pants by leaving a bottle of liquor, you are doing it wrong. On many different levels.

level = palindrome.

12/31/2008 6:32:03 PM

^^haha, yeah... a fifth of liquor in about 2 hours = bad date for the chick

12/31/2008 6:34:01 PM

^ point taken, I didn't read his post correctly the first time.. it is new years eve

Share it out man, if it is a good enough party you won't be worried about having any left over. I think I'm regressing with my memory of what this thread was about...

12/31/2008 6:36:07 PM

cowboy up and bring a flask of whiskey along with some cheap wine

12/31/2008 6:37:18 PM

i just don't know what kind of crowd there will be- if people want some, i'll gladly share... i like to give out drinks and such. I just don't want to be the only one drinking it and then leave it there (that jameson i left earlier this month (which is close to 100 a bottle) I couldn't give away a drink... I got one person to have one, but they ended up only having a couple of sips and then poured it out)

12/31/2008 6:37:55 PM

and yeah, i would do the flask... if i could find even one of the 8 or so i have floating around here.... i never use them, so i have no idea where i put them

12/31/2008 6:38:40 PM

Lets be honest.
If it's good liquor it wont go to waste if you leave it. Somebody will drink it.

12/31/2008 6:49:39 PM

i would just hate for someone to waste a good whiskey by mixing it with some soda

that's what regular jack or jim beam is for

12/31/2008 7:00:00 PM

Yeah dude, i had some johny walker at my house and i offered it to my friends.
They mixed it with coke.
I bit my lips

12/31/2008 7:08:00 PM

i am pretty sure that my jameson 18 met that fate (if it even got drank- hopefully though someone's bf came in and was like "whoa, who left that" and the girls gave it to him and he enjoyed it properly)

12/31/2008 7:10:48 PM

you likker purists


I mix my courvoisier with Dr Pepper what what


...you could show up with half a bottle....

12/31/2008 7:14:41 PM

i could... but what would i do with that other half?


i think i'm just gonna say fuck it... it's nye- assuming these people are cool, i'll just leave it there and let them enjoy it

i have plenty of other good liquor here for later (i just won't take my bestest stuff out...)

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 7:16 PM. Reason : s]

12/31/2008 7:16:36 PM

put the other half in your stomach or in another container


or fuckitandjustlive

and party like its twenty-oh-OH-nine

12/31/2008 7:18:51 PM

BAD PARTY ETIQUETTE


unless you dont hardly know (or like) anyone there, then fuck it.

but if you know/like the host and the immediate circle, then you should definitely leave it. taking it will make you look like a chump.

and believe me, no one will pour it down the drain, unless it's shit. you treat it like you're giving a gift to the host.




[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 7:57 PM. Reason : ]

12/31/2008 7:56:05 PM

fuck it, i'd take the bottle anyway.

then i'd wave on my way out with the hand holding the bottle.

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 7:57 PM. Reason : fuck it]

12/31/2008 7:56:57 PM

i guess it depends on the party, how long you stay, and how much effort the host goes to throwing it.

a BYOB new years eve bash where everyone just stands around hollering, is different than a normal grown-up party where people actually converse and interact.

12/31/2008 8:01:23 PM

I would leave beer or wine, but it never really crossed my mind to leave liquor.

12/31/2008 8:05:05 PM

12/31/2008 8:09:03 PM

Quote :

"(true whiskey drinkers are rarer than I would have thought) is it faux-pas to grab my bottle when I'm leaving? Or is that acceptable?"

if that's how you feel, you're probably better off not bringing anything. if you don't come off as an arugula-eating elitist, saying nobody else drinks real whiskey, then you certainly will when you pull the bottle when you leave.

Quote :

"treat it like you're giving a gift to the host."

12/31/2008 8:28:54 PM

set up for the set up

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