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Originally Posted by ItsRainingMen
if u can't afford to throw a house party u shouldn't be throwing a house party
roommates and i have asked friends to bring booze or help throw down on kegs, but charging ppl who just randomly come is a thought too absurd to have ever crossed my mind
Exactly what kind of party are you talking about? If you're throwing a small or moderate sized gathering among friends then sure. We threw a small halloween party with maybe 20-25 people, and me, gf, and 4 friends paid for it. No big deal, it was like $25 for each of us and it was a one-time deal.
I'm talking a ****ing house party man, where you have 100+ people showing up from god knows where to get trashed and you go through multiple kegs and things of jungle juice. And the places that held these parties would hold them nearly every weekend, sometimes both Friday and Saturday.
At a house party where say 100+ people show up by word of mouth, the owners of the house would be lucky to know what, 20 people? I went to a public university, not a mommy-daddy trust fund school. People are broke and aren't gonna buy 6 kegs just so 100 people can have a good time on principle. So yeah, you pay the people at the house $5 for a cup and drink for real cheap. The party gets paid for that way. Just how it works.
And if, as a college student, you can afford to drop a couple hundred bucks just cuz you feel like partying, then congrats. You're either awesome at poker, have rich parents, or have some of the worst money management skills ever.