I think the party went out of fashion in the UK when Abigail's Party ended up on TV in the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail%27s_Party https://en.wik

I think the party went out of fashion in the UK when Abigail's Party ended up on TV in the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail%27s_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail%27s_Party I basically hate house parties. I prefer spending time with my friends in pubs/bars, or going out to museums/galleries and that sort of thing. Occasionally we'll have people who want to spend time in our neck of the woods (London) and they can stay with us for a weekend and we'll do things like that. Occasionally we'll head back to our home town (Manchester), and we'll go and do things around there. The idea of a bunch of probable strangers in a house with a poor/prescribed collection of booze just doesn't interest me. It is too open to posturing, egos clashing, being unable to drift away or having "forced fun".