There Are Seven Types Of People At Every House Party

From the friend who always disappears, to the loiterer, to… who is that again?

I, for one, will never say no to a house party. Good mates, good music and good times (with a cheeky cheese platter thrown in the mix if we’re feeling *fancy) is always worth the clean up the next day. I have noticed, however, a real consistent trend of people in those slightly larger house parties — they tend to be one of the following seven…

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1. The Wild Card
They’ve come with a friend, but it turns out they’re actually a friend of that friend’s friend, and although it was risky bringing along a random, they’re holding their own — and actually are turning out to be pretty fun.

2. The Hanger-On-Er-Er
It’s the next morning, the clean up has happened, and now it’s time to crawl back into bed, except you can’t, because you have a fully-grown adult loitering on your couch. Come on mate. Time to bugger off.

3. The Vanishing Act
At some point during the night, your buddy disappears for approximately two and a half hours, only to reappear as though nothing had happened. Where? How? Why?

4. The Sidekick
Your right hand person, your rock, the one that you swear you have a telepathic connection with. You only need to give them the look and they’re off to hide that expensive bottle of red your mum got you, to keeping those two out of your bedroom on the way. You don’t know what you’d do without them.

5. The Clutz
We all have this friend. They can’t turn a corner without breaking something. The set of six wine glasses you bought when you moved into your new place has dwindled down to a measly pair, and they’re so irresponsible they should only be trusted with drinking out of plastic sippy cups.

6. The Cleaner
The heroes of house parties. Apart from being a total laugh to be around, these big hearted pals know that the key to more parties is to pitch in, and will happily fill a garbage bag of crushed cans, chip packets and bottles without even being asked. Whatever you did to deserve them in your life, you’re not sure.

7. The Rubber Arm
We’ve all been this persona at some point or other. Keen to catch up with everyone (but not have a big night cause you know I’m doing that cleanse) it only takes a little bit of encouragement to get them to join in on the fun. Coincidentally, The Rubber Arm has also been known to turn into The Vanishing Act on occasion.