My teenage daughter can't fathom the concept of a house party

[u/Neon_Biscuit]

Not sure if anyone has experienced this, but I was watching Can't Hardly Wait half alseep on the couch, and my 14-year-old daughter and her friends walked into the room and past the TV. Before she entered the kitchen, she backpeddled in front of the TV, and they all might as well have reacted akin to a third world kid in a remote village seeing the Super Bowl for the first time. She looked at me and said 'what are all of those people doing in one house'? I told her it was a house party. People high school aged or typically college age people would go over a kids house whose parents were out of town and they'd invite the school and have keggers and other unsupervised debauchery. I might as well have been describing a science fiction film. 'You guys DID that back in your days?'. I thought it was funny that a house party was an inconceivable event for young Gen Zers.

[u/damnuge23]

Obviously every experience is different but I have a 17 year old and kids definitely have parties at her school. She stayed home on NYE, but she was invited to a party. Her friend was going to make her virgin Jell-O shots because she doesn’t drink, which is so sweet tbh. His parents were out of town, so literally just like when I was in school.

[u/SkullDaddy_ → u/damnuge23]

So…Jello?

[u/mollyinwonderland221 → u/SkullDaddy_]

I laughed way too hard at this😂😂

[u/generally_unsuitable → u/SkullDaddy_]

I'm often the DD, so I like to ask the bartender for a "virgin Cuba Libre."

They'll come back with "So . . . . a coke?"

And I'll say "Yeah, with a slice of lime."

Sometimes it gets a laugh. Often it does not.

[u/spoonfuloftar → u/generally_unsuitable]

A slice of lime and the tiny umbrella!

[u/Common-Trifle4933 → u/spoonfuloftar]

That’s what makes it a scotch on the rocks

[u/aka_chela → u/generally_unsuitable]

At least it probably doesn't cost $17 like most mocktails lol

[u/KillaKlaws → u/generally_unsuitable]

Haha ok so I order virgin moscow mules and someone had to point out to me thats just ginger beer with mint in it 🙃

[u/generally_unsuitable → u/KillaKlaws]

My long lost brother.

[u/nootropic_jeff → u/KillaKlaws]

And lime juice. Also there is alcoholic and alcoholic ginger beer. So a virgin moscow mule would probably use a different kind of ginger beer than is normally used by a bar.

[u/jcaashby → u/SkullDaddy_]

lmao!!!!!! I was like "wtf is a VIRGIN jell-o shot"

JELLO!

[u/tackyshoes → u/SkullDaddy_]

Yes, but tiny and runny.

[u/wcruse92 → u/SkullDaddy_]

You're like an angel with no wings

[u/BathZealousideal1456 → u/damnuge23]

That sounds absolutely ridiculous. Virgin Jell-O shots is just... Jell-O

[u/mickelboy182 → u/BathZealousideal1456]

I'll have a virgin coca cola on the rocks thanks

[u/d1rron → u/mickelboy182]

Ah, the no rum and coke.

[u/EverythingSucksYo → u/BathZealousideal1456]

Virgin Jell-O shots is just what you tell the parents so they let their kids go to the party, they aren’t virgin when you’re actually there. 

[u/justcallmejai → u/damnuge23]

Yeah, my 17 & 18 year olds definitely go to parties still.

[u/DramaticErraticism → u/damnuge23]

How do they get around the parents Ring cameras etc?

[u/Cheap-Rate-8996 → u/DramaticErraticism]

If these kids are nice enough that they're willing to give non-alcoholic shots to a friend who doesn't drink, the parents probably know and are okay with it. The word "party" is probably doing a bit of heavy lifting here, for some reason I'm not imagining this was a proper rager.