So here we are yet again and as the saying goes, it’s a New year which means the dawn of new beginnings.  Now before you shut us down in the fear of us asking you what your New Year’s resolutions are(which you’ll probably fail at fulfilling anyway) we’d like to take a different approach to the norm and discuss the good and the bad shenanigans that possibly went down at your New Year’s Eve party.  

Since the beginning of December (or maybe even before then,) you have planned your New Year’s Eve party hoping it could be one of the best. However there’s only one problem; every NYE,  the New Years party poopers are in full force and unfortunately in the history of party hosts, no host has succeeded in avoiding these scoundrels.  Let's have a quick run down of these characters, and hopefully you can make efforts to avoiding them in the future.

The Uninvited Guest

 The first culprit that comes to mind is the uninvited guest.  Half of the time it's never your fault that these party poopers show up; it's usually the fault of one of your guests who casually decides to let his/her ten plus acquaintances tag along with them to your strictly “close friends and family” party.  Upon their arrival you cannot help but immediately start thinking of the nightmare of having to clean up the following day. Your place would have initially been dirty with or without the ten acquaintances but you have to admit the cleaning up process would’ve been more bearable with ten less acquintances.

The "Can't Hold My Drink" 

Then there’s that friend who can never hold their liquor.  The one who gives you heart palpitations the minute you see them slouched tipsy on your new velvet couch ready to release a flush of vomit due to their inconsiderate decision to either drink on an empty stomach or drink way too fast in the hopes of catching up to other skilled drinkers at the party. The cherry ontop is when they're also emotional drinkers.

The Music Hog/Amateur DJ

In the words of rapper, Queen Pen – A party ain't a party without some good music, but sometimes there’s just those guests who feel entitled to only playing the types of music genres they like. You know the ones who hog the radio remote control just because other music genres aren’t up to their listening pleasure.  Unless you were hired as a DJ to the party we suggest you leave the music playlist to the host (Please note, you have to have been HIRED AS A DJ... any up and coming DJs who use their iPad to mix tracks DO NOT COUNT) 

The overly-handsy-person

How can we forget those who absolutely cannot keep their hands to themselves? The people who cannot illustrate a point without touching your face, shoulder, knee cap, ear and eyelid 13 times. They have no sense of boundries and it's annoying for everyone. Feeling up on someone's girfriend or boyfriend isn't the most appropriate way to usher in the new year, we get it you want to celebrate the spirit of 'Yolo' but lets turn it down a notch please!

So your first 2014 goal has been achieved, you've hosted one hell of a party people ate, drank and were merry.  But that's not enough they actually want to linger around some more, this isn't exactly a party pooper behaviour but it can dampen your mood a bit.  You're tired, hung over and just want to sleep the whole day, your hosting services shut down in the early hours of the morning yets its 11:00a.m and your guests still want to have great time.  What a drag!