Happy-ish Halloween

I keep forgetting that it hasn't happened yet. I have to work on Halloween & I already went to the only Halloween Party that I can. It was one of the strangest parties I've ever been to. One of my favorite things about parties is seeing different groups of people meet each other, people whose only thing in common is knowing the host. Sadly, this didn't happen. Throughout the whole night 30-40 people came & went, but they all came & went at different times so there was never more than 15 people there at a time. I think I can differentiate the guests into 4 groups. The party started early & I tend to go out early compared to other people, so it was really early.

Group #1: Quite possible the strangest group, consisting of: the hosts' former neighbor--a 30 year old dressed as a naughty school girl (who didn't know Mary Katherine Gallagher or Molly Shannon). Her mother--a German currently living in Jersey, dressed as the devil; she was quite charming until she got tipsy & became very intense. The former-neighbor's boyfriend--a 45-ish man who didn't bother to dress up & had even less of a sense of humor than his girlfriend. They had to leave early to go to another costume party. Which was funny because only two thirds of the group was in costume.

Group #2: Snobby & older gay men. Friends of both hosts, although I'm not sure how they know the hosts. They weren't particularly friendly to anyone but their own group, even when some of us established that we'd hung out before at a party last year. The costumes were intense, but a little hard to figure out (I think some of them weren't anything in particular, just dressed-up) & got offended if you asked what they were (which I thought was weird when they weren't anything in particular!). They had to go to a bigger party & left pretty early.

Group #3: Under-age Abercrombie employees. They were all very beautiful & all very aware of it. Definitely the most nudity of any group. Despite that, they were the most friendly group--which is shocking considering where they work! They were endearing in an awkward way, & convinced me they weren't at the party because none of them could buy booze on their own.

Group #4: Gay Power-Couples. No one wore a costume. They were on their way to the bars. Kind of friendly, but acted like they were doing us a favor by being there. Nicer than group #2, though.

At this point I went home because I had a free ride home & the awkwardness was exhausting. Isn't the point of parties to meet new people & have fun?