Ah, dinner parties. A thrilling tradition of grilled meats, stiff conversation, and possibly some baffling hors d’oeuvres. But what do you do when your guests would rather be doing their taxes? 🤔🍽️ Fear not, we’ve got your guide to turning the driest gathering into a night to remember—or at least tolerate.
• Start with an icebreaker that’s truly chilling: a story about your last family holiday dinner disaster 🥶🤦♂️
• Serve appetizers in shot glasses, because who doesn’t want a shrimp cocktail they can take to-go? 🍤🥃
• Hide the remote in the broccoli casserole. It’ll motivate someone to dig in! 📺🥦
• Play a game of ‘Dinner Party Bingo’ with squares like “Awkward Silence” and “Accidental Political Debate.” 🎲📅
• Have Alexa interrupt every ten minutes to announce “Snack Break!” as you shove plates of fries at unsuspecting guests 🍟🔔
• Hire an actor to pretend to be your “eccentric” relative, just to spice things up. Fancy a pirate uncle? ☠️🎭
• Instead of normal chairs, provide bean bags. Who can be formal when they’re extracting themselves from a bean bag? 🫘🪑
• Declare a theme like “The 80s never ended,” and casually wear neon leg warmers.🕺🎶
• Use fortune cookies to deliver passive-aggressive messages like “You’re being too quiet.🌠🥠”
• Have a bowl of keys by the door, but with the twist being they start up exotic, never-to-be-driven cars. 🚗🔑
20 More Tips For Hosting A Dinner Party For People Who Hate Dinner Parties
• Set up a ‘DIY main course station’ and insist it’s what Picasso would have wanted. 🎨🌯
• Skip the wine; serve shots whenever guests forget someone else’s name. 🍷🚫
• Every time someone says “networking,” force them to wear a silly hat until the next meal course. 👒✍️
• Encourage spontaneous interpretative dance interpretations of current affairs. Sure, this isn’t a TED talk, but why not? 💃📰
• Make dessert out of beans just to see the looks on their faces. Is it sweet or savory? 🫘🍰
• Offer party favors that are actually just items you’re trying to get rid of from your garage. 🛠️🎁
• Every 15 minutes, crank the thermostat a little higher until someone’s too sweaty to care. 🌡️🥵
• Replace fancy centerpieces with puzzles or Lego sets. Who said table décor can’t be interactive? 🧩🏰
• Host a ‘silent dinner party’ segment and see who cracks under the pressure first. 🤫📉
• Use a significant portion of the evening explaining the plot of an obscure 80s movie, while reenacting all the roles. 🕰️🎬
Congratulations, fearless host! You’ve just navigated the mysterious seas of social hosting dread. With these unconventional strategies, your party may not become legendary, but at least it beats doing laundry. 🤷♀️😄