A Bug's Life

It's odd: IME the "drink more than you bring" tactic was present with students (partly due to finances, partly due to the drinking capacity vs carrying capacity of your average 18yo). By the time people got to their mid-twenties, the concept of a beer dividend was firmly entrenched: you start with x bottles, hold a party and end up with x+n bottles, albeit often of lower quality.

Now my chums are entering their 30s, I've noticed the beer dividend has vanished and I often end up with fewer bottles than I started with (typically evenly split between good wine and godawful lager/alcopops). Which is a bit crap. I think part of the reason is that my parties are still fairly boozy, and many of my friends have got into the habit of just bringing a bottle of wine to more sedate parties.

Sorry we couldn't make your do by the way.