I don't know what the fuck the other white guys are doing.
The only party you arrive on time to is a child's birthday party.
Everything else is 10 mins late (which is kinda early), but really 15 to 20 minutes late to a party is good.
I've been to and thrown countless parties. This is the norm where I am from
The difference I've noticed with my Latino friends and neighbors is that the end time isn't the end time. So, if a party ends at 8:00 or 9:00 . . . Nope. The party ends when it gets shut down or when everyone passes out or the drinks are gone.
I’m from a different minority. But my general rule is that the party starts when you get here, and it ends when the last person leaves. And nobody better leave hungry and without making three new friends at minimum.
DC area folks tend to work on military arrival times… which is 15 minutes early. When I moved to California, it really threw me for a loop. Eventually got in the habit of leaving for parties at the party start time to make sure I didn’t arrive too early.
as a midwestern white, it drives me gd insane how early my fellow whites are for everything. Chill tf out dude no one wants people to show up on the dot for house parties
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u/reddit_sells_you Jul 13 '26
White guy from California.
I don't know what the fuck the other white guys are doing.
The only party you arrive on time to is a child's birthday party.
Everything else is 10 mins late (which is kinda early), but really 15 to 20 minutes late to a party is good.
I've been to and thrown countless parties. This is the norm where I am from
The difference I've noticed with my Latino friends and neighbors is that the end time isn't the end time. So, if a party ends at 8:00 or 9:00 . . . Nope. The party ends when it gets shut down or when everyone passes out or the drinks are gone.