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We had tons of parties just like these only everyone was way better looking.

Yes, these types of parties were real. I don't have any theories other commenters haven't already given, just adding to the choir in case you needed more anecdotal evidence.

We kind of had that as teens. Just without the fancy decorations. We made it ourselves. Every weekend when someones parents were over night.

Like a party with lots of people? Yes. But honestly they are way better in your 20's when people have their own places and drinking is not really an issue.

There was always the ad-hoc couple inspecting each other tonsils over in the corner.

Totally never did that myself, nuh-uh.

Lived in a townhouse with 3 apartments and 4 floors during uni. Made friends with the other tenants, opened up the whole thing to do massive parties, had over 400 people come

I'm in my thirties, and the closest thing I ever had to a party was when me and a bunch of the guys I worked with (total of like six people) would hang out together, drinking and playing Mario Kart

I didn't go to a lot of these in my youth, but house parties definitely existed, and still exist. I'm ~40.

A friend of friend just had one this weekend, and I went as a +1. I don't know what the occasion was but there was a lot of food and drink and socializing. Someone even set up beer pong like when we were younger.

Another friend of mine has pretty regular parties at his place. He just invites a bunch of people and has some food and drink, and it's a good time. It probably helps that his friend network is massive and he's generally well liked.

This is the saddest comments thread I have ever read.

Yes, parties are real.

https://www.wikihow.com/Throw-a-Party

I threw a party like this in about 1995. I got lucky because a lot of people showed up but they were respectful and didn't trash my house. I cleaned up in about 2 hours.

I think that one of the things that killed this were the examples on the news of people having their houses destroyed as the party got out of hand.

Another thing that killed these parties was litigious parents. Underage drinking was the norm at these things. Kids would sometimes drive drunk and get in accidents, drown in the pool, etc. Parents of the drunk drivers would sue the parents of the party host for allowing kids to get drunk on their premises. Saying you were out of town and didn't know did not save the sued parents - they would just be blamed for leaving their kids unsupervised.

Bush parties were also really common in the 90s, but fewer and fewer people live near a large woodlot. In the 90s, even medium cities would have vacant lots scattered throughout the city and many were large enough to (temporarily) conceal a small bonfire and 2 dozen drunk kids. When the cops showed up, we would scatter. Stumbling around the woods in the dark while intoxicated is a cherished memory, but I would probably never do it again, haha.

Let's party on Roblox!

My parents left for one weekend during my college/highschool years. Threw the most massive party, we were over 80.

Fun times 😁

We never had one in a house. We had one on some back road or a field off the beaten path in order to avoid the law.

They are real. And sometimes they still happen for work outings in some cities more than others.

I’m guessing the person who hasn’t seen one might live in a rural area though so they might only see something like this on a hens or bucks night

It feels like they aren't as common but I know they aren't totally gone. My Niece graduated High School 4 years ago and went to them. My Nephew graduated in May and he went to them as well.

I was always skeptical about them being a thing in high school. At least at the scale portrayed in movies. But in college, yes. Had plenty of ragers with 100+ people. They were fun, and kinda terrible at the same time.

I went to parties like this all the time…

Were*

Being Brazilian, all those 'murican house parties portrayed in movies always seemed so... Dumb and uninteresting. I did go to a similar one during college (2009-ish) and, frankly, the only good thing was that I almost got laid, everything else was meh.