Welcome to Everyday Parties!

This website was created in response to my frustration.

Recently I searched the internet for adult party ideas. Not adult party as in sex party (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but adult as in “mature”. Adult as in Baby Boomers and, increasingly, Gen X. Adult as in, “It’s been a while since I slept on a bathroom floor (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but I still love to party!”

I didn’t have much luck.

Most websites seem to have the idea that all we want to do is dress up in funny costumes (not that there’s anything wrong with that) or play silly games (not that there’s anything…okay there IS something wrong with most of them.) I don’t know about you but that’s NOT how my friends and I party.

Does This Sound Like You?

In our teens and early twenties we partied hard. Most parties consisted of loud 80’s rock music, a refrigerator full of cheap beer, chips and dip and drinking until you passed out on the bathroom floor.

We’ve gotten older but we still party just as hard. The refrigerator is still full of beer — only it’s the spare fridge in the basement and it’s good beer. We still bring chips and dip but now they set beside the likes of smoked salmon, curried chicken roll-ups, barbequed shrimp Orleans and fried green chili wontons. We very seldom have anyone pass out on the bathroom floor — but when they do, we take care of them (we’re moms and dads after all) and the floor is clean. Oh, we do still have the loud 80’s rock music — what can we say?

We Don’t Need to Dress Up in Silly Costumes or Play Silly Games to Have Fun

Most of our parties just involve good friends, good food, good drink and good conversation. Good times. There are usually at least three generations running around, sometimes four. Oh, we sometimes have a “reason” to get together — Superbowl, Final Four, Birthday, whatever, but mostly we just enjoy each other’s company. We don’t need to dress up like Gilligan or Mary Ann to have fun.

Now I’m not saying a Scooby Doo or 20’s Theme Night wouldn’t be fun but that just not the norm. Neither is playing silly games. We always have a running pool game going or in the summer we may play horseshoes or cornhole and occasionally Texas Hold’em will kick up late, but never do we make the games the reason for the party.

Are You One of Us?

If this sounds like you, then you are exactly the kind of partier that I have created Everyday Parties for.

I hope to make this a site where the REAL adult partiers can come and get some new ideas, share some good times and generally enjoy themselves.  

You can help. If you have any ideas, recipes or anything else you would like to share please leave a comment or contact us at

myeverdaylife.net (at) gmail (dot) com.

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