Game Night

Tonight I'm going to a game night at a friend's house in Manassas. When I got the email last week, it said "bring any game you want". I'm pretty sure "game night" pertains to board games. But one of my favorite games is beer pong. After I read that email, I immediately wondered if I had any ping pong balls in my apartment. Am I an alcoholic? Or just an admirer of booze?

However, I felt some relief when my sister called this morning. She asked what I was doing this weekend, and I told her about the game night tonight. She asked if I was going to play flip cup. Another classic game. Then I realized it wasn't bad that I thought to bring ping pong balls, Solo cups, and a case of Miller Lite. To be honest, I spent just as many years playing drinking games as I did playing those classic board games like Scrabble, Clue, or Sorry.

When my girlfriend was alerted to my plan, she said "are you serious"? Not to speak ill of my lesser half, but she was just not on the same page as me. Which I can understand. I'm not in college anymore. And I guess if the courts can try me as an adult, then technically I am an adult. But I think drinking games can bring people together more so than bored games. The level of competition is there, but with drinking games, you're drinking. Not saying you can't have fun and not drink. I have heaps of fun sober. But when I think of "game night" and being an adult, I associate with drinking games moreso than board games.

So I figured I'd bring a deck of cards. Maybe we'll play Kings.