Friend refusing to share bottle of spirit at party

[IreneSmith]

So, I want some opinions, who is right, me or my friend?

A group of friends get together for a party, we then move onto drinking games.

Now usually whenever anyone brings spirits or anything to a party (myself included) its for everyone to drink...at least I thought.

So, I start pouring the next drink to be used in the game when one of my friends grabs the bottle out of my hand forcefully (literally).

This one friend refused to allow her bottle of spirit to be used in drinking games, as according to her it was a gift to the host (another friend) and not for wasting in drinking games.

My issue it 3 fold:

1. It was outside on the main table and open, so I thought its fair for anyone to drink/use it. (If host wanted to keep it, they would have out it away)

1. It was a bottle of Jack Daniel...which imo is only good as a mixer or for drinking games. (I.e. it wasn't a proper whisky, brandy, cognac or fine wine)

1. It was very rude to just grab the bottle out of my hand forcefully. She could have let me finish pouring the drink, then explained how she felt and asked if we could use something else / another bottle going forward.

The host looked perplexed when this happened and didnt say anything, they didnt care either way / it got awkward.

Imo, I think my friend was being awkward and rude (the bottle grabbing really annoyed me). Am I wrong, is she wrong?

@mam0918

MatildaIThink - a CHEAP spirit is something like Vodkat which is £8.

Factually even standard JD is a mid-range commercial spirit in a shop.

According to a quick Google, Vodkat does not exist any more and when it did it was only 22% so not a spirit.

It changed its name to V-Kat... it still exists and is £8.

I mean good luck to anyone that buys it, you would have to be a hardened pisshead (the type that plays drinking games lol) but it does exist and is a prime example of cheap spirit being less than HALF the price of JD.

@mam0918

It changed its name to V-Kat... it still exists and is £8.

I mean good luck to anyone that buys it, you would have to be a hardened pisshead (the type that plays drinking games lol) but it does exist and is a prime example of cheap spirit being less than HALF the price of JD.

It is still not a spirit though, it is schnapps and is only 15%.

I like the idea that one can be picky about the alcohol in that situation.

“This party’s a bit of a downer…. Ooh, I know, gang - how about a drinking game?”

“Love to, but unfortunately we’re completely out of Chateauneuf-de-Pape ‘81.”

“Gosh, no!”

“Fraid so.”

“Oh, botheration. ….Well, I suppose it’ll just have to be group sex again.”

“….Darryl, go and get the yoghurt.”

“Greek?”

“Of course, Daryl. We’re not heathens.”

I think you were incrediby rude OP.
For starters you bought a bottle of champagne as a gift for the host. But brought absolutely nothing for the booze table.

Your Friend brought a bottle of JD for the host, and it was put out. But shouldn't have been used by you for a drinking game!

Would you have been happy with your bottle of Lanson being used for a drinking game?

I can't remember a single party I have been to where I didn't take alcohol of some sort for 'the table', even if it was not an offical BYOB party, if it was at someones house I'd take it anyway because not doing so is bloody rude. Surely if a group of freinds meeting up for drinks at someones house, you take drink to be drunk? Not just drink the hosts or someone elses?

I can understand why your friend was offended using her gift in the drinking game. Her reaction was possibly a bit over the top but i'm assuming you all were perhaps a bit drunk and she was rightly pissed off you were about to waste it all on a game. Its very different putting it out to drink and be enjoyed over the course of the party, quite another to waste it like that.

Also the fact you put some gifts of alcohol aside when you host, and some you deem not special enough go out on the table. What a massive fuck you to the person who gifted you something and you didn't keep aside. If gifts are given you either put them ALL out or NONE out.

Whisky isn't just Scotch you know!

Sorry Whiskey not Whisky!