M: Yeah, dear listener, we talk about birthday parties, wedding parties. You know? Just like usual Friday party. Every day could be a party. So any party you want, like you get together with some friends, it's already a party. But also you can talk about some special parties. Like what do you call a party for boys before a wedding?
R: A stag party?
M: Yeah. A stag party. Or a hen, a hen party for ladies before the woman gets married. Only for ladies.
R: I don't know much about that, because I've never had or been to a stag or a hen party.
M: Yeah, but you must have seen some crazy stag parties British people, your people organize in, let's say, Budapest, for example, Amsterdam.
R: I've heard what people in my country get up to, and I diss about everything they've done.
M: Yeah. Yeah, dear listener, if you see a group of rowdy men doing all sorts of crazy things, perhaps they're British.
R: It's not just the men, the women are just as bad.
M: Oh, yeah, women are even more horrible. You can say that I love parties, I am a party animal. Or you can say that these days I'm less inclined to go to big events. So as I get older, you know, I'm 30 years old... So I find myself less inclined to go to parties. So I don't like parties as much as I used to. I don't like the noise or you can say I love the noise. I love a good party. Or you can say I prefer a small gathering of friends. So a party is a gathering. So you get together with your friends. You can call it a get-together. Also, like, don't think that a party should always be a big party. Could be anything. You have your three friends. So there are three of you, it's already a party. Or even with, like, two of you. Or maybe you are alone and it's a party.
R: Maybe you're alone and you're just crazy.
M: Yeah, you know? I have a party with my cat or with my dog, with my fish. I prefer small parties, or I prefer big parties. I prefer birthday parties or wedding parties. Or there are different kinds of parties, surprise parties, garden parties. Maybe you like cocktail parties. Tea parties. Ooh, tea parties are my favourite. Tea parties, dear listener. Maybe you enjoy your dances and costume parties. When everyone wears a mask or a costume, it's called a fancy dress party. So maybe you enjoy these ones. Then pool parties. Ooh, nice, I love a good pool party. So a party by the pool, or maybe graduation parties, dear listener. When you finish school or graduate from a university, you have a graduation party. Also, there are parties which are called showers. For example, a baby shower. Rory, what's a baby shower?
R: That's just a celebration of when someone finds out they're having a baby?
M: Yeah, for example, your friend is having a baby, so they are throwing a baby shower, so the woman and her future baby and everybody comes in with presents. Yay. These days, gender reveal party is a very common type of party where the gender of a future baby, no, a future baby, of the baby is revealed. So you kind of, you find out, is it a boy or a girl? Housewarming party, dear listener. You move house and you have a housewarming party. Farewell party. Oh, gosh, so many parties, yeah. Pre-party and after-party.