The only party we throw is for a group of 4 couples and if any of them bailed they know we would hunt them down and kill them. This year 1 couple showed up without costumes because the glue they put them together with gave the guy a nasty rash, but he still showed.

Unfortunately, our party got scheduled on the same night another friend who always has a big blowout party scheduled hers. Add to that the friend is in the middle of divorcing the other host who many guests show up primarily to see, and it made her party a hard one to get to.

My wife went to bed after ours ended around midnight, but I drove the 20 miles to attend the other one and had a blast!