Best party size?

[Playful1]

Ok, so i know everyone has their preferences, for everything, including parties. For those of you that go to parties on any regular basis, I'm curious...

What size do you prefer?

How many is too many/too little in your mind?

I find i prefer house parties, which usually means somewhere around 20-30 people. I do go to large several hundred people events, but, prefer to do so with a couple I know. For me, less than 10 people can be too small unless I know most everyone. I dont really have a "too many" limit, it just needs to make sense for the space and type of event.

Just curious about people's thoughts on this

[VegasLee]

We have found the number of people does not matter to us but having the Right people at the party.

We have been to parties with 100's and nothing going on. Been to parties of 20 that lasted all night and was wilder then most people can even dream of.

[Playful1]

That is true, the right people definitely make the party.

[two42lovers]

Best party size is three to six couples who are all very into each other.

[N&G]

We have found that at private house parties around 10 couples are the right size. Unless the house is very large it gets too crowded and there isn't enough mattress space. Besides there is a limit as to how many people you can have sex with anyway, even if it's a multi day party. Since we usually know most if not all of the guests at the party it can be awkward picking and choosing when you would really like to play with EVERYBODY.

[hoistsail]

8 to 10 couples is good, 12 couples is okay if folks are meeting for the first time. With a group like that it is good to have games to help get things going. Ones that everyone wins.

I think 3 couples is too small unless it is a repeat group that knows the ropes and knows each other well and all play nicely.

[good times]

I have to agree with Lee, the people that are there are much more important than how many. My preference, regarding swinger parties, would be the minimum number of people necessary for their to be someone there that we connect with for some sexual fun. I have been to clubs when that meant one other couple besides ourselves.

Actually, for us, the worst is when their are so many couples we want to hook up with that we don't end up with anyone (hot couple overload). That does not seem to be related to the total number of people at the party either. Just recently we went to the club and their were only about 15 couples there. We would have liked to hook up with about 8 of those couples. Instead we spent the evening moving from one couple to the next trying to figure out who might be interested until they had all either left or made plans that didn't include us. Oh well, we did get lots of, "hey, let us know when you want to hook up" emails the next day. so it wasn't a total loss.

[lovinher]

The best party size is more than 1.
Any more than that is all good.

[Malachista]

Around 70 people, and not too many couples among them (perhaps 15-20)

[twoforone100]

Well in some ways the size of the house matters.. but 5 to 7 for average sized houses... enough with out being too much... and a mix of people you know and people you are meeting.....variety is a good thing

[PB&J]

The party we were at last night had somewhere around 20 couples. It's not that big a house, but it always seems to work out just fine. Mind you, last night there were some races for the bedrooms, and I have never seen the group room as busy as it was last night, all night long. Not a problem, though....

[JustMrJ]

We have been to parties with as many as 68 people (mostly couples) and as small as four couples (including us)... much smaller than that and you are just double or triple dating...

For the smaller parties, I definitely prefer to have people in attendance that we have played with before. Chemistry and familiarity is already in place and things are much smoother.

[The Fuse]

We were at a gathering of about 12-15 people recently, where most of the people there already knew each other. I found myself in a slightly awkward situation, when people started playing icebreaker games. I didn't want to play with or be touched by everyone at that party, but the games kind of implied a randomness to what would happen. I didn't feel like I could just opt out of the games, since everyone else was playing.

I managed to avoid having to say "no" to anyone, but did do a few things I wouldn't otherwise have done. This may not seem like me, and it really isn't. At a larger party, it would have been easier to break off with someone I was interested in. So I guess I would prefer a larger party, the kind where things are not structured. Pretty much I don't enjoy icebreaker games -- so I suppose when the group is the right size for those games, the party is the wrong size for me.

[PB&J]

We actually turned down an invite to a house party precisely because of those sort of games- the one that was described to me was where blindfolded man kisses all the women's breasts and has to identify his wife's. No thank you. I like to get to choose who kisses my breasts, thank you very much.