THE EARLY STAGE: You have just reached your friend’s place and settled down on her bed for a nice chat. Your aim is to go to bed by 2am and not stay awake the entire night.
BEAUTY PARLOUR STAGE: From braiding each other’s hair to applying nail polish, this period is all about wearing PJs and dolling up.
BOARD GAME STAGE: After the hair and make-up session, someone brings out the board games for some old school fun. In case you don’t have Ludo, UNO or Monopoly, download the apps — Ludo King, MONOPOLY Bingo and UNO & Friends — for iOS and Android.
MOVIE AND MUNCHIES STAGE: At one point you have to decide whether it’s going to be horror night, action night or chick flick night. After a lot of debate you finally settle down for a movie with lots of munchies at hand.
STALKING STAGE: As the night wears on you begin talking about this boy you are crushing on. Cue for someone to whip out their phone and start stalking him on social media. The fact that you might end up on his mother’s aunt’s nephew’s page is totally irrelevant.
BOTTLE STAGE: This is where the “need” for a few sips rears its head. Either you steal the parents’ stash or you’ve already stocked up.
HIC-HIC-HAPPY STAGE: By this time you have broken your promise of having only two pegs of vodka and going to sleep by 2am. Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You has now given way to Tamma tamma and you can’t help but do the drunken dance.
Lull stage: You are tired and (often) emotional. Some of your girlfriends might be weeping in a corner. Inevitably someone is drunk-texting her ex!
DAWN STAGE: By 5am, some of your friends have passed out and the ones who haven’t look worse than zombies. You too decide to sleep, only to be woken up at 7am by Energetic Friend. The splitting headache makes you swear off the bottle forever!
BREAKFAST: One of the early risers wants to go out for breakfast. This is probably the stage when you want to smack your friend’s head the most... with a pillow. Who wants to go out in the sunlight hungover af? But you are hungry too. Sometimes sleep wins, sometimes the tummy.
Sulogna Ghosh
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