It's a tale as old as time: you'll make plans at 10 a.m., bright-eyed and fresh from your first cup of coffee. "Yes," you'll say to your friends. "I would love to do that thing tonight." Around 3, though, you'll start to have doubts -- scary doubts. Do you really have enough energy for a whole thing? And at 5:30, you're done. You do not want to do the thing. You're not even sure if you can do the thing. But what do you tell your sweet friends? Your nice and good friends who are relying on you? An excuse, that's what. Here are some good ideas. You know, the really big one. Now you gotta be responsible for this water bottle. Sorry, it's just something you are doing. Do people go out when it is not Halloween? You must be present for every evisceration. Yes, yes, the good show that you have all seen. That virus can't stay dormant forever. The situation is ... pressing. Kale is better than seeing your friends. It is seeping from the floorboards. First, you must study. You will destroy the competition this year. You have a lot more in common with The Rock than you'd think. It would be rude to disturb her. Good enough.1. You cannot go out tonight because you are practicing for the big recital.
Via Giphy2. You cannot go out tonight because you are making cross-stitches of every Kanye West tweet.
Credit: etsy3. You cannot go out tonight because you have decided to wash your hair every other day instead of every day, but you will not go out with dirty hair.
Via Giphy4. You cannot go out tonight because it is not Halloween.
Via Giphy5. You cannot go out tonight because you do not want to miss a fire tweet from J.K. Rowling.
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6. You cannot go out tonight because you must watch the show your coworkers are watching.
Via Giphy7. You cannot go out tonight because you had chicken pox in fall of 1998.
Via Giphy8. You cannot go out tonight because these dishes aren't going to clean themselves.
Via Giphy9. You cannot go out tonight because you have to eat this produce before it goes bad.
Via Giphy10. You cannot go out tonight because your apartment has flooded with Hi-C Ecto Cooler.
Via Giphy11. You cannot go out tonight because you never know who will ask you to name the state capitals.
Via Giphy12. You cannot go out tonight because you are saving your energy for ice-skating season.
Via Giphy13. You cannot go out tonight because you are hard at work on a Venn Diagram comparing yourself with your favorite celebrities.
Via Giphy14. You cannot go out tonight because your cat is asleep on your keys.
Via Giphy15. You cannot go out tonight because you do not want to.
Via GiphyBONUS: Stranger Things is even better with hamsters