Party is over. On their way home 1-3

The story follows two friends leaving a party with an unpleasant host, uninteresting guests, a negative atmosphere, low-quality beer, and depressing music. They decide to leave early and spend the rest of the evening together on a comfortable couch, enjoying a bottle of high-quality red wine and an exciting movie. It is crucial to identify promptly whether it is worthwhile to invest more time and effort in something or someone if no positive progress is expected. It is no longer feasible to persist with unproductive endeavours. Purchasing saddles and bridles for dead horses is pointless. * This is precisely why the previous picture is also particularly suitable for the pictorial illustration. More effort would not have lent more weight to the statement.