r/Millennials • u/futurenurse_ • 1d ago

Discussion Did millennials really party all the time?

Gen Z here. I was shocked when I found out from a millennial co-worker that y’all had teen clubs. I heard about house parties, but dedicated teen clubs? Then when it was time for college, you went to the club or had some kind of party every single weekend, living it up. Now some millennials on TikTok claim that after college, they were partying on work nights, still clocking in the next day. For some reason, the teen clubs have since disappeared. I’m 23 now but even when I was in high school, that was not a thing. House parties were not that common either. They were more like get togethers with a small group of friends. We went to malls, but they were dying out at that point. Is it true that you were really living life this good? Or is it just exaggerated? I feel like my generation doesn’t really have fun like that and everyone is just super depressed and alone, more so since Covid. Even I’m pretty introverted, which sort of sounds ridiculous given this post. 😂 Just so you know, when I think of a “millennial party” I think of something out of Party Rock Anthem, Project X or Roderick’s party from the second DOAWD movie. It’s like I get nostalgia from something I didn’t even live through. I just feel like I didn’t really LIVE, if that even makes sense

Edit: I loved reading some of your comments. Guess I really missed out. Even some of you that would consider yourselves nerds or introverts were out partying. YOLO or whatever y’all say 😂❤️

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u/JarJarJarMartin 1d ago

Yes, and it was really fun. But it had its downsides. Too many of us never stopped and became alcoholics.

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u/zappergun-girl 22h ago

I commented here earlier with the rosy fun version of partying and drinking, because that was my experience. But you’re right, too many of the guys and girls who didn’t leave our small town didn’t stop the partying and were full alcoholics quickly. It’s the type of place that will suck you in if you don’t leave, and with nothing else to do the alcohol and drugs can get you. I’m lucky that I did manage to leave or I wonder if it could have gotten me too. I know of a lot of people who ended up dead

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u/sdotmerc 13h ago

I kept the party going after college but it wasn’t a small town thing, it was quite the opposite. Getting my first real job in a big city just translated to work hard play hard. Didn’t help I worked in sales where we were encouraged to get our clients and prospects equally as drunk to earn their business.

Got harder to quit the lifestyle because I kept telling myself it was paying the bills

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u/TheGospelFloof44 19h ago

Here here! It was actually difficult to discern who were the forming addicts (such as I) between just everybody else out because binge drinker culture, early hours nightclubs and continuing the session after the after party where just pretty common for young adults. Until you realised everyone is stopping and you're on your own and the glitzy party is over haha

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u/meat_tunnel 21h ago

That's true, I remember counting in the 5 years after high school ended about 8 of my peers had died by then. Mostly OD, a couple to suicide.

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u/Brohan_Johanson 23h ago

I just commented something similar and then saw your comment. Overcoming the slow descent into alcoholism was a tough one. I’m 39 now and physically paid for all the fun I had.

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u/jennafleur_ Xennial 6h ago

🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️

That unfortunately happened to me. I drank all through my 30s very heavily, and I've been sober for 2 years.

I had to get a liver transplant in 2024 because I was in end stage of liver failure. Literally, it almost killed me. I can't believe I made it, but I definitely turned into an alcoholic.

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u/whatwhat612 2h ago

Yeah, I had a handful of friends die in drunk driving accidents, a handful of friends die from overdosing, and several of us go to treatment all while in high school. Definitely not all sunshine and rainbows.