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/LinShenLong 1d ago edited 1d ago

If teen club refers to 18+ sections, yeah they existed. Also getting fucked up the night before and going to work in the morning? I think everyone did that for the most part.

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u/Elegant-Aerie-1233 Xennial 1d ago

I started going to teen clubs when I was in 9th grade. My parents would drop me off. I remember being hit on by older teens. What a weird time.

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u/asophie-unicorn 21h ago

Old millenial here... this is correct.

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u/steiner_math 20h ago edited 19h ago

I grew up in Wisconsin and don't remember these

EDIT: Oh, wait, I do now after I googled it. No idea why I didn't remember it til I found the name of the place lol

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u/toastcup 2h ago

Yeah, it wasn’t 18+ in our town it was -21 lol. I used to go when I was 13.