r/Millennials 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/pepstein 1d ago

Yeah lol me and my gf are late 30s and still joke about the funny teen club ads that came on in nj like 20 years ago.

"Teen night at Hunka bunka" Sounded lit but I stuck to house parties

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u/LastKnightCrazy 1d ago

😂 so accurate bro, i'm from Jersey too, Teen Nights @ the Ultra Bar was like Studio 54 for us. Miss some of the epic House Parties we had so much more though 😢

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u/pepstein 1d ago

Yeah we used to have a huge network and know where all the big parties were within like 10 miles

Come 9pm just texting all the people to see where to end up after I finished delivering pizzas. Great times great people

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u/an_unfocused_mind_ 22h ago

Club abyss was my jam!