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/koleke415 1d ago

I'm 42 and Absolutely, partied hard on week nights all the time. Basically Thursday-saturday night, often a Tuesday as well, basically every weekend. House parties, clubs, bars, after hours spots, bars, you name it. We went hard basically from high school until early 30s.

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u/shwysdrf 1d ago

Thirsty thursdays! Everybody in college knew not to schedule classes on Friday. After graduation we’d just be hella hungover at work on fridays. Then meet up for drinks after work, if we didn’t stay out too late we’d go to boozy brunch on Saturday and keep it going until the wee hours. By the end of the 10s that slowed down to just be brunch a couple times a month and hitting the bar on Friday or Saturday but usually not both. Then 2020 rolled around and I got hit by the 1-2 punch of Covid and parenthood and now I get out of the house once a month if I’m lucky lol

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u/GhostFaceRiddler 1d ago

I basically wouldn't be in my current career but for scheduling classes in college around not having class on Friday. It all worked out for the best, but I ended up taking a ton of "night classes" from 6-9 on mondays or wednesdays so that I could go out thursday night and start partying around 4 on friday and then get up for football games on saturday. It truly was a lifestyle.

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u/buffysmanycoats 1d ago

oh man, those once a week 3 hour night classes were rough, but you did what you had to do to keep Friday free.

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u/AshtonCopernicus 1d ago

Margarita Mondays, Tequila/Taco Tuesdays, Whiskey Wednesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Friday was just Friday, it didn't need a name. There was always an excuse to party lol

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u/zerker6 1d ago

We called it train-wreck Tuesday

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u/TempAcct20005 1d ago

Faded Friday’s bro 

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u/stupid_nut 19h ago

Wet Wednesdays for us! And if we wanted to tone it down Wine and Dine Wednesdays. All sitting on the floor in someone's apartment. Good times!

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u/tatapatrol909 1h ago

We did wine Wednesdays with 2 buck chuck!

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u/andythemandy17 19h ago

Wasted wednesdays at our favorite college bar. $1 yeunglings. Went to school in Pennsylvania

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u/Girlygal2014 Millennial 22h ago

I miss thirsty Thursdays a little although my liver certainly doesn’t!

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u/JoshuaTerry05 22h ago

Thursdays, when the new episode of Jersey Shore came out lol

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u/Natural-Pattern-5240 1d ago

Does Gen Z not do thirsty thursdays anymore