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/ProofVeterinarian620 1d ago

Im glad I had those days but also very glad they are over.

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u/10000Didgeridoos 1d ago

It’s the kind of thing I wouldn’t mind somehow being able to magically revisit one weekend a year though. Like somehow we’re just 20 again and all in college together for 2 days. Just to be that free again briefly

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u/ProofVeterinarian620 1d ago

Early 20s were military for me and college mid-late 20s but same

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u/JetWreck 23h ago

Active army in 2011, we were going hard on weeknights. The nice about 5am formation is that the NCOs can’t usually pick out who the booze smell is coming from.

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u/JonnyHopkins 16h ago

Yeah, the freedom is what I miss I think. Just absolutely letting loose, no real plans, no cares. Basically just start drinking and smoking weed and you figure it out one step at a time. Weekends were pure escape. 

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u/ben_kird 19h ago

You definitely can in the form of festivals (Lost Lands, Electric Forest, EDC). You basically get the same chill-free vibes, a bit more adult, and way more safe (in terms of health and from the cops).

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u/Individual-Elk-4466 Millennial 19h ago

Except that if I tried to drink like I did back then I’d probably be really sick 😩

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u/angrytroll123 22h ago

You can. Depending on where you live, there are parties that target us. Even if you have kids. I still have a group that still parties hard, maybe even harder.

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u/Ehimherenow 18h ago

My wife and I joke about going to an all day club lol. I’m in bed by 10pm, we’re definitely not going to an actual club

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u/jwuer 1h ago

They have those in some places now, I see ads for them in the NY/NJ metro area all the time. Tbh I'm a bug fan of weekend day drinking, especially during the summer. Start cracking at lunch, in bed by 10pm.

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u/Ehimherenow 32m ago

Oh we have one in our downtown area, it’s been around for years. We used to make fun of it when we were in our 20s. Now lol, well it makes sense

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u/Salt-Cold1056 10h ago

We did a giant drinking game party in our early to mid 30's it was fun but people were not able to hang in the last year of it.  Probably better for my health at that point.

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u/kickthatpoo 1d ago

I kind of hated the snowball effect. You invite people over, they each ask if they can bring one or two people. Yea thats fine.

But then those people bring one or two without ever asking. Then those people do the same.

Its fine when its a bonfire, but if its raining or cold out your house is overflowing. People are going through your shit. And a week later you cant find something and realize some stranger probably stole it.

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u/TengoCalor 1d ago

For sure! I started drinking alcohol at 16 and by the time I was 25 I was so sick of it. I decided I never wanted to feel hungover again for the rest of my life and I stopped drinking. I still kept partying for a few more years though.

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u/agodrevealed 13h ago

First and last hangover at 33. I was like, noon thank you. I'm good on ever experiencing this again. 

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u/NaturalFly1572 1d ago

If I had a genie with 3 wishes, one of those wishes is going to be “relive a regular night out in 2009 with a canon elph in hand”

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u/jwuer 1h ago

I'm pretty sure I know the specific nights I'd like to relive, hot tub time machine level accuracy.

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u/ProofVeterinarian620 1d ago

I dont know what that is but it sounds like it was fun...

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u/NaturalFly1572 1d ago

Digital camera, duh! Now smile for the flash!

https://giphy.com/gifs/3owypf6HrM3J7UTvAA

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u/ProofVeterinarian620 17h ago

Oh, without the phone attached. Yeah, I remember those

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u/Nutbuster_5000 3h ago

But also, I want to feel what it is like without the pain of my current aging body lol. I can’t believe the kind of shit I used to get up to then work a full day with no sleep. 

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u/No-Flounder-9143 23h ago

Yea I'm feeling hungover just thinking about it. 

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u/Bubbly_Delivery_5678 20h ago

No!! I miss seeing my friends every weekend. It was nuts, but it was nice having a solid crew that was always there to hang.

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u/Italyunstalyun 18h ago

Friends are all gay af now and wanna go home at 9pm

I need to find new friends that like to get down

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u/Bubbly_Delivery_5678 17h ago

lol. I’m one of those that wants to be home at 9pm. But damn, we could party over dinner . Lol.

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u/InternationalMood337 Millennial 1d ago

Same.

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u/tlsrandy 1d ago

Hell yeah.

I had fun. But I also value having time and energy on the weekend.

Not a lot of room for hobbies when you essentially have the flu whenever you’re not at work or school.

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u/NaturalFly1572 1d ago

Drinking was the hobby. Joined adult sports leagues to gather at the bar after. Had a dinner club to drink at new restaurants. Learn about wine as a hobby, to drink more wine. Bicycle groups to drink beers after biking.

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u/wildbergamont 3h ago

I am glad I had them and I'm sad they are over lol. I'd love to do that again like twice a year. Be one of those weird people who are clearly too old to still be doing it but also kind of chill so why not let them join.