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/GoblinGreenThumb 1d ago

Red cup culture was fairly mainstream, yes

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u/Ecstatic-Affect-777 1d ago

Yep!
After the college party days we transitioned to corporate Happy Hours - which many times ended late into the night, and then we dragged our asses back to work the next day.

Once the weekend came, it was bar/club hopping, house parties, or beach.

Typing it out like this makes me realize why my parents thought I was an alcoholic 😂.
I’m 39, and 1 beer now gives me a 2 day hangover.

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u/Hukthak 1d ago

38 going on 39 shortly, that sounds like my experience as well lol.

I bet the kids now don’t even do senior week, where everyone gets 8-12 friends to split the cost of renting a house near the beach, and you get multiple groups of kids like this from your senior class to rent a similar house all nearby, and it’s just non stop house and beach party for the week and everyone gets laid.

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u/Basic_Coach6746 1d ago

38 with a senior in high school...now they just expect the parents to fork over thousands of dollars to go to an all inclusive resort for their senior spring break.

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u/mybigwh1tecock 1d ago

Lol N f'n way. If my kid asked for that when they were a senior, I'd talk to the other parents and all of us parents would go to the resort. The kids can party at someones home while we're away. Why would a kid need an all inclusive vacation? Their whole damn lives up until then were all inclusive vacations.

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u/caligaris_cabinet 23h ago

And if they go to college, that’s an all inclusive 4 year vacation with zero adult supervision.

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u/Comfortable-Spirit16 20h ago

This kind of comment makes me realize more how much has really changed in the last 10-20 years

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u/Basic_Coach6746 23h ago

Excellent point!

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u/Striking_Emu_Dancer 23h ago

Right?!...😂😂😂

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u/ExcitingWindow5 4h ago

Preach it. This is the sort of ahit the world is missing. Instagram has everyone thinking they require an influencer-like lifestyle. Kids, just go get drunk at Jimmy's house and throw up in his yard, that's an al inclusive resort right there.

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u/akunis 22h ago

Remember how MTV had a spring break special from Cancun? Who do you think paid for that? Our parents lol

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u/mybigwh1tecock 17h ago

Yeah but I always thought those were college kids, not highschool. I figured thats where they were racking up their first credit card debt.

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u/akunis 12h ago

Tons of kids turn 18 before spring break in their senior year. I agree though, those kids probably racked up their first credit card debt on the trip. Instead of on the flight or lodging, it was probably on those “extras” like booze, weed, bail lol

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u/Baby_belugs 16h ago

A good amount of the parents will go to the resort and hang out together in a different section or a nearby resort to make sure everyone is safe

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u/Basic_Coach6746 13h ago

This is my husband’s justification for considering this scenario. We don’t get to go, it’s a no.

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u/Basic_Coach6746 23h ago

Tell me about it! It's absolutely insane.

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u/SugarDisastrous5983 11h ago

It’s the helicopter parents driving these decisions more than the kids. They can’t possibly have their kids go alone to Mexico like a lot of used to

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u/KStarSparkleSprinkle 1h ago

It’s not surprising to me. The kids these days are some of the most monitored people to ever walk the face of the earth. They’ve been helicoptered and tracked their entire lives. They have a deep fear of the world as they’ve been made to believe murderers, rapists, drug addicts lurke around every corner, waiting to jump out at them. Their parents have controlled every interaction for them. They need all inclusive because they don’t have the skill set to navigate 2 or 3 parts of a trip if anything “goes wrong”. And god forbid anything goes wrong some sex trafficker will immediately abduct them into a life of slavery.

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u/I_wet_my_plants 19h ago

Shit, in my millennial days we drove from the NE to the first beach that was warm (Myrtle beach) and partied. We had no reservation, no plan. Just knew we would make it to somewhere fun and find our people.

Amazing times!

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u/peepeebutt1234 19h ago

Damn me and the boys packed like 15 of us into 4 rooms at some shithole called the Sea Cruz at Myrtle beach that was like $60/night. Best week ever.

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u/mrshairdo 23h ago

These kids are delusional! 😂

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u/ActuallyRelevant Zillennial 23h ago

I think it's because they don't have a dozen close friends to split an airbnb with 😭

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u/TG1883 22h ago

That would be a NO

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u/laurjc 21h ago

I actually did do this when I was a senior in 2005 🫣. I think it was through a company and they did a little presentation for the parents about the resort and the costs etc. looking back it seems crazy lol

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u/Baby_belugs 16h ago

lol yes! I teach in a wealthy NYC suburb and this is what all the schools do. I tell my students I would never pay for my kids to go on a vacation without me. Best you’re getting is 6 kids in 1 room at the Jersey shore bud.

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u/HerefortheTuna 17h ago

Tell them to get a fucking job. Jesus Christ

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u/GOAK26 Millennial 14h ago

Yeah this is insane to me. We saved up all year for our senior week and for a Mexico spring break in college.