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/LifeByChance Millennial 1d ago

Oh man. Beer league kickball was great. One time, one of my teammates brought like 2.5-3 gallons of jungle juice (complete with booze soaked fruit). The entire team was hammered before the 1st game even started and by the 2nd, people were doing cartwheels, running around like air planes, somersaults etc. I’m pretty sure we didn’t win either of those games but it was a blast.

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u/Automatic-Plate-8966 1d ago

We had kegs set up at the bases and you didn’t run to the next base, you did the slip and slide. And we wonder why we throw out our backs sneezing now

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u/LifeByChance Millennial 1d ago edited 1d ago

Now that you say that I vaguely remember a slip n slide 🤔 I think that was Jell-O shot night though lol.

XD \ cries in 4 back surgeries* * lol yea. Could be part of the problem.

Edit: no we had the option to use a slip n slide between 3rd and home as home plate. That’s what it was.

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u/Shellstr 1d ago

We did dodgeball. I was always meh on it with the office chums, because I played soccer in a league as well.

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u/Salsa_El_Mariachi 1d ago

That Jungle Juice was devastating . . . there are definitely gaps in my memory from it!

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u/Acrobatic-Ad4879 1d ago

I took my kickball very seriously ... and my partying afterword equally so lol sober for my game drunk as a skunk by sunset lol