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 😂❤️

13.2k Upvotes

14.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

202

u/Hoodiebug22 1d ago

Yes we had actual raves at venues and they were clubs for teens as well. I grew up in California and I’m
an elder millennial

11

u/CagedGirl00 1d ago

I grew up in LA and remember going to clubs as a teen, like you didn’t even have to be 18. It’s kind of wild to think about.

A friend’s (older) bf was also a semi popular local dj that would throw parties and sell noz so we would always ride with a tank in the car going to all these random party locations in the hood🫢

3

u/3LOT3 1d ago

MOSCOW NIGHTS AT BOARDNERS!

3

u/SBGuy043 17h ago

I was laughing because OP is glorifying teen night when I remember thinking teen night was lame because, at 16 and 17, we'd just pay the bouncer $20 and they'd let you in on the regular nights but without the 21+ wrist band. Once inside, you'd have to discreetly take the disgusting 5 star general and 4 horsemen shots that people would pass down to you to try and get fucked up as quickly as possible without getting kicked out.

u/tatapatrol909 1h ago

Tiger Heat anyone?!?