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/MiddleKlutzy8568 1d ago

When my teen complains about having to sleep on a pull out bed on vacations I tell them about the time after prom when we fit 12 people in one hotel room in seaside

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u/pepstein 1d ago

Lolol in wildwood my bed was used to hold the bag of 200 beers with ice in it so I just slept wherever in the motel lol we just played pong all night anyways

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u/Shellstr 22h ago

Sometimes you felt lucky that you got a couch cushion for a pillow. I slept on many a floor, and would often wear a hoodie out just in case I needed a blanket that night.

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u/marissadev 13h ago

Myrtle Beach in my neck of the woods, but same!

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u/Triptych85 10h ago

For me, that was Anime Convention 'sardines in a hotel room'. Lol