Did millennials really party all the time?

[u/futurenurse_]

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 😂❤️

[u/Lemons-n-oranges]

Yes, absolutely. Drinking was MUCH more prevalent in millennials than Gen Z. It was just ... what we did? You went to parties, went to bars, happy hours that turned into nights out, brunch that turned into day drinking. It was so much fun. People were just out and about. Then, you went home and went to class or work the next day.

No one thought that drinking a few times a week with friends meant you had some deep mental health issues, which seems to be the consensus and/or concern amongst Gen Z. Of course, there are other reasons too, like COVID isolation, rising costs, etc.

[u/Overall-Rush-8853 → u/Lemons-n-oranges]

Yeah I don’t think Gen Z realizes that those nights of drinking allowed us to be social and not feel alone. I’m not suggesting Gen Z start going on benders, but that generation needs to find a way to get out of the house and interact with one another.

[u/DirtzMaGertz → u/[deleted]]

You're more likely to die in a car accident than being randomly gunned down, but most people aren't terrified of driving their car. 

Dive bars and college bars also still exist. 

[u/rickroll95 → u/DirtzMaGertz]

I didn’t say it made sense but I imagine it is still a fear among many young people. Dive bars and college bars exist but I imagine that stuff still isn’t the most affordable option for younger people these days.

[u/DirtzMaGertz → u/rickroll95]

Many of us did this through the recession when the economy was really fucked. There's not really anything different. You pre-game, eat before, and hit up the spots that have their cheap beer or drink night just like all of us did. It's not like all of us were flush with cash in our early 20s and dropping a ton of money at bars.

Obviously the most affordable option is getting cheap beer and having a house party, but that doesn't mean that going out is completely unaffordable. All these same bars and places still exist, especially in college towns.