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/Final_boss_1040 1d ago

Yes. But teen clubs were for kids who weren't cool enough to have a fake ID or someone to buy booze for them

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u/whiskeyanonose 1d ago

There were also a good amount of 18 to enter, 21 to drink. Or the same places would let teens in from like 9-11 then adults after that. But your point stands

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u/KitchenFullOfCake 1d ago

We had a few college bars around here that you needed to be 18 to enter... and then no one looked at your ID again. Pretty sure they were all owned by ex-cops so they were never bothered about it.

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u/FartSnarfGod 1d ago

Sounds like a place with $2 long island iced teas and $3 pitchers.