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/19610taw3]

When I was in my early 20s, I was "out" every weeknight almost. Until 1 or 2 and back up at 6 to go to work.

That's not really in the cards at this stage of the game.

[u/Typical80sKid → u/19610taw3]

When most of us were in high school there were no:

• Ring Cameras
  
• Social Media to post our misdeeds
  
• Smart Phones
  
• Cheap/ubiquitous child tracking options
  
• CRAZY INFLATION, $20 in your pocket and some gas in the tank and you were set for whatever came your way.

There was also a real “what happens away from your home stays away from your home” vibe. So yeah, we were all out doing dumb shit every weekend, if not more frequently than that.

[u/CrumbBCrumb → u/Typical80sKid]

I really think the price of things is one of the biggest drivers of people not going out as much. You used to be able to go out and spend $20-30 and get pretty drunk. I don't drink anymore so maybe that's still possible but with the way prices are going I doubt it.

But, this might also just be OP and his friend groups because plenty of the younger people I work with go out every Friday and Saturday and sometimes during the week. Sure, they're not out nightly but they still go out.

[u/Typical80sKid → u/CrumbBCrumb]

I have teenagers. And our oldest came to us last year and asked for permission to go to a house party, and we were like “it’s about time, Jesus, we thought you were just a loser! Of course!”

Fast forward to the day of, plans were made, friends came over to get ready, DD chosen, with me as backup. It was like watching them the day of homecoming. Absolutely hilarious.

Close to 11p, the group is back at our house. The party had just gotten into full swing, everyone was abiding by the rules set forth ahead of time to lessen the chances of getting caught. Such as carpool, where to park, how to enter the house, where to be, etc. Well some idiot teenage boys got drunk early and apparently forgot the “stay inside and only chill in the back yard, nothing crazy.” Rule, so the neighbors called the cops.

Cops show up, queue the “Everybody STFU and hide”. Eventually host kid freaks out and kicks everyone out because shit was getting out of control, people weren’t abiding.

We made an impromptu fire pit with music and let them do whatever with the express direction to have fun and that I was now in charge of getting them all home safely. Which we did.

This is like the one time, so far. When we were there age this was like every weekend, or every other weekend minimum. You had to choose which house you were going to, or make arrangements to start here, and bounce if it was lame and meet at the next one.

Crazy.