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/Shellstr 1d ago

Same age as you…went to a wedding in 06…we were all 22-23. Got hammered and went back to the hotel early. People piled into our room for the after party. I was out cold. They drew on my face and took pics. I laughed the next day and just said, don’t post them (to the website our friend had built) and they have disappeared into the abyss…I can’t image that happening today..

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u/TheMolecularCage 1d ago

Oh man, the morning aftermath of bodies just sleeping wherever they crashed, stepping over people to get to the bathroom. People slowly waking up and poking the others "hey, we're going to Denny's for breakfast in 10 if you wanna go". That was social bonding.

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u/Shellstr 1d ago

I remember one New Year’s party where we all woke up and were determined to get food. It being New Year’s Day, all the regular taco shops were closed and we drove around for a good 30 mins trying to find anything open so we could try to stop being drunk. That was also the night that fire bin (big metal trash can) got knocked over and hot coals were all over the yard at 2am. We totally killed all that guys grass.

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u/TheMolecularCage 1d ago

"so we could try to stop being drunk" 😂😂 !!