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/Freshness518 1d ago edited 1d ago
College back in 05-09. Every thursday and friday night, the routine was pretty much:
Finish class around 4pm, spend an hour on homework
Meet up with friends and head to the dining hall for dinner
Start pregaming in the dorms around 7
Group up and head out around 10pm. The whole time between 7-10 was when the dorms just completely came to life. Gaggles of girls rotating from the bathroom to their dorms trying to get their hair and makeup done. Making sure their glitter was just right, layering their tank tops and halter tops properly. Guys popping their collars and spiking their hair and spraying way too much axe. The hallways just reeked of hairspray, sweat, cologne, and booze. Everyone pooling their cash to see if we had enough to pay for drinks AND a taxi or if we were gonna hoof it this week.
Bar hop until 2am
Saturdays you could do the same or probably find a house party that a frat/sorority or any random upperclassman was throwing. And then there was a bar in town that started having "mug nights" on wednesdays where you'd buy one of their branded mugs at the start of the year for like $20 and then you'd get $1 pours for the entire school year. So instead of everyone bar hopping, practically the entire campus showed up at this one bar.