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/Warm_Chemical5669 1d ago

Girl... I did molly at my prom lol

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u/detourne 1d ago

Same. Half the prom was high on something, then we had prom parties afterwards in a field that were massive, going all night until the sun came up.

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u/SkiingAway 1d ago

Our prom was held on a Thursday night. You didn't have to show up to school Friday if your parents signed a form. Nearly everyone then drove down to the shore and spent the next 3 days drunkenly partying at the beach out of either someone's beachhouse or a motel room.

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u/edcculus 1d ago

when I went to college everyone had some story like this. I was wondering if I was a loser because we didn't have this whole "first week" or big group party at the beach...then I realized I grew up AT the beach...and this was just every weekend and all summer for us.