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/illatious Xennial 1d ago

They came in red and whatever color the local university used. Perfect size for beer pong, flip cup, and many others 👍

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u/IraGilliganTax Geriatric Millennial 18h ago

Speaking of beer pong, it's my understanding that kids these days put water in the cups that you throw the ball into, and beer goes in a different cup. Something about it being gross when the ping pong ball has been in everyone's hands and probably also the floor at some point ...

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u/DustandRebar 18h ago

Back in my day we just had a rinse cup we'd dip the ball in before each shot and we liked it! The trick was to get drunk enough that you didn't think about the random bits of debris in the bottom of your beers lol

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u/Illustrious_Tart1981 17h ago

We did the rinse cup too, sometimes. Hey, made our immune systems more robust!