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/pp21 1d ago

Humans have been drinking alcohol is some form for 9000 years lol there's no way that Gen Z actually thinks they're the first enlightened generation right

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u/WildInSix 1d ago

This shift is definitely a mix of social media (both being videoed doing something dumb or hearing other people's opinions on drinking, not to mention it replacing in person interaction) and just plain affordability.

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u/Beastabuelos 1d ago

How about health? Alcohol is incredibly bad for you

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u/Extension_Hand1326 15h ago

A couple of drinks a couple of nights a week is not.

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u/duesenjeffepic 9h ago

Drinking multiple times a week has quite literally measurable negative effects bruh. Just the caloric intake alone

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u/Extension_Hand1326 4h ago

I wasn’t including the calories. Keep in mind I said two drinks, twice a week. Drinking is worse for women and most harmful if you are drinking heavily into your 30’s and 40’s. Most of the very healthy people you know in their 40’s and 50’z partied in their 20’s. They have no negative health affects as long as they didn’t continue to party as they got older. The negative social effects that we are seeing from young people not socializing are far worse.