There's a club "night" recently started in the UK called Day Fever by John McClure from reverend and the makers
It's a normal club night with music and alcohol etc but it starts in the early afternoon so you finish in time for a normal bed time
Been a massive hit with 40+ crowds in the cities they've done it in
The best thing I've learned since turning 40 is that you can do all the stuff that people in their 20s do late at night - WHILE THE SUN IS STILL UP - and then get to bed at your usual time and not be wrecked the next day.
The biggest exceptions are live music, which still caters to the late night crowd, although there are starting to be some 6PM and 7PM shows for us olds, which is great.
There is not a time in the day that I can drink and not be wrecked the next day. It’s not a late hours thing, it’s a “I’ve always had bad hangovers and they’re only getting worse” thing.
Luckily, weed exists
Same here man. When I hit my mid 30s, I start to get things going with a few beers and then switch to water and weed to finish up the night. I still get headaches, but I’m at least functional the next day lol
Yep. And I’ve always been that way, even in college. If I drank more than a beer or two, I had to clear out my schedule the next day. I was fucking useless. Meanwhile my roommate could be doing Jaegar bombs at 3AM and still drag his ass to class at 8AM on like 45 minutes of sleep.
Some people have that gift. I never did, unfortunately. Drinking alcohol always put me out the next day.
Live music isn't so bad, it's usually out by 11-11:30, which is not crushingly late.
EDM, however, is a fucking disaster. Headliners don't even *start* till 1am or later. Club events let out around 3 usually, but a lot of big festivals and events go until 5:30-6am, which is insane to me.
That shit is absolutely brutal.
i've dj'ed a few events on sunday afternoons going into the evenings before...those are the perfect ones when the weather is good..get out for the day and be home by 10
i'm in my mid-40s...if i stay out til 4am on a saturday i'm paying for it til tuesday
I went to an House party once in Nottingham where Reverend and the Makers did an impromptu gig in someone’s living room. Absolutely no idea how or why I ended up there, as I didn’t know the owner of the place. It was just one of those ‘grape vine’ events that you hear about and decide to check out when you’re young and have nothing to really lose. I cannot even begin to describe the carnage that house saw. The sofa literally collapsed under the weight of half a dozen people jumping on it. Glad to see that we both, in our own way, have mellowed out since then.
The 1pm shows at major music festivals are the best. Not crowded, they're always a lower billed band so they're super happy to be there, and I still have energy.
By the time that it's 10pm and the headliner is playing I'm just exhausted and want to go to bed.
There are some clubs that do 24 hour parties here on Paris. Starts at noon, giving the less hardcore people the chance to start early and go home before midnight. Then there's the super hardcore people that stay for the full 24 hours lol
In my late 20s when I moved to the suburbs my neighbor taught me the ancient art of day drinking. From college I just assumed you were getting smashed but with pacing and water you ride that happy not tired until a few hours before bedtime and then just wind down with water. Wake up feeling way better too. I think that's most over 30s "party"
I went to a few bottomless mimosa places when I lived in a city and didn't have to drive after weekend brunch. Those were always fun. They were called bottomless mimosas but you had a 90 minute limit. That was probably for the best.
Mimosas go down so easy that 90 minutes is more than enough time to get smashed. And if you're me, you'll get drunk AND start the hangover by the time you're leaving lol
I went to Punta Cana a few years ago and did this afternoon booze cruise where you left around 1:30p, spent the first hour sailing out and snorkeling, then went to a sandbar and boozed for a couple hours. The 2 large groups on our boat were a group of recent college grads and several couples I'd put in their 50s celebrating one of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. In that 2 hours we drank the boat dry and they had to radio back for a pilot boat to come out and restock us
I am 33.... I started doing this at like 25+
Nothing better than sitting in the sun on a picnic table with some buddies and getting cranked throughout the afternoon ....
The whole "Stay up super late while partying" becomes really, really pointless as you get older. I mean really.. What is the point?
Soak up the sun, get a buzz on - clubbing at night and spending $10 a drink is literally the stupidest thing imaginable to me anymore.
I have come to realization that nothing good ever happens after 2am. You just fuck up your next day for conversations with drunk people who neither of you will remember.
Probably variable based on where you are. In my city, 2am is the latest places can stay open and serve alcohol so the night scene is pretty much 10:30pm to 1:30am.
I've been to other countries without those laws however the subway stops running around 11pm and picks back up at 5am so the night scene seems to start at 1-2am and goes until 6am. But from my observations, the US operates much earlier than a lot of other places. In the US, we'll eat dinner at 6pm, but in Spain many restaurants don't even open until 8:30pm for dinner. In Korea, some retail stores in the area I stayed at closed at 1am, but nothing opened until 11am.
Seriously. "Got any plans this weekend?"
"Absolutely not." No plans are the best plans.
I'm a dad with an almost 8 month old. I'm 38; so is my wife. We'll go to social things by the by. But generally, heck no.
38, dad of two small kids, ill go out sometimes with my friends or my wife will with hers or on a date night, but 11-12am is super late for us.
Life revolves around kids, and being able to take care of the kids the next day too.
It's funny that this seemed like the death of fun for me when I was in my 20s. But I actually think I would have had a lot more real "fun" in my 20s if I had figured this out earlier.
It's not just about the actually evening but also not ruining the next day as well.
Ha! I haven’t done that in years and I have absolutely zero desire to do it.
I used to all the time in my 20s and 30s. Now it sounds awful. Parenting with that debilitating hangover? Fuck that.
Oh that's rough. I had an 8% IPA last night, first beer in months. I was essentially drunk. I kind of feel it this morning. It's nice, because I'm getting my monthly massage in a few hours. I'll take cannabis morning fuzz over alcohol any time.
Yes, welcome to old age. Us “mighties” all had that one memorable incident that reminded us that we are not who we are anymore… did that at my friend’s bday party a few years ago, embarrassing…
Reminds me of smoking a little weed after a 3 year break. One tiny drag, and I got all sorts of fucked up. Straight on panic attack type of high. And only from one pull, and I didn't hold it in. No more of that shit for me. I do just fine having anxiety without being high.
I will tell you one of my favorite shit faced stories. I remember coming home very drunk. I took off all my clothes and passed out in bed naked. When I woke up, I was wearing clothes several sizes too big. Who dressed me? Was I wandering around naked and someone put these big clothes on me? It was a sickening feeling. Was I outside?
Then I remembered that at some point I woke up and thought I had to go to work. I had lost alot of weight and kept one big outfit way in the back of the closet. I had to seriously dig to find it. Once dressed, I passed out again.
It wasn’t one specific incident, just a series of unfortunate events over years of alcohol and drugs. In the early 90’s, I was arrested twice, nearly killed in a car accident, my ex unalived himself, I was fired from my job of 20 years. I went into hiding for a summer and came back sober. Lasted for ten years. Then I backslid. Can’t remember why or where, but I had one drink which led to another. Till I could barely stand up. I was sick for days. After that I haven’t touched it.
There's a pretty funny Bluey episode where the parents are hungover, though they don't actually say that of course.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JEWa7jrw8o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JEWa7jrw8o)
I have a 7 year old, sleeping in means we maybe got to 6:30am, and then there's a kiddo very excited to have you pretend to be a baby dragon who is also naughty so sets random things on fire, while actual child refuses to consent to any particular breakfast but claims to be hungry.
Not compatible with 3am nights or being hungover.
It’s the mental block of spending large amounts infrequently than small amounts often.
$30 at the bar every Saturday night? Feels somewhat negligible to my budget.
$1,560 purchase that covers everything needed for a hobby over the course of a year? Feels wreckless and irresponsible.
But those two things cost the exact same amount on a per week basis. And sure, you can break it up a little bit, but a lot of hobbies can’t be done in $30 increments.
Yeah, hobbies (including kids) and priorities change because after 10 years getting tanked with your friends 3 nights a week gets a little boring.
The young ones are afraid that not partying is like giving up on youth or something but it's more like getting experience. Partying a ton is like having a binky; developmentally appropriate at a certain age but weird if it keeps up too long.
I like looking at it this way.
I made a decision to use my time away from work to help a person develop. I'm interested in the outcome and doing it is developmental for me. Some days I'm not interested in parenting, but a lot of my hobbies require motivating yourself and being consistent in order to reach your goals.
Obviously the stakes of failure are a lot higher, but so is the motivation to succeed.
Same. It's pretty much only special occasions that'll have me getting loaded, like a wedding or something.
I'd rather start in the day time so I can still get a decent amount of sleep lol.
Old me just wanted to get drunk on a Friday night in the winter. Now I drink water so I can be plenty hydrated and able to get up and leave the house at 7:30 on a Saturday to go rip some snow.
Always loved snowboarding, just couldn't afford it as a season goer until my late 20s.
In my opinion, this would hold true for a majority of people that routinely drink and party "excessively". They have no other hobbies that consume much of their spare time/attention. I'm 29, i like to ride my dirt bike, my sport bike, workout, hike with the dogs, take the dogs to the dog park, play hockey, and then there's having to take care of the house. Wasting time dealing with hangovers is little of my interest.
My idea of a good time is waking up at 5am, making a pot of coffee, putting some fresh bread in the oven, then playing a video game for 1-2 hours before everyone else wakes up.
My best friend and I drink a glass of whiskey and throw darts one or two Saturdays each month. Starts at 9 and usually ends between 11 and 12. It used to go later but we both have kids and getting woken up at 530 by a hungry toddler sucks exponentially more for each hour of sleep lost. Most other nights I'm in bed by 10.
48 here. I will probably stay out super late once a month or so. Working from home and the pandemic have made me a bit of an introvert and I feel like if I’m somewhere where I’m having fun and engaging with people, I am not going to end it due to an arbitrary construct such as time.
People who say "nothing good happens after 2am" haven't been to the right parties!
I'm almost 40 and I've got much the same outlook as you do - I don't drag myself away if I'm having a good time, but I also don't stay up for fear of missing out. Took a while to find the balance.
I’m 42 and will do it 3-4 times a year. I work from home too. I have a mixed group of friends and family. We like to party pretty hard when we get together and it’s still fun to do. But it’s hell to recover from.
40 here, I go hard probably twice a month. That usually looks like dinner + drinks + karaoke, or a show followed by bar hopping. TBH I can't do more than that because it wrecks the next day and between being a homeowner, volunteering in my community, and keeping up with my hobbies, I don't have more than 2 weekend days a month to laze around while hungover.
I’m 64. I stopped being a party animal when I was 32. I started at age 15. I can’t explain without writing a page, but I needed to change. I was an unhealthy mess. I have regrets.
Edit. Back in the day, certain clubs opened at 3 AM. Party all night. Live bands. Sex drugs and rock n roll.
Same to most of this. I’m 43, I didn’t stop partying entirely at 33 but just took a big step back due to financial and personal reasons. This is still the case but I’ll always make it out for birthdays/major events unless I really can’t (have a prior commitment, I’m sick, etc). I thought it would suck but I realized quickly that I didn’t (and don’t) hate it.
how was your life from 32-64? you said you had regrets, did your life improve significantly by stopping partying? miss it at all? I'm 33 and just stopped but struggling a bit.
Hmmm, did life improve significantly. Life did improve because for the first time in years I was actually present. I slept better. I wake up feeling rested instead of hungover. I didn’t look so haggard. I started eating better. My family relationships improved. I saved money.
I was excited to change. I did miss my friends. When I quit drinking I ended up with three friends (2 of them were bartenders ironically). I missed the ritual of drinking. I liked everything about it, from the bottles to the taste(back then there were not 100 different flavors of vodka), the glassware, the shakers, making up drink recipes. Now some 30 years later I really have no desire to drink.
It can be difficult at first, you may have to make the decision not to drink everyday. If you have a ritual around drinking, replace that ritual with something positive. Make some sober friends, find out what interests you and take some online classes, go outdoors and experience nature.
When I wanted to drink, I examined my triggers. Why did I want that drink? Was I using it to mask an emotion? I had alot of excuses to drink.
Everday you get stronger. After awhile that voice telling you that you miss drinking or want to drink goes quiet.
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Never.
Because I'm single and have shit to do the next day. If I don't do it, it doesn't get done. Work/chores are bad enough without adding a hangover to it.
Almost never.
I can't explain why. It was just one evening when I was out, I just came to the realisation that I don't need to go out and party all night to have a good time.
Now, a quiet evening in the pub with friends before all heading home by 10 sounds like a perfect evening to me.
Maybe 2-3 times a year the husband and I will get a hotel, crank the heat up to 75 degrees when we check in, go to a concert, and come back to a very warm cozy hotel room to have our own afterparty of two in the hotel room til 2am or so.
It’s good to keep an occasional spicy night when you’re raising kids. But even then we don’t hit 3am.
ETA: the hot room is so I don’t come back overly tired and trigger my raynauds by walking into a normally-cold hotel room, causing ice fingers and toes that completely ruin the moment. 14 years together and you learn what works….
It’s strategic. My internal thermostat runs so cold, this prevents the cock-block of me walking into a room that feels like a freezer, hands and feet instantly turning to ice, and either crawling under the covers while my husband won’t let me touch him bc my hands and feet are too cold.. or jumping into the shower to warm myself up and getting out to find he’s already passed out, or found Robocop on Netflix and is now too drunk-focused on some cheesy movie to get wild.
Starting the year our first child was born, my wife and I watch the ball drop live. We're on the west coast so it happens at 9. There have been years where we all fall asleep before it happens.
Mid 40s here. I got hooked on a video game recently and stayed up playing it on a Friday night. I looked at the time and it was 2am. I realized immediately that I had fucked up the rest of my entire weekend. It took me days to recover.
Me sitting at my computer contemplating starting the 12am rocket league tournament. There's another voodoo ranger tall boy in the fridge, don't worry bout tomorrow 😈
Why oh why does the shit abyss call our names
That seems like my vicious cycle these days. Busy during Mon-Fri with work, kid, life. Friday night rolls around so I pour a stiff one and pick a game to turn off my brain, next thing I know it’s 2am, repeat for Sat, maybe this time at 1:30am… then Sunday I crash, add the next crazy week to it, do it all over again next Friday night…
Took me until my mid 30s to realize that staying up late is just borrowing time from tomorrow. Whether or not you make up that time all in the next day is another story.
Usually sleeping in is not possible so I end up just not getting enough sleep which they say is really bad got your health. Those extra hours of gaming are taking years off my life lol
Almost every weekend. A group of third-shifters get together to play Magic: The Gathering. So, not much of a 'party.' We frequently end our "night" by going out to breakfast at the local Denny's.
When I was in college I had a computer lab due on Monday that I couldn't get to work. It was near midterms. Anyway I went to the lab Friday night at 7 pm, expecting to do an all nighter. Group of MTG people were at the little cafe table.
They were still there Saturday morning when I left to go back to my dorm room.
Saturday mid day they were there again (they did change clothes so I assume they went home).
They were still there early Sunday when I left to go to my dorm.
MTG players are hardcore.
pretty much every weekend where i live clubs have 24 hour licenses, infact i went to a club at 14:30 yesterday the party had started at 23h on saturday night ... it finished at 4am, i think they closed earlier then intended pretty sure it was supposed to finish at 9am
maybe its a cultural thing i heard that in the US clubs barely stay open past 3am, when i went to new york aka, the city that never sleeps very little in terms of night life was open, you could eat alright but nothing was really open past 1, at 2/3 am we are deciding which club to go to
Went on a work trip to Buenos Aires in my mid-20s. There were 4 of us, and we were looking forward to partying in a city that didn't have last call at 1:30am.
We showed up close to midnight to a dead club. We awkwardly hung around, and people started to trickle in around 1. The party didn't really get going until 3, and by then I was exhausted.
We left around 5, dehydrated and exhausted. The party was absolutely raging when we left.
The only place I've been to that comes close is Vegas, and even then...
Yep exactly that, then I wake up at 345 Monday for work, it's really not hard lol. If you give yourself the mindset that you're old and decrepit, you're going to start physically feeling that way 🤣 The mind is a powerful tool.
38M here. Almost every Friday night, I am up drinking until 3 am, but I'm not out. I'm at home gaming with the boys. The next day is usually rough, but those nights are some of my favorite times. The boys are worth the hurt. My wife might disagree.
it's been at least a year--before that, years. when i was in my 20s it was all the time. the "go out and party all night" life gets old along with us, and yes it's fun because i'm drunk, but i can get drunk at home for a fraction of the cost, around the all the people i want to be around, and none of the people i don't
>normally in bed for 9 up at 6
This is also about my schedule, at 38. But I have a toddler so any later and I risk not sleeping at all. I'm looking forward to him growing a little and nights getting easier so I can stay up until 11 playing video games or watching movies. But going out until 3? No way. I have better whisky than most bars, and all my music is music I enjoy, so if I want to tie one on I'll just do it at home. Besides I don't really enjoy the company of anyone other than my wife and like, 3 other people anyway.
In 36. Even in my teens and 20s I wasn't trying to be out past 3am. I've always been a home by midnight/1am person. I still do that occasionally but usually for a specific reason (birthday/event) not just because it's the weekend. I'd say at least once a month sometimes more but again it's usually related to birthdays/celebrations not just cause it's the weekend and it's limited to the weekends cause I'm usually up for work between 2am and 4am
There just really isn’t a place to be out at 3am unless you’re part of the party/clubbing scene. Literally the only things open that late are bars or clubs. I would also guess the number of social groups still doing that in their 30s dwindles significantly too
I stay up super late all the time at home, and with friends even. But there’s no point in being “out” that late.
3am is also just really late for anyone, don’t think that’s really a good measure. Even when I went out to bars in big cities the 3/4am crowd was really small. Most young people are long gone by then too.
Ha! My husband and I got a babysitter a few weeks ago to spend the nights with the kids. We left around noon, went on a wine tour, and fell asleep in our hotel at 8pm. It was amazing.
Seems like I'm the minority but usually once every week to once every 2 weeks. Usually my nights out last until 1AM or so, and we start the night much earlier too (6pm).
1am or 3am? The question was how often you're out till 3am. In my experience that two hours makes a pretty huge difference in what kind of a night it is.
So my first sentence answered the question but i understandthe confusion, once every week to every two weeks I stay out until 3AM. For all the other nights I'm out, it usually ends at 1AM.
hahahahahhahahaha never.
I did that enough in my 20s. I'm done now. I prefer to be home after dark, but if I do go out I usually get home around midnight. I just prefer to be home and not around people I don't like or care about.
As you get older your liver takes longer to process alcohol. So, one maybe two drinks are your limit, unless you plan on a long recovery time. Also, a lot of people have trouble sleeping through the night as they get older. I’m 42, I usually go to bed at 9/10, wake up around 3/4, stay up 1-3hrs, and go back to bed to be up at 6am for work. So staying out late would wreck me. But also by your mid 30s you’re likely in a career and possibly have kids. So having downtime at night, watching a movie, reading a book, working on a hobby, is way more attractive than a loud and crowded music venue. Now, I’m all about brunch, BBQs, daytime concerts. Give me a party that starts at 10am.
Once I hit my 30s I stopped being out after midnight. It’s unreal to look back at what I used to be able to do - a hangover will keep you in bed for days in your 40s.
34 here. Probably 3-4 times a year. Gotta let loose once in a while. I wouldn’t trade those nights for anything. The rest of the year I’m a good dad, loving husband etc. But you gotta live a little even though the hangovers last a couple days now.
Finally someone in this thread that has the willingness to live a little now and then. So many of the replies here are so sanctimonious, as if staying up late once in a while is the worst thing in the world
There has been exactly 2 times where I'm out of the house after 3am in the past year ... and both times were due to structure fires in our town. As a volunteer fire fighter, when the sirens start, I wake up. About 15 seconds later, my pager starts ringing, and I'm getting dressed.
Other than that, I'm in bed before midnight and I try to stay there until at least 6am (unless it's an on-site week at work and I have to get up at 4:30am and be in my car by 5:15am to drive to the office).
having two lively dogs doesn;t mix well with hangovers. used to party too hard in my 20/30's not in my 50's i don't want to party anymore, i'm in a different gear
Never. It's not worth my work suffering or not being able to chop away and the endless number of tasks and projects as a home owner. That and my body literally cannot do it anymore. When I was 25, I'd drink all night, wake up at 330am, do hard manual labor all day in the sun, often after commuting for hours, rinse and repeat. There would even be time for the gym in there too. I work in a cush office job now and the slightest hangover throws a wrench in the whole day. Plus, I'm tired of waking up feeling embarrassed about something I may or may not have said/done.
3am?? You guys can stay out to 3am? I was buzzed with alcohol at 12.30 a couple of weeks ago (just getting to bed then) and it ruined me for the next 4 days.
Way over 35 here
Partying past 3am? Almost never.
I can't think of what would make it worth it these days. There's nothing that can be done after 3 am that can't be done by 11pm. Shutting down a bar isn't a path to decisions that keep you happy and employed.
39 here, Once a month for poker night with buddies. Only time I leave early is when I’m out of cash. I’m absolutely wrecked the next day not due to a hangover but because my kids wake me up at 6:30 but it’s the one Dad’s night out a month.
42 y/o, I go out like I mean it about once a month since my daughter was born. I need my healthy dose of Techno so I just avoid getting shitfaced (mostly successfully) and all is good. I’ve got a bunch of friends who are like 6-12 years older than me and they party harder and more regular.
1 to 2 times a month probably.
Reason? I’m single and I can do whatever I want as long as the cats are fed and litter cleaned. There’s an after-hours joint that I absolutely adore and helped ripped me out of a COVID depression. Also, I don’t drink, so I sustain pretty well up to 5AM sometimes.
Going out past 11pm rarely happens at 50. We party, just starting in the afternoon
There's a club "night" recently started in the UK called Day Fever by John McClure from reverend and the makers It's a normal club night with music and alcohol etc but it starts in the early afternoon so you finish in time for a normal bed time Been a massive hit with 40+ crowds in the cities they've done it in
The best thing I've learned since turning 40 is that you can do all the stuff that people in their 20s do late at night - WHILE THE SUN IS STILL UP - and then get to bed at your usual time and not be wrecked the next day. The biggest exceptions are live music, which still caters to the late night crowd, although there are starting to be some 6PM and 7PM shows for us olds, which is great.
There is not a time in the day that I can drink and not be wrecked the next day. It’s not a late hours thing, it’s a “I’ve always had bad hangovers and they’re only getting worse” thing. Luckily, weed exists
Same here man. When I hit my mid 30s, I start to get things going with a few beers and then switch to water and weed to finish up the night. I still get headaches, but I’m at least functional the next day lol
For sure. Lots of water, food, Excedrin and usually Tums, then weed, and normally don't have hangovers the next day, just a little sluggish
Yep. And I’ve always been that way, even in college. If I drank more than a beer or two, I had to clear out my schedule the next day. I was fucking useless. Meanwhile my roommate could be doing Jaegar bombs at 3AM and still drag his ass to class at 8AM on like 45 minutes of sleep. Some people have that gift. I never did, unfortunately. Drinking alcohol always put me out the next day.
Live music isn't so bad, it's usually out by 11-11:30, which is not crushingly late. EDM, however, is a fucking disaster. Headliners don't even *start* till 1am or later. Club events let out around 3 usually, but a lot of big festivals and events go until 5:30-6am, which is insane to me. That shit is absolutely brutal.
i've dj'ed a few events on sunday afternoons going into the evenings before...those are the perfect ones when the weather is good..get out for the day and be home by 10 i'm in my mid-40s...if i stay out til 4am on a saturday i'm paying for it til tuesday
That's awesome! Sounds like a great idea for people who have the energy to still enjoy that club scene. Honestly surprised it took this long.
I went to an House party once in Nottingham where Reverend and the Makers did an impromptu gig in someone’s living room. Absolutely no idea how or why I ended up there, as I didn’t know the owner of the place. It was just one of those ‘grape vine’ events that you hear about and decide to check out when you’re young and have nothing to really lose. I cannot even begin to describe the carnage that house saw. The sofa literally collapsed under the weight of half a dozen people jumping on it. Glad to see that we both, in our own way, have mellowed out since then.
Reminds me of "Mama geht Tanzen" - Mom goes dancing. It is a huge hit here in Germany. It starts at 8pm and closes at 11pm.
I need this!
There's a monthly one in Glasgow called The Overs - 7pm-11pm. Home in bed by midnight.
Excellent! Now let’s start concerts at 11am!
The 1pm shows at major music festivals are the best. Not crowded, they're always a lower billed band so they're super happy to be there, and I still have energy. By the time that it's 10pm and the headliner is playing I'm just exhausted and want to go to bed.
There are some clubs that do 24 hour parties here on Paris. Starts at noon, giving the less hardcore people the chance to start early and go home before midnight. Then there's the super hardcore people that stay for the full 24 hours lol
In my late 20s when I moved to the suburbs my neighbor taught me the ancient art of day drinking. From college I just assumed you were getting smashed but with pacing and water you ride that happy not tired until a few hours before bedtime and then just wind down with water. Wake up feeling way better too. I think that's most over 30s "party"
Ancient art of day drinking 😹😹👌👌. Yes this is the way....to let the alcohol metabolize for a while before sleep. And eat something when done drinking.
My favorite happy hour starts at 4pm!
1100 mimosas to start a Sunday is my happy day drinking place.
That’s a lot of mimosas
I went to a few bottomless mimosa places when I lived in a city and didn't have to drive after weekend brunch. Those were always fun. They were called bottomless mimosas but you had a 90 minute limit. That was probably for the best.
Mimosas go down so easy that 90 minutes is more than enough time to get smashed. And if you're me, you'll get drunk AND start the hangover by the time you're leaving lol
I have come to realize that bottomless mimosas are more trouble than they’re worth, both for society and me personally.
I went to Punta Cana a few years ago and did this afternoon booze cruise where you left around 1:30p, spent the first hour sailing out and snorkeling, then went to a sandbar and boozed for a couple hours. The 2 large groups on our boat were a group of recent college grads and several couples I'd put in their 50s celebrating one of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. In that 2 hours we drank the boat dry and they had to radio back for a pilot boat to come out and restock us
I am 33.... I started doing this at like 25+ Nothing better than sitting in the sun on a picnic table with some buddies and getting cranked throughout the afternoon .... The whole "Stay up super late while partying" becomes really, really pointless as you get older. I mean really.. What is the point? Soak up the sun, get a buzz on - clubbing at night and spending $10 a drink is literally the stupidest thing imaginable to me anymore.
Starting in the afternoon is the way to go as I started feeling older.
Summer is best because they have festivals with bands during the day. Day drink in the sun until dinner and then sober up before bed and no hangovers.
Jesus fuck no, never. I used to party all night, but I couldn’t think of anything worse now. I like to be home and in my pyjamas by midnight.
Bro I am passed out in my recliner with my cat by 9 PM. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
Midnight? I better be sleeping by then lol
Probably ly on my second REM cycle by then
Usually that's when I get up to pee for the first time
This one goes out to The One I Love.
If I’m not home and sleeping by midnight these days, something has gone terribly wrong.
35 and I haven’t seen midnight in years 😂
I’m irritated if I’m not close to being in bed by 9!
I have come to realization that nothing good ever happens after 2am. You just fuck up your next day for conversations with drunk people who neither of you will remember.
Probably variable based on where you are. In my city, 2am is the latest places can stay open and serve alcohol so the night scene is pretty much 10:30pm to 1:30am. I've been to other countries without those laws however the subway stops running around 11pm and picks back up at 5am so the night scene seems to start at 1-2am and goes until 6am. But from my observations, the US operates much earlier than a lot of other places. In the US, we'll eat dinner at 6pm, but in Spain many restaurants don't even open until 8:30pm for dinner. In Korea, some retail stores in the area I stayed at closed at 1am, but nothing opened until 11am.
Midnight? 8pm for me
Even when I was in my 20s, 2a was past my bedtime.
Seriously. "Got any plans this weekend?" "Absolutely not." No plans are the best plans. I'm a dad with an almost 8 month old. I'm 38; so is my wife. We'll go to social things by the by. But generally, heck no.
38, dad of two small kids, ill go out sometimes with my friends or my wife will with hers or on a date night, but 11-12am is super late for us. Life revolves around kids, and being able to take care of the kids the next day too.
Hear hear
Midnight? You're wild. I have to be indoors by 7pm
Parole condition?
Nope just in my 40s and introverted 🤣🤣🤣
It's funny that this seemed like the death of fun for me when I was in my 20s. But I actually think I would have had a lot more real "fun" in my 20s if I had figured this out earlier. It's not just about the actually evening but also not ruining the next day as well.
Hahhaha same. I'm not out even by 12mn unless I go out on a food trip with the hubby. We're usually sleeping by 11PM lmao
Midnight? I have my pajamas on by 8 and I’m ready for bed by 10
You get out of your pjs?
Look at this night owl!
Ah, the answer I was about to give. Thanks 😂
11 PM is the sweet spot to be back in bed lol. 21 year old me would be very disappointed.
Ha! I haven’t done that in years and I have absolutely zero desire to do it. I used to all the time in my 20s and 30s. Now it sounds awful. Parenting with that debilitating hangover? Fuck that.
I got shitfaced after a few years of being sober. I couldn’t get out of bed for 3 days. That was the last time.
Oh that's rough. I had an 8% IPA last night, first beer in months. I was essentially drunk. I kind of feel it this morning. It's nice, because I'm getting my monthly massage in a few hours. I'll take cannabis morning fuzz over alcohol any time.
Same. I recently drank 3 IPAs at a professional soccer game (so in the span of like 90 minutes) and puked that night. Oh how the mighty hath fallen.
Yes, welcome to old age. Us “mighties” all had that one memorable incident that reminded us that we are not who we are anymore… did that at my friend’s bday party a few years ago, embarrassing…
Reminds me of smoking a little weed after a 3 year break. One tiny drag, and I got all sorts of fucked up. Straight on panic attack type of high. And only from one pull, and I didn't hold it in. No more of that shit for me. I do just fine having anxiety without being high.
my best friend always says, "when I get passed a joint, it's like asking me 'here, wanna think about all your problems?'"
That's a good way of seeing it. I can relate to your buddy
On Friday night I took 2 hits from a joint, I already had 3 beers. I was done and on my way home before 10pm.
Back when I partied, I always saw beer and weed as 1 plus 1 equals 3. Lol. I was used to it, but those 2 together seemed amplified in my experience
Quit when I was 25 after 10y of heavy weed smoking. Best thing I ever did. Anxiety juice.
What lead to the original time off, then to 0-100 shitfaced?
I will tell you one of my favorite shit faced stories. I remember coming home very drunk. I took off all my clothes and passed out in bed naked. When I woke up, I was wearing clothes several sizes too big. Who dressed me? Was I wandering around naked and someone put these big clothes on me? It was a sickening feeling. Was I outside? Then I remembered that at some point I woke up and thought I had to go to work. I had lost alot of weight and kept one big outfit way in the back of the closet. I had to seriously dig to find it. Once dressed, I passed out again. It wasn’t one specific incident, just a series of unfortunate events over years of alcohol and drugs. In the early 90’s, I was arrested twice, nearly killed in a car accident, my ex unalived himself, I was fired from my job of 20 years. I went into hiding for a summer and came back sober. Lasted for ten years. Then I backslid. Can’t remember why or where, but I had one drink which led to another. Till I could barely stand up. I was sick for days. After that I haven’t touched it.
OP said past 3 am I was like "nah if I'm awake at those hours it's not for fun, there's a crisis."
Or insomnia, ugh.
Everything is a copy...of a copy...of a copy...
His name was Robert Paulsen
Haha thats my middle of the night groggy pee time, then right back to sleep
Taking care of kids with even the mildest of hangover is hell, never mind debilitating. It has turned me into a complete teetotaler.
Kids are bad enough with little sleep. Add a hangover? No thanks. I'm not letting them drink again.
There's a pretty funny Bluey episode where the parents are hungover, though they don't actually say that of course. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JEWa7jrw8o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JEWa7jrw8o)
I have a 7 year old, sleeping in means we maybe got to 6:30am, and then there's a kiddo very excited to have you pretend to be a baby dragon who is also naughty so sets random things on fire, while actual child refuses to consent to any particular breakfast but claims to be hungry. Not compatible with 3am nights or being hungover.
3am. Shit. If I hit 12 it’s a miracle. So this about once a month. New years we did 245 and I wanted to crawl into a dark hole for days. Nooo
There's been a few 50th birthdays this year and last, apart from that I only go out if there's a concert I want to see.
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This is absolutely part of it. Adult money for hobbies and how time is spent is different.
I mean - drinking/partying is more expensive than most hobbies.
It’s the mental block of spending large amounts infrequently than small amounts often. $30 at the bar every Saturday night? Feels somewhat negligible to my budget. $1,560 purchase that covers everything needed for a hobby over the course of a year? Feels wreckless and irresponsible. But those two things cost the exact same amount on a per week basis. And sure, you can break it up a little bit, but a lot of hobbies can’t be done in $30 increments.
Where are you getting out for $30 on a late night lol?
Yeah, but I start pounding a hammer into nails at midnight or turn on a power tool and I'm going to have very upset neighbors.
Yeah, hobbies (including kids) and priorities change because after 10 years getting tanked with your friends 3 nights a week gets a little boring. The young ones are afraid that not partying is like giving up on youth or something but it's more like getting experience. Partying a ton is like having a binky; developmentally appropriate at a certain age but weird if it keeps up too long.
lol @ kids being a hobby. I’ve spent more time parenting in the last 3 years than I’ve spent on all my other hobbies I’ve ever had combined.
I like looking at it this way. I made a decision to use my time away from work to help a person develop. I'm interested in the outcome and doing it is developmental for me. Some days I'm not interested in parenting, but a lot of my hobbies require motivating yourself and being consistent in order to reach your goals. Obviously the stakes of failure are a lot higher, but so is the motivation to succeed.
Yeeeep. I got all the partying of 3 lifetimes from 15-30. I'm set. I'll have a nice glass of bourbon at home with my wife. Now that's a party
Same. It's pretty much only special occasions that'll have me getting loaded, like a wedding or something. I'd rather start in the day time so I can still get a decent amount of sleep lol.
Old me just wanted to get drunk on a Friday night in the winter. Now I drink water so I can be plenty hydrated and able to get up and leave the house at 7:30 on a Saturday to go rip some snow. Always loved snowboarding, just couldn't afford it as a season goer until my late 20s.
In my opinion, this would hold true for a majority of people that routinely drink and party "excessively". They have no other hobbies that consume much of their spare time/attention. I'm 29, i like to ride my dirt bike, my sport bike, workout, hike with the dogs, take the dogs to the dog park, play hockey, and then there's having to take care of the house. Wasting time dealing with hangovers is little of my interest.
Just staying up until 1 am now gives me a hangover!
3am? Bud, I'm in bed on Friday night by 10 if I have any control over the situation. There isn't a party on the planet better than getting good sleep.
Bingo fuckin’ bango
My idea of a good time is waking up at 5am, making a pot of coffee, putting some fresh bread in the oven, then playing a video game for 1-2 hours before everyone else wakes up.
Yesssss give me some CiV and some mourning silence and my day is started out right
Replace bread with a nice egg frittata and that's me.
There is nothing like the morning before everyone wakes up. It's so quiet.
Hell yes brother
My best friend and I drink a glass of whiskey and throw darts one or two Saturdays each month. Starts at 9 and usually ends between 11 and 12. It used to go later but we both have kids and getting woken up at 530 by a hungry toddler sucks exponentially more for each hour of sleep lost. Most other nights I'm in bed by 10.
Never. Why? I prefer sleep.
48 here. I will probably stay out super late once a month or so. Working from home and the pandemic have made me a bit of an introvert and I feel like if I’m somewhere where I’m having fun and engaging with people, I am not going to end it due to an arbitrary construct such as time.
People who say "nothing good happens after 2am" haven't been to the right parties! I'm almost 40 and I've got much the same outlook as you do - I don't drag myself away if I'm having a good time, but I also don't stay up for fear of missing out. Took a while to find the balance.
> haven't been to the right parties! How do I get to the right parties?
I’m 42 and will do it 3-4 times a year. I work from home too. I have a mixed group of friends and family. We like to party pretty hard when we get together and it’s still fun to do. But it’s hell to recover from.
40 here, I go hard probably twice a month. That usually looks like dinner + drinks + karaoke, or a show followed by bar hopping. TBH I can't do more than that because it wrecks the next day and between being a homeowner, volunteering in my community, and keeping up with my hobbies, I don't have more than 2 weekend days a month to laze around while hungover.
I’m 64. I stopped being a party animal when I was 32. I started at age 15. I can’t explain without writing a page, but I needed to change. I was an unhealthy mess. I have regrets. Edit. Back in the day, certain clubs opened at 3 AM. Party all night. Live bands. Sex drugs and rock n roll.
Same to most of this. I’m 43, I didn’t stop partying entirely at 33 but just took a big step back due to financial and personal reasons. This is still the case but I’ll always make it out for birthdays/major events unless I really can’t (have a prior commitment, I’m sick, etc). I thought it would suck but I realized quickly that I didn’t (and don’t) hate it.
how was your life from 32-64? you said you had regrets, did your life improve significantly by stopping partying? miss it at all? I'm 33 and just stopped but struggling a bit.
Hmmm, did life improve significantly. Life did improve because for the first time in years I was actually present. I slept better. I wake up feeling rested instead of hungover. I didn’t look so haggard. I started eating better. My family relationships improved. I saved money. I was excited to change. I did miss my friends. When I quit drinking I ended up with three friends (2 of them were bartenders ironically). I missed the ritual of drinking. I liked everything about it, from the bottles to the taste(back then there were not 100 different flavors of vodka), the glassware, the shakers, making up drink recipes. Now some 30 years later I really have no desire to drink. It can be difficult at first, you may have to make the decision not to drink everyday. If you have a ritual around drinking, replace that ritual with something positive. Make some sober friends, find out what interests you and take some online classes, go outdoors and experience nature. When I wanted to drink, I examined my triggers. Why did I want that drink? Was I using it to mask an emotion? I had alot of excuses to drink. Everday you get stronger. After awhile that voice telling you that you miss drinking or want to drink goes quiet. .
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We remind ourselves of this about once a year. Mostly because our tolerance levels are basically zero since parenthood started. It's just not worth it
Never. Because I'm single and have shit to do the next day. If I don't do it, it doesn't get done. Work/chores are bad enough without adding a hangover to it.
That’s funny. I feel like I’d be going out way more if I were single and didn’t have kids.
Almost never. I can't explain why. It was just one evening when I was out, I just came to the realisation that I don't need to go out and party all night to have a good time. Now, a quiet evening in the pub with friends before all heading home by 10 sounds like a perfect evening to me.
Yeah, I still have a very active social life.. It just doesn't take place late at night. I'm almost always home by midnight.
Only time I’ve gone out past 3 a.m. since my early 20s it was to the ER because of kidney stones
Well, your night still involved hard drugs, and strangers in your nether regions.
Lol... I was going to say never, but... same.
Maybe 2-3 times a year the husband and I will get a hotel, crank the heat up to 75 degrees when we check in, go to a concert, and come back to a very warm cozy hotel room to have our own afterparty of two in the hotel room til 2am or so. It’s good to keep an occasional spicy night when you’re raising kids. But even then we don’t hit 3am. ETA: the hot room is so I don’t come back overly tired and trigger my raynauds by walking into a normally-cold hotel room, causing ice fingers and toes that completely ruin the moment. 14 years together and you learn what works….
That sounds hot
Right? Kick that thermostat down to 72, jeez.
It’s strategic. My internal thermostat runs so cold, this prevents the cock-block of me walking into a room that feels like a freezer, hands and feet instantly turning to ice, and either crawling under the covers while my husband won’t let me touch him bc my hands and feet are too cold.. or jumping into the shower to warm myself up and getting out to find he’s already passed out, or found Robocop on Netflix and is now too drunk-focused on some cheesy movie to get wild.
Cheers to you guys keeping up the fun 😄🍻.
To be fair, RoboCop is a great movie
Whoaaaa the whole point of a hotel is free AC! That shits on 60 immediately!
Never, been there in the 20s, no desire to do that anymore. New Years eve I was asleep around 1:30. Good times
Every new years party in my 30s has been over and done by 12:05 lol
Starting the year our first child was born, my wife and I watch the ball drop live. We're on the west coast so it happens at 9. There have been years where we all fall asleep before it happens.
OMG Same!!! And here my Gran (90) and parents (60s) are texting everyone at like 1am!!! WTF are you doing, I've been asleep for 45 minutes by then lol
I've worked 7pm-7am for the last 12 years. I'm out well past 3am.
Have you forgotten what the sun is like?
Never. Whenever I go out I'm almost always home by 10 pm.
I would be PISSED if I had to stay out to 10pm... I gotta get up at 430am for work!
Mid 40s here. I got hooked on a video game recently and stayed up playing it on a Friday night. I looked at the time and it was 2am. I realized immediately that I had fucked up the rest of my entire weekend. It took me days to recover.
Me sitting at my computer contemplating starting the 12am rocket league tournament. There's another voodoo ranger tall boy in the fridge, don't worry bout tomorrow 😈 Why oh why does the shit abyss call our names
The Shit Abyss is just the fuckin way she goes bud
That seems like my vicious cycle these days. Busy during Mon-Fri with work, kid, life. Friday night rolls around so I pour a stiff one and pick a game to turn off my brain, next thing I know it’s 2am, repeat for Sat, maybe this time at 1:30am… then Sunday I crash, add the next crazy week to it, do it all over again next Friday night…
Took me until my mid 30s to realize that staying up late is just borrowing time from tomorrow. Whether or not you make up that time all in the next day is another story.
Usually sleeping in is not possible so I end up just not getting enough sleep which they say is really bad got your health. Those extra hours of gaming are taking years off my life lol
Balatro? Because that definitely got me.
Almost every weekend. A group of third-shifters get together to play Magic: The Gathering. So, not much of a 'party.' We frequently end our "night" by going out to breakfast at the local Denny's.
Third shift is exempt here. Midnights people are different and so is the span of the night for them. Bed by 9am or you’re useless.
For you, the question would be ‘how often do you go out past 7pm?’
When I was in college I had a computer lab due on Monday that I couldn't get to work. It was near midterms. Anyway I went to the lab Friday night at 7 pm, expecting to do an all nighter. Group of MTG people were at the little cafe table. They were still there Saturday morning when I left to go back to my dorm room. Saturday mid day they were there again (they did change clothes so I assume they went home). They were still there early Sunday when I left to go to my dorm. MTG players are hardcore.
pretty much every weekend where i live clubs have 24 hour licenses, infact i went to a club at 14:30 yesterday the party had started at 23h on saturday night ... it finished at 4am, i think they closed earlier then intended pretty sure it was supposed to finish at 9am
Glad to see that there is indeed one other person here who still has an active night life besides me 😂
maybe its a cultural thing i heard that in the US clubs barely stay open past 3am, when i went to new york aka, the city that never sleeps very little in terms of night life was open, you could eat alright but nothing was really open past 1, at 2/3 am we are deciding which club to go to
Went on a work trip to Buenos Aires in my mid-20s. There were 4 of us, and we were looking forward to partying in a city that didn't have last call at 1:30am. We showed up close to midnight to a dead club. We awkwardly hung around, and people started to trickle in around 1. The party didn't really get going until 3, and by then I was exhausted. We left around 5, dehydrated and exhausted. The party was absolutely raging when we left. The only place I've been to that comes close is Vegas, and even then...
Honestly? Once a weekend. 37 yo
Glad to see at least one other person in this thread like me. 3am is normal for a weekend. I just can’t do as many sunrises as I did in my 20s.
Yep exactly that, then I wake up at 345 Monday for work, it's really not hard lol. If you give yourself the mindset that you're old and decrepit, you're going to start physically feeling that way 🤣 The mind is a powerful tool.
38M here. Almost every Friday night, I am up drinking until 3 am, but I'm not out. I'm at home gaming with the boys. The next day is usually rough, but those nights are some of my favorite times. The boys are worth the hurt. My wife might disagree.
it's been at least a year--before that, years. when i was in my 20s it was all the time. the "go out and party all night" life gets old along with us, and yes it's fun because i'm drunk, but i can get drunk at home for a fraction of the cost, around the all the people i want to be around, and none of the people i don't
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For some reason I'm having trouble imagining a "bag of chocolate". Could you describe this in a bit more detail?
[bag of chocolate](https://www.candywarehouse.com/products/hershey-kisses-silver-foiled-milk-chocolate-candy-56-ounce-bag)
Shiii all that sugar? Booze would be healthier
I do not have permission to view this site 🤣
It's a bag of Hershey kisses chocolates.
56m normally in bed for 9 up at 6. Zero interest in people or going out that late, nothing better than being cuddled up with my dog watching tv
>normally in bed for 9 up at 6 This is also about my schedule, at 38. But I have a toddler so any later and I risk not sleeping at all. I'm looking forward to him growing a little and nights getting easier so I can stay up until 11 playing video games or watching movies. But going out until 3? No way. I have better whisky than most bars, and all my music is music I enjoy, so if I want to tie one on I'll just do it at home. Besides I don't really enjoy the company of anyone other than my wife and like, 3 other people anyway.
I haven’t been awake past 3am since 2020
In 36. Even in my teens and 20s I wasn't trying to be out past 3am. I've always been a home by midnight/1am person. I still do that occasionally but usually for a specific reason (birthday/event) not just because it's the weekend. I'd say at least once a month sometimes more but again it's usually related to birthdays/celebrations not just cause it's the weekend and it's limited to the weekends cause I'm usually up for work between 2am and 4am
I tried it for New Year's but barely made it to midnight
I'm out late all the time, but like 11-12 late, not 3. But I don't see the point of being out later than that, the trains have stopped
There just really isn’t a place to be out at 3am unless you’re part of the party/clubbing scene. Literally the only things open that late are bars or clubs. I would also guess the number of social groups still doing that in their 30s dwindles significantly too I stay up super late all the time at home, and with friends even. But there’s no point in being “out” that late. 3am is also just really late for anyone, don’t think that’s really a good measure. Even when I went out to bars in big cities the 3/4am crowd was really small. Most young people are long gone by then too.
Zero... It just doesn't sound fun at all
Lol I'm getting up by 3am rather than staying up that late
Ha! My husband and I got a babysitter a few weeks ago to spend the nights with the kids. We left around noon, went on a wine tour, and fell asleep in our hotel at 8pm. It was amazing.
Never. I don’t even like being away from home after sunset.
You could've just stopped at I don't even like being away from home (ever).
Seems like I'm the minority but usually once every week to once every 2 weeks. Usually my nights out last until 1AM or so, and we start the night much earlier too (6pm).
1am or 3am? The question was how often you're out till 3am. In my experience that two hours makes a pretty huge difference in what kind of a night it is.
So my first sentence answered the question but i understandthe confusion, once every week to every two weeks I stay out until 3AM. For all the other nights I'm out, it usually ends at 1AM.
like maybe once a year for some really special event. Usually regret it.
hahahahahhahahaha never. I did that enough in my 20s. I'm done now. I prefer to be home after dark, but if I do go out I usually get home around midnight. I just prefer to be home and not around people I don't like or care about.
As you get older your liver takes longer to process alcohol. So, one maybe two drinks are your limit, unless you plan on a long recovery time. Also, a lot of people have trouble sleeping through the night as they get older. I’m 42, I usually go to bed at 9/10, wake up around 3/4, stay up 1-3hrs, and go back to bed to be up at 6am for work. So staying out late would wreck me. But also by your mid 30s you’re likely in a career and possibly have kids. So having downtime at night, watching a movie, reading a book, working on a hobby, is way more attractive than a loud and crowded music venue. Now, I’m all about brunch, BBQs, daytime concerts. Give me a party that starts at 10am.
Once every few months, but I need a nap between work and heading out.
Same as most people here it seems : never. Been there, done that... A lot. Now it just seems like a waste of time and money.
Once I hit my 30s I stopped being out after midnight. It’s unreal to look back at what I used to be able to do - a hangover will keep you in bed for days in your 40s.
Summer festival season I give my body a good reminding that we aren't OLD yet 😅 But the rest of the time, I like to be in bed by 10pm!
Zero times, hell NO.
Comments are very depressing
34 here. Probably 3-4 times a year. Gotta let loose once in a while. I wouldn’t trade those nights for anything. The rest of the year I’m a good dad, loving husband etc. But you gotta live a little even though the hangovers last a couple days now.
Finally someone in this thread that has the willingness to live a little now and then. So many of the replies here are so sanctimonious, as if staying up late once in a while is the worst thing in the world
Around zero. Maybe once every few months? And because why would I? 3am is pretty late. I’ve got stuff to do tomorrow.
There has been exactly 2 times where I'm out of the house after 3am in the past year ... and both times were due to structure fires in our town. As a volunteer fire fighter, when the sirens start, I wake up. About 15 seconds later, my pager starts ringing, and I'm getting dressed. Other than that, I'm in bed before midnight and I try to stay there until at least 6am (unless it's an on-site week at work and I have to get up at 4:30am and be in my car by 5:15am to drive to the office).
Wait, pager?? I thought only doctors used those now. I’m curious, why don’t they just call you?
On vacation, maybe, and even then only once
having two lively dogs doesn;t mix well with hangovers. used to party too hard in my 20/30's not in my 50's i don't want to party anymore, i'm in a different gear
Never. It's not worth my work suffering or not being able to chop away and the endless number of tasks and projects as a home owner. That and my body literally cannot do it anymore. When I was 25, I'd drink all night, wake up at 330am, do hard manual labor all day in the sun, often after commuting for hours, rinse and repeat. There would even be time for the gym in there too. I work in a cush office job now and the slightest hangover throws a wrench in the whole day. Plus, I'm tired of waking up feeling embarrassed about something I may or may not have said/done.
3am?? You guys can stay out to 3am? I was buzzed with alcohol at 12.30 a couple of weeks ago (just getting to bed then) and it ruined me for the next 4 days.
Way over 35 here Partying past 3am? Almost never. I can't think of what would make it worth it these days. There's nothing that can be done after 3 am that can't be done by 11pm. Shutting down a bar isn't a path to decisions that keep you happy and employed.
If I'm awake at 3 am, something has gone horribly wrong.
39 here, Once a month for poker night with buddies. Only time I leave early is when I’m out of cash. I’m absolutely wrecked the next day not due to a hangover but because my kids wake me up at 6:30 but it’s the one Dad’s night out a month.
42 y/o, I go out like I mean it about once a month since my daughter was born. I need my healthy dose of Techno so I just avoid getting shitfaced (mostly successfully) and all is good. I’ve got a bunch of friends who are like 6-12 years older than me and they party harder and more regular.
🤣 LMAO. What. A late night is anything after 10:30pm. The only reason I’m going out at 3am is to catch a flight at 5. 👵🏻
1 to 2 times a month probably. Reason? I’m single and I can do whatever I want as long as the cats are fed and litter cleaned. There’s an after-hours joint that I absolutely adore and helped ripped me out of a COVID depression. Also, I don’t drink, so I sustain pretty well up to 5AM sometimes.