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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talking to many teenagers today is just being told stuff like “yeah but Squeebles borgled wrong at the Hans Twins during the TornadoCast and now Hopethrust can’t fund the new Jenga House” and then they show me a picture of a weird looking dog

Every generation has probably had some similar revelation, but I’m 39 and I’m having it now.

It’s like one of life’s cruel jokes. We spend 4 decades trying to figure out “who am I? Why do I think certain things? Should I think certain things? What things do I want to be, and what things do I not want to be?” And whether or not those things are good or bad, we at least start to understand how our own minds work and come to peace with it.

And then your back starts hurting and it never stops until you’re dead.

I’m a Gen Z guy in my early 20s but even when I was growing up in the late 2000s and early 2010s into the mid 2010s people used to go all out on decorating their houses for Christmas and Halloween

people would even start early just to have their houses completely set up and decorated for Halloween and Christmas by October and December respectively

like you knew that Christmas was around the corner just by seeing people’s houses completely decorated and set up it seems less and less people are decorating less and not going all out l they used too

I am turning 35 and I am slowly accepting that I will likely never make it as a professional athlete or musician.

Brush em twice a day....and floss em!

I stopped into a big used furniture store today after having a sectional order from Wayfair be delayed. I decided I don't even want that flimsy flat-pack greige junk anyways and would prefer an older couch that's actually durable and comfortable. Coincidentally, the store I checked out was the Holy Grail of 80s and 90s plaid and floral print sofas. I was having flashbacks to friends' homes in the early 90s, with large fake plants, carpeted floors, console TVs, Bob Saget, Dominos Pizza, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Can we bring this aesthetic back now? I think the world needs it.

I spent my 30s very sick. Three bouts of different types of cancer (31, 36, 39) didn't kill me! Blowing up my whole life due to that cancer couldn't bring me down! I spit in the eye of the odds and live hard everyday.

Get the tattoos. Book the trip. Don't live for anyone else--live for today.

We are probably the last generation to have experienced going to the hospital to ser the newborn babies. I remember being a kid in the 80s/90s and seeing my siblings and cousins in those rooms. With their last name inside their crib. Anyone remember those?

Hi all! I’m a Millennial mom trying to understand the current generations marriage/parenting perspective

I’ve been active on Reddit only for about a month now. And honestly, I’m slowly realising how different the thinking is when it comes to relationships, marriage and parenting.

I recently commented on a post by a new mom who was venting about her husband not helping with the baby or housework unless she asked him to. From the post, she sounded completely exhausted and overwhelmed with the mental load. At the same time, it also sounded like her husband was helping when she asked, despite working from 1 PM to 11 PM.

I basically suggested that she give him a few responsibilities that are his to handle every day, rather than having to ask him each time. My thought was that once something becomes part of his routine, hopefully he'll start doing it without being reminded.

I also mentioned that pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding create a completely different physical and emotional connection with the baby. The mother is literally carrying the baby, feeding the baby and being physically responsible for them from day one. Some fathers naturally become very hands-on immediately, while some take a little longer to figure out the routines and responsibilities of being a dad.

I also said that this is a really exhausting phase and hopefully some of the resentment and frustration will ease once they both settle into their new roles.

And apparently… I committed a Reddit crime. 😂

I got quite a few hate comments saying people like me are the reason men get away with doing less, that women shouldn't have to “teach” their husbands how to parent, and some were already suggesting divorce.

To be clear, I 100% agree that men need to step up after becoming fathers. A wife shouldn't have to constantly notice everything, plan everything, remind him and then call that “help.” That's still mental load.

But at the same time, I keep wondering… isn't becoming parents a learning curve for both people?

What's wrong with communicating what you need, dividing responsibilities, figuring things out together and slowly getting into a routine?

I don't mean women should become their husband's mother or project manager. There's a big difference between helping someone learn something in the beginning and having to manage them forever.

And honestly, I don't think every new-parent marriage problem automatically means “leave him.” If there's abuse, complete neglect or someone consistently refuses to take responsibility, that's obviously a different story.

But if two exhausted people are trying to figure out a baby, a marriage and a completely new life at the same time… shouldn't there also be some room for patience, compassion, communication and learning?

Maybe I am looking at marriage through a slightly old-school millennial lens.

But I genuinely still believe that marriage is also about learning each other, making compromises, growing together and sometimes giving each other some grace.

So I'm genuinely curious — was my advice actually wrong? Am I being too conservative? Or is there still some value in giving two people the space to learn how to be parents together?

Would genuinely love to hear different perspectives. Please be kind though — I'm here to understand, not fight. ❤️

TL;DR: I suggested that a new mom give her husband specific parenting/household responsibilities so he can build a routine and take ownership, rather than expecting him to automatically know everything. I absolutely believe men need to step up and women shouldn't have to carry the mental load forever. But I also believe new parents can learn, communicate, compromise and grow together. Reddit disagreed pretty strongly. Am I being too old-school?

I watched this movie so many times we had to replace the vhs. It messed up on the part where the crows take the ring leader of the circus and it used to terrify me extra (since that scene is already disturbing).

Just awful. RIP to part of my childhood