pixelbox wrote:I think it boils down to a matter of maturity/immaturity and what you personally consider important. What matters most?
When you are young and single, and you only have responsibility for yourself, then going out, meeting new people, and getting shit-faced are the things that are important to you. In other words, you are immature.
When you get older, develop a close relationship with a life-partner or get married, have children, and now what you do with your life doesn't affect just you, but others that you love/care about etc., your priorities change, and you realize that partying, while still fun, is really not all it's cracked up to be and a complete waste of time from what is truly important in life. In other words, you've become more mature.
If that makes you (or me, rather) an "old man" or "boring, lame-ass", then so be it.
First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.
I'll agree with your priority assessment but not maturity. Unfortunately a lot of society equates clubs and bars with hooking up. I don't. I go for the music and to socialize with my fellow man and hopefully music lovers. I couldn't care less about ending the night with a lay or what the makeup of the crowd is, well, unless they are completely annoying as a whole. When you're really into music you don't see these activities as some unfortunate phase you had to go through in life.
And yes most people are drunk or acting stupid but that's also when most people's guard is down and they are willing to be friendly. I don't make the rules.