Anyone not enjoy your average night in town?

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Just had a massive talk with my GF - Won't go into details but a tiny part of our discussion, from what I can assume was basically an attempt at getting me to open up and like weekend clubbing sessions? "You shouldn't slate them because you don't try them". Now, I'm a couple of years older and it's fair to say I've been to a lot more clubs than she has but I've never enjoyed it.

I'm confident looking but very shy, reserved and awkward in those environments. Then there's the fact that I don't like the idea of getting hammered and spending Sunday feeling like I've been ran over! Though, I'm often made to feel like I'm the only 20 year old male living in the UK(especially Glasgow) that doesn't do it? I always pictured myself being in a relationship with someone like-minded on the situation, too. That hasn't ever went accordingly.

Am I the only one?

Apologies if that made no sense, it's late and I'm severely exhausted - yet, can't sleep!
 
It's just a phase.

I used to be very pro going out on the lash, getting absolutely steaming, but after awhile it becomes less and less appealing.

Maybe because your GF is slightly younger she's yet to have the same progression of attitude that you do towards it?
 
Nope, Sheffield is an overpriced **** hole and everybody is looking to kick each others head in.

Only place I like is the rock club (Corporation) since most people there are friendly.
 
I was about to ask how old you are and assumed it would be older than 20.

Clubbing is about who you go with and where you go. Do you have any mates that go out clubbing but not with your girlfriend? Perhaps go with your mates AND the girlfriend's mates - mixing it together a bit. You might have a better time that way. Perhaps ask friends who also aren't too bothered about clubbing to come along so you have an "allie" of sorts. I'm not one for dancing but i go for the drunken/social side so it is always a comforting thing when I know a few of my mates also don't like to dance. :p
 
I'm 19 and nothing bores me more than the idea of going out to a club and getting wasted. I'll keep my money for things I get lasting appeal from.
 
i never did the clubbing thing, loud music blasting , people having to shout, not really an ideal place to meet people of the oposite sex which is basicly the only reason people go out clubbing anyway.

if i were in a relationship and my gf went clubbing all the time i think i'd be a bit paranoid about what they get up to (knowing full well what its like these days from my step son)
 
While some clubs in Edinburgh are pretty cheap, After a month of constant weekend sessions i got bored too!


All clubs here play the same crappy music too!
 
Over-rated mate.

The only time I ever enjoyed myself was a period at university which comes hand-in-hand along with the student vibe and somewhat, lifestyle. Some nights were crap, but once in a while you'd have that amazing one full of stories which makes up for the bad.

I've never ever really enjoyed going out locally; totally different atmosphere, boring in my opinion.

Now that I'm getting older (can I say that now?) I've definitely grown weary of the whole getting drunk/clubbing thing. It's just too shallow and pompous (I won't go into why for now) for my tastes really, it doesn't really agree with me. I'm happier having one or two drinks down the beach on a beautiful day or something, but I guess that's just me.

I think it might just be an age/maturity thing at the end of the day. From my own experience, the large majority of individuals who 'love' / live for the weekend, tend to be very... childish.
 
shifty_uk said:
very shy, reserved and awkward in those environments. Same.
Then there's the fact that I don't like the idea of getting hammered and spending Sunday feeling like I've been ran over! Same.
I'm often made to feel like I'm the only 20 year old male living in the UK that doesn't do it? Same.
Am I the only one? Nope. :)
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I struggle to enjoy nights out clubbing, but when I was a teen I used to go out all the time.

These days I'd much rather go out with friends to somewhere we can actually hear each other speak. I hate coming out of a club with ringing ears.
 
Do you not feel that sometimes you just need to go and have a little dance? I'm well over weekend on weekend clubbing but a good night out getting lairy can relieve a lot of tension IMO (providing you do it with a certain level of maturity - lairy obviously doesn't have to mean stomach pumping).
 
I hate them too, which is why I only club if it's an occasion like a birthday or social event where I have no choice in the location. Waste of money, waste of time, waste of ear drums, waste of socialisation. Usually I find amusement in people making prats of themselves. Though I do like dancing, clubs don't offer the type of music one can actually dance too.
 
RKO said:
I'm 19 and nothing bores me more than the idea of going out to a club and getting wasted. I'll keep my money for things I get lasting appeal from.
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I concur. I don't mind a few pints in a pub or bar, watching sport or playing some pool. But 'clubbing', meh.
 
At 23 i have completely grown out of going dancing (although i love a good keighley!!), but to be honest i never really enjoyed it in the first place. Although, the odd Thursday in the art school was not too shabby.

When i think about it my lifestyle has changed now. Back when i would go out on the town i had a small (5-6 schoolfriends) group of close friends that would be my only social group. But now i frequent many haunts with several groups of people because i have my fingers in too many networking pies, lol. If im being honest i miss the simplicity, but i dont miss the hangover.
 
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Going out in the average bars in the town centre fails horrifically for me; I see it as the way the uninformed mass tend to spend their nights - Get as drunk as possible, as cheap as possible.

I prefer to find a music genre I like, and find a rave you like. Good vibes, late nights, and most importantly a nice soundsystem.

It's not all about the getting smashed side of things - Seeing a DJ tear up a room and pull of some phat mixes is immense! :D
 
I dont like it either. The clubs around here are totally rammed to bursting, charge an absolute fortune for entry then drinks, which are crap anyway.

If you go out with your mates, you cant have a conversation due to all the stupid music playing, and finally, if your luckily enough not to get your head kicked in, you get ripped off for a cab home, then open your wallet in the morning to find you have been robbed!

I know i sound old, but its true.

Much prefer getting together with a few mates, few beers at home, then just crash wherever :)
 
shauncr91 said:
Nope, Sheffield is an overpriced **** hole and everybody is looking to kick each others head in.

Only place I like is the rock club (Corporation) since most people there are friendly.
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Common room and frog & parrott are alright.

Corp is a dump lol.
 
My feelings to a T really. I am only nineteen but I am already finding getting really drunk boring. That is not to say I won't drink, I will if I am in the right environment and with the right people. Clubs just aren't the right place for me, I don't like the music, I don't like the drinks they serve and I don't like being charged to get in. Give me a nice English country pub and day of the week. Somewhere they let dogs in as well.
 
Spending too much money and getting drunk in a place too loud to talk.

It's not socialising and it was never fun for me either. So no, it's not just you.
 
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