What age do you stop sessioning/going to bars?

completedit · 02-03-2021 7:08pm #1

Last time I was in a 'proper' club was 18 months ago, just randomly went with my ex one night for a dance. Before that, it was probably 2016. I tend to just stick to bars these days, haven't even been to Coppers since around 2017.
When do you hang up your boots and retire to the corner of some old man pub?

Tzardine · 02-03-2021 7:09pm

About March 2020.

Fake Scores · 02-03-2021 7:14pm

Yurt2 · 02-03-2021 7:17pm

Got sick of the nightclub scene after I finished university.

I'll never get sick of the 5-6 pints of stout in a classic boozer among good friends. One of life's great pleasures.

Wanderer78 · 02-03-2021 7:18pm

when you realise its a load of sh!te, and theres more to life

RobbieTheRobber · 02-03-2021 7:23pm

Never hopefully.
Went to see Laurent Garnier last year and it was great.

ELM327 · 02-03-2021 7:23pm

Prefer the pub these days (BC times, before covid)

Feisar · 02-03-2021 7:23pm

When the stride of pride becomes the walk of shame.

Mundo7976 · 02-03-2021 7:28pm

Marriage

L1011 · 02-03-2021 7:28pm

Standard scoring nightclubs (particularly the rural after-pub desperation places) - after your mid 20s it gets a bit pathetic; and the older audience clubs are depressing.

Going to see a DJ of note / performance by someone in a club is basically the same as going to a gig, just later/longer. Nobody finds it odd that there's people in their 60s+ going to gigs, go as old as you want to.

Edgware · 02-03-2021 7:48pm

Yurt! wrote: »

Got sick of the nightclub scene after I finished university.

I'll never get sick of the 5-6 pints of stout in a classic boozer among good friends. One of life's great pleasures.

And it gives your Ma a free run in the local "grab a granny" club

.anon. · 02-03-2021 7:49pm

If you enjoy going to clubs or whatever, you shouldn't let age stop you. And you definitely shouldn't let other people tell you you're too old.

I was never into that kind of thing. I've only ever been in a nightclub once in my entire life and I hated almost every second of it. It took me a while to accept that life's too short to waste time pretending to enjoy stuff that people tell you you're 'supposed' to enjoy. I'd rather read a book.

BalcombeSt4 · 02-03-2021 7:57pm

I stopped weekly binge drinking/sessioning around 26/27.

Between the age of around 15/16 - mid 20's I would drink at least once a week, and around my late teens/early 20's I would do a lot of drugs as well, like weed coke, e, benzo's, opiates etc...

Now I would very, very rarely drink, last year the only time I drank was on NYE and I only had about 4 or 5 bottles of smirnoff ice.

jj880 · 02-03-2021 8:02pm

Mid 30s. Had great craic with big booz ups in my 20s.

These days drinking 8 pints and a heap of wee ones doesn't suit me. I get out of order and its no fun for anyone.

jj880 · 02-03-2021 8:07pm

Also

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BalcombeSt4 · 02-03-2021 8:28pm

.anon. wrote: »

If you enjoy going to clubs or whatever, you shouldn't let age stop you. And you definitely shouldn't let other people tell you you're too old.

I was never into that kind of thing. I've only ever been in a nightclub once in my entire life and I hated almost every second of it. It took me a while to accept that life's too short to waste time pretending to enjoy stuff that people tell you you're 'supposed' to enjoy. I'd rather read a book.

I 100% agree.

I loved going to clubs & raves to hear DJ's I liked, people like Mr. Spring, Mark Kavanagh, Keno Flanagan, Ed Case etc... I could appreciate the music even more by being sober. But I had some great experiences taking E & going to raves, and all that, but my problem was after a while the come down from them would be so horrible & last for a couple of days were I couldn't go to sleep & I'd be very paranoid so I'd start taking a couple of Valium or Xanax with some sleeping tablets the day after taking E to help chill me out & after a while I started getting addicted to benzo's & sleeping pills.
Obviously that's not everyone's experience & most people could be grand.

magic_murph · 02-03-2021 8:32pm

completedit wrote: »

Last time I was in a 'proper' club was 18 months ago, just randomly went with my ex one night for a dance. Before that, it was probably 2016. I tend to just stick to bars these days, haven't even been to Coppers since around 2017.
When do you hang up your boots and retire to the corner of some old man pub?

Just a dance was it.... all friendly like....straight home after... no kissing or the like....
Something doesn't add up about this story

magic_murph · 02-03-2021 8:32pm

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Never hopefully.
Went to see Laurent Garnier last year and it was great.

What shampoo is he pushing these days?

dragx · 02-03-2021 8:40pm

Stopped with dedicated nightclubs when I was around 22.

If we're talking about pubs that do club nights (Grand Social, Fibbers, VCC, etc.,) then I'll venture into one once in a while, usually by accident or if I'm in the pub with the lads and we get a bit bored of hearing each other speak.

bazz26 · 02-03-2021 9:20pm

When you bump into your children there.

Strumms · 02-03-2021 9:33pm

I was never a nightclub guy.

Never saw the appeal of Qing up in the cold at 11pm on a pissy February night to get looked up and down by a gorilla with the IQ of a goldfish, to then pay just to enter an establishment where every drink on top of that is about 40-50% more expensive than your local... and the place is fûcking littered by posers...

Last nightclub I’m in was Diceys, after an Ireland game about 5 years ago...didn’t get the hype..

Gregor Samsa · 02-03-2021 11:11pm

When you walk into a disco and they offer you a seat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN69HnXny7c

Squeeonline · 03-03-2021 7:53am

Was never a fan of clubs, but having a few drinks with friends in a bar is one of best things. Haven't been in a pub for over a year now.

Went to a club with a small group maybe 2 years ago. They had gone there a lot as teenagers and wanted a hit of nostalgia. We all hated it. Funnily they commented that the creepy single guys who hung around there when my friends when 10-15 years ago were still there, creepin'.

Arghus · 03-03-2021 9:57am

Obviously, all of this has been abruptly stopped since March 2020, but up until that point I would have still been very fond of going semi regularly for a good feed of pints.

I'm in my thirties now and I still love a good night out and if the craic is good I can stay out until the bitter end of a night and I'd know plenty of my age and into the forties that still like a good session. The powers of recovery aren't what they used to be for sure, but I like a night out drinking with friends. I miss it a lot, not so much the booze, more the comraderie, the shít talk, the silliness, being around people having a good time, meeting randomers and the unexpected.

Nightclubs? I can take or leave. It really depends on the music and who you're with. You have to be open to where the night might take you. If you feel like you're too old for it, then you definitely are too old for it. A proper out and out club wouldn't be top of my list of places to go and it wouldn't have been back in the day either, but I can be roped into it.

Somewhere that's a good mix of everything: a late bar, with a good smoking section, but also with music and dance floor and a mix of ages. That's perfect I think. Equal areas of light and dark.

I fully intend to go to all kinds of gigs, even mad and crazy ones - particularly the crazy ones - for as long as I can stand. The day I stop being compelled to go see live music is the day I know that I am an old fart. That happening to my body is an inevitability, but I hope it never happens to my soul.

Ahh, getting fair nostalgic here. I would absolutely murder a pint of Guinness with friends.

Pauliedragon · 03-03-2021 11:21am

I stopped going on sessions when the hangover lasted longer than the session.

JimmyVik · 03-03-2021 11:27am

There comes a point in life where people just stop going to niteclubs. Pubs even.

Usually its one of these stages. It only takes one of them. Or when your mates reach these stages even if you dont.

1 - You get a Mortgage
2 - You settle down with another person.
3 - You have children
4 - You get married.
5 - You just hit an age where it doesnt appeal to you anymore
6 - It just becomes a choice between not being able to work or being able to stay up late.

03-03-2021 11:31am

JimmyVik wrote: »

6 - It just becomes a choice between not being able to work or being able to stay up late.

Thats why I like to do my drinking during the day.

Start around 11am and in bed by 7pm.
Up the next day bright and early + well rested.

03-03-2021 11:39am

I break it down into 3 phases:

16/17 to 22 is your solid nightclub/sessioning years. 6 - 7 years of guilt-free, "I'm not old yet" drinking. Those heady nights where you land home drunk and the world is your oyster.

23 to 26/27 ... you can sense the most enjoyably carefree days are slipping behind as you start to feel older than others you see out eg. college students, but you suppress those thoughts while you are out and try to press on regardless.

27/28 onwards ... you feel like an "older person" when you are out in a nightclub, or just drinking in general, and you are coming to terms with this. Still have some good nights but you don't go out as often and they just aren't *as* good as before, as your social circle decreases and friends go out less often

03-03-2021 11:00pm

jj880 wrote: »

Mid 30s. Had great craic with big booz ups in my 20s.

Ah, the "Dirty Thirties". When you're young enough to still pull a student and old enough to pull her mam.

SnuggyBear · 03-03-2021 11:34pm

Hamachi · 03-03-2021 11:57pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

27/28 onwards ... you feel like an "older person" when you are out in a nightclub, or just drinking in general, and you are coming to terms with this. Still have some good nights but you don't go out as often and they just aren't *as* good as before, as your social circle decreases and friends go out less often

27/28 is still fairly young to hang up your boots. Most people I know kept the party going until they were 31/32. Still know a few people who go on regular sessions, even now in their late 30s.

I’d kill for mad one now after being stuck at home for a year. My wife has given me her blessing to head to London to visit my oldest friend when this is all over. Looking forward to a couple of messy nights out, blowing off a bit of steam and forgetting my responsibilities.

04-03-2021 12:01am

I can't dance and I'm not a good drunk so they were never the place for me.

It's fine once you don't care but in my early 20s those places were just pure poser ****e.

Now if the odd occasion I end up somewhere like that I'll have a few drinks and just make a tit of myself. I'm married with kids so what the **** do I care what people half my age think anymore!??

04-03-2021 1:53am

I used to absolutely love night clubs. The dancing, the booze, the men, all combined to give a feeling of wild abandon and promise. It was wonderful. The last time I was in a club was back in 2019 I think, The Workmans. I don't really consider that to be in the same category as the fake smokeyness, packed dance floor, and dodgy dj set though. That experience was probably back in 2016 in a club in the Midlands with my friend, the oldest two there.

Pre Covid I'd need a lot of booze to be in a packed space and thumping music. Right now however it would be amazing to be back in the middle of hundreds of people all moving to music. United in the sole pursuit of fun

poisonated · 04-03-2021 2:01am

I never understood why people would pay money to get into coppers.

Sakana · 04-03-2021 3:13am

Stopped the heavy weekly sessions in my early thirties for health reasons and cut back to once a month, but since I'm pretty healthy and a lot more trim now I might get back into going out of a rare post-pandemic afternoon.

freshpopcorn · 04-03-2021 3:20am

When you settle down and your partner doesn't allow you anymore.

BirthdayStick · 04-03-2021 5:08am

I’m in my early thirties but I’m looking forward to a post COVID blowout with thousands of other likeminded maskless people where the banter and music is the winner.... ahhhh... such a simpler time.

newhouse87 · 04-03-2021 5:54am

in my thirties, used to drink alot, now once a week, my problem is i dont tire when i drink, can easily start drinking at 1pm and be still drinking until6am, dont bother with the second days drinking anymore as im wrote off for a few days if i drink 2days in a row. Cant ever see me going home at a reasonable hour, house parties should have closing times too for people like me.

fits · 04-03-2021 6:14am

I’m not going to say my age but I can’t take any amount of alcohol anymore. From that point of view a session sounds like hell to me now because I would be dreadfully sick. I stopped going to regular nightclubs around 22 and stopped the sessions around 30.

That said I’d love to go to a festival some time soon. Nothing like a pint in the sunshine with good friends and not a care in the world.

whisky_galore · 04-03-2021 7:21am

Mundo7976 wrote: »

Marriage

And the threat of a belt of the rolling pin.

Hamachi · 04-03-2021 9:12am

poisonated wrote: »

I never understood why people would pay money to get into coppers.

I always enjoyed it when hammered. I made the mistake of going once when pretty sober- never again.

UI_Paddy · 04-03-2021 9:56am

All up to the individual, but I don't think it really matters once your over 18. My godmother is in her 50s and loves a good night of dancing. Sure plenty of adults (who I respect greatly) still love and play Pokemon, so what's the harm in a few points and just letting loose? I don't think there's any.

I loved going out myself, obviously like most people I've not had one for well over a year now, but I'd love a good post-COVID session more than anything once it's completely safe for places like Coppers to reopen.

Pubs are good too. I loved being able to just sit for hours and talk about whatever the hell with good friends. Thankfully the house I just bought has a family-owned local just a 10 minute walk, so will be sure to get a few in there in the (hopefully not too distant) future.

But yeah, life is too short, honestly everyone should like what they like, we've seen how easily these simple pleasures (albeit for good health reasons as of now) can be taken away.

Mister Vain · 04-03-2021 10:27am

I never enjoyed binge drinking so I stopped in my early 20's. Before the smoking ban I found bars and clubs unbearable. I decided to give it another shot in my late 20's but it wasn't much better. Only difference was I didn't smell like an ashtray afterwards.

04-03-2021 10:29am

The problem is that you're all assuming that clubs are similar to what you find in Ireland, except there are all manner of nightclubs catering to different tastes.

I'm in my 40s and I still go to a variety of clubs when I'm abroad. The Buddha house scene is rather good, since while it's a club, it's far more of a lounge experience, with minimal dancing, and the focus is more on networking/conversation. Or dating. What matters is what's the focus for the event. I enjoyed the Irish clubs when I was young, but quickly grew to dislike the heavy focus on drinking, and rather crappy dance sets.

As for bars, I have little interest in the "pub" scene (which tends to cover most Irish bars), but I do still enjoy cocktail bars, or live music bars. Typically, bars where the sole purpose isn't getting drunk, where the focus is, again, on networking/conversation and dating. Good single bars can be a lot of fun too.. the age group generally being in their 30s, and most with a decent income. Far less people getting drunk, few fights, and people are generally more friendly to each other.

jester77 · 04-03-2021 10:39am

Haven't been to a club in over 15 years. When going out, especially when the days are longer, I prefer to take advantage of the longer days to do stuff, and would head out around 10pm for a nice meal, head to the pub around midnight and hang out there for a few hours, or occasionally until 5 or 6am and head to the fish market for the live music and food.

paw patrol · 04-03-2021 11:18am

Hamachi wrote: »

27/28 is still fairly young to hang up your boots. Most people I know kept the party going until they were 31/32. Still know a few people who go on regular sessions, even now in their late 30s.
.

i'm 43 and I love a heavy session. bar- late place - house.
Only thing I'd stopped is pulling back on the 8am finishes as I got older prob 5am now.

don't do it too often now as I've other things on but every 6 weeks or so I'd get out on the lash. Can't see myself stopping.

McGinniesta · 04-03-2021 12:15pm

go on the few pints

Edgware · 04-03-2021 12:35pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

Thats why I like to do my drinking during the day.

Start around 11am and in bed by 7pm.
Up the next day bright and early + well rested.

Same here. It works out better as Aer Lingus has me piloting the short runs to Heathrow.

Edgware · 04-03-2021 12:36pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The problem is that you're all assuming that clubs are similar to what you find in Ireland, except there are all manner of nightclubs catering to different tastes.

I'm in my 40s and I still go to a variety of clubs when I'm abroad. The Buddha house scene is rather good, since while it's a club, it's far more of a lounge experience, with minimal dancing, and the focus is more on networking/conversation. Or dating. What matters is what's the focus for the event. I enjoyed the Irish clubs when I was young, but quickly grew to dislike the heavy focus on drinking, and rather crappy dance sets.

As for bars, I have little interest in the "pub" scene (which tends to cover most Irish bars), but I do still enjoy cocktail bars, or live music bars. Typically, bars where the sole purpose isn't getting drunk, where the focus is, again, on networking/conversation and dating. Good single bars can be a lot of fun too.. the age group generally being in their 30s, and most with a decent income. Far less people getting drunk, few fights, and people are generally more friendly to each other.

Not one for the "had a great night, got sick and all" brigade so

04-03-2021 1:13pm

Edgware wrote: »

Not one for the "had a great night, got sick and all" brigade so

Nope. Got over that in my mid 20s. The financial cost, the blackouts, the injuries... nah. Incredibly over rated.

Although, it's probably worth mentioning that I've always been more of a stoner than a drinker. Went through the motions with drinking, because that was the culture, and pretty much the only way to release stress.. but while I enjoyed some nights, most were a waste.

irishguy1983 · 04-03-2021 1:18pm

newhouse87 wrote: »

in my thirties, used to drink alot, now once a week, my problem is i dont tire when i drink, can easily start drinking at 1pm and be still drinking until6am, dont bother with the second days drinking anymore as im wrote off for a few days if i drink 2days in a row. Cant ever see me going home at a reasonable hour, house parties should have closing times too for people like me.

Find this fascinating....Why can some drink more than others? Why does it have more affect on others than some people, etc? I know there are physical reasons, etc but still find it fascinating....I’d be fairly drunk after 4/5 pints and can barely make it past 10:30....If I had a pint or 2 in the afternoon I’d probably take a nap...I’d notice a difference in myself after 2 pints....When I was younger I’d take shots and that would keep me going but results horrific - messy drunk, feel hungover for days...Generally once a week and 3-4 pints and that would be enough to be tipsy...If I required any type of brain matter the following day not a chance I’d touch a drink...

What age do you stop sessioning/going to bars?

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