I am 30 years old, for the first time in about 4 years I went out last night to a few bars with the OH and some of her mates etc.
Usually I am one for telly and an early night due to work commitments but I use to really enjoy going out back in the day so I was quite excited.
I don't drink at home only when out or special events. So was hoping for a few drinks a bit of a drunken boogie chips and bed. So after waiting for her to get ready we hit the bars and.. well Everyone was either high teens or low 20s or upper 40s and 50s. No middle ground. Every one looked miserable or messing about with there phones.
Never mind, it will pick up, first 3 drinks went down well (double southern comfort and coke).. felt nothing nodda, shots were drunk.. nothing.
Thinking it would pick up about 11ish I looked around and still people in groups looking miserable playing with phones, just the odd one or two of the extroverted girls or women of a certain age wiggling there bums out of time to the music and the weird lad in the corner who has had a bit too many special tablets.
There were allot of people out, it is payday weekend after all. So we bounced around a few bars and around 1am we had had enough, the batteries were dead on my OH friends phones and they desperately needed to get them charged up. So it was chippy time. Same deal everywhere phone fondling people, just more lairy and argumentative as the booze has kicked in. As for me.. I felt sober as a judge.
We got our chips which were quite nice and after some annoying lads tried to chat my OH up even though she was with me, we got a taxi and headed home.
I was happy to get into bed and give my dogs a cuddle before falling alseep.
I didnt take my phone, just my house key and some cash. I didn't expect to need it to have a good time.
Is this now the norm?
Usually I am one for telly and an early night due to work commitments but I use to really enjoy going out back in the day so I was quite excited.
I don't drink at home only when out or special events. So was hoping for a few drinks a bit of a drunken boogie chips and bed. So after waiting for her to get ready we hit the bars and.. well Everyone was either high teens or low 20s or upper 40s and 50s. No middle ground. Every one looked miserable or messing about with there phones.
Never mind, it will pick up, first 3 drinks went down well (double southern comfort and coke).. felt nothing nodda, shots were drunk.. nothing.
Thinking it would pick up about 11ish I looked around and still people in groups looking miserable playing with phones, just the odd one or two of the extroverted girls or women of a certain age wiggling there bums out of time to the music and the weird lad in the corner who has had a bit too many special tablets.
There were allot of people out, it is payday weekend after all. So we bounced around a few bars and around 1am we had had enough, the batteries were dead on my OH friends phones and they desperately needed to get them charged up. So it was chippy time. Same deal everywhere phone fondling people, just more lairy and argumentative as the booze has kicked in. As for me.. I felt sober as a judge.
We got our chips which were quite nice and after some annoying lads tried to chat my OH up even though she was with me, we got a taxi and headed home.
I was happy to get into bed and give my dogs a cuddle before falling alseep.
I didnt take my phone, just my house key and some cash. I didn't expect to need it to have a good time.
Is this now the norm?