Kelvyquayo the Irrelevant wrote:
So I think that bars are good for filling in that social bug. A easy way for people who otherwise only see their friends at work or on special occasions or that don't have any friends to begin with.
So I supposed that being depressed about going to a bar Would me that you are depressed about getting old.... Everything changes socially after school. Some of the most pathetic displays that I have ever seen has been people trying to pretend that this isn't true.
I hang out with a group of people who enjoy going out, or going to each others homes and eating and drinking and having fun. We are all in our our thirties with one or two in their forties and a few in their mid to late twenties. It's about half and half on couples verses singles. The differences is a lot of them are in the service industry, barenders and waiters for example, so while they enjoy getting fu
cked up, it's not the reason for the season. Drink is the social lubricant but anyone who acts out, gets stupid or ends up becoming a bore upon drinking doesn't tend to get invited back. So, at least in my case, it's not a pathetic social deal wherein we all try to pretend we are still in school and hiding from life, we know we are living our lives right now and would really like to enjoy it.