Even before I turned 18, I was known as the alcoholic, not literally, just meaning that I was the classic party animal up for anything and I was, I was the clown who was just out there. I loved being of the legal age and going out with my friends, getting drunk and dancing the night away. I did this for a while, started university and I was still going, I really did love it.
After a while, I realised that I didn't want to be going out as much, I was getting bored of going out to clubs because I was basically living the same night over and over again. We would pre drink at the flat until around 12 and then hit the club with the same people. I was reliving the same night and I was starting to hate it. I continued to go out, live these same nights but after a while I found myself just observing people, observing girls who wanted attention, I wasn't judging them, I mean people can do whatever they like but I just realised that all young people give a shit about what they look like when they are out, I am one for looking nice but I am not one of those going out to look for a guy to go home with. Again I am not judging these people, this is their idea of fun and they are entitled to that. I personally have never been out looking for a guy to go home with.
For the past three years I have been on an annual weekend away with a bunch of older women, there were 20 of us and only 5 under the age of 40 including me. I will admit to anyone that I would take that weekend away over a night out with people my age any day. I am so much more in my element with the older women, I think this is simply because none of them give one single shit, I mean we do fancy dress every year, we were dressed as jockeys this year and Mexicans last year, In any club we would look like such idiots but there, we didn't, we had such a great time and I would do it over and over any day, not something I would say about your classic young womens night out.
I just think that in my mind I am 10 years older, not that I want to be, I am happy being my age and being in my life but I seem to be one with the older lot, it's so much easier to let my hair down, blow off some steam and have a cracking time without having to worry about who you kissed last night or getting this guy out of your bed the next morning. I love it.
