Is there such a thing as being "too old" to go to a club?

[Lipitor11]

I'm 32 and I still have the desire to go out to a club, dance, listen to a live dj, etc, etc. I don't see what the problem is with that, I see plenty of people that are probably in their 30's also. I guess its a good place for singles to hang out and have a good time. However, there's people that are my age, that are settled down with kids that look down on those that are 30+ who go clubbing. The other day, I was reading this blog of a mutual friend who's married and has a kid and she was bitching on how her friend doesn't want to have kids, well she was saying on what a dumb idea that is, etc, etc. and what the heck is her friend going to do all her life? Go bar-hopping until she's 40? Basically she was saying that every woman needs to settle down with a family. Not everyone is lucky like her that she found her "soulmate" at 17 and had a baby at 25. There is no law or a sign in front of a club that says, "35 to 40 year olds are not allowed." For me, its partly because I was a hermit throughout my 20's and never went out and now I want to go out and have a good time.

[almond]

Go out, and enjoy yourself. There are many establishments with a slightly older crowd that you will not feel at all out of place in.

 

Don't worry about what self-righteous blogger women seem to think about the rest of the world.

 

Live your life as you please.

 

Have fun!!

[ascendotum]

Too old to go clubbing at 32....No way. Maybe try to find out where the 'over 28' type venues are so you might feel more comfortable and find a better match, but I still don't think 32 is to old for the conventional clubs, if you still have the same shape you did in your early 20s.

[beatcuff]

I'm 32 and I still have the desire to go out to a club, dance, listen to a live dj, etc, etc. I don't see what the problem is with that

 

nothing wrong with clubbing at any age, there is a problem with going to THAT club.

 

every club has an age range, stay within that age and you will not be "that creep".

 

 

I was reading this blog of a mutual friend who's married and has a kid and she was bitching on how her friend doesn't want to have kids...

 

very shortsighted and judgmental on her part (guessing she is in other areas as well) BUT why should you care. stop looking over your shoulder and look ahead.

[mammasita]

Nope never too old!!!

 

Ill caveat that to say just find an age appropriate establishment.

 

For example, I personally wouldn't want to go to the same club now that I would have gone to when I was 21-25.

[d0nnivain]

Certain clubs do cater to the 20 something set & by definition are not that much fun any more but others cater to all ages. Go someplace you feel comfortable & have fun.

[anika99]

I agree with the other posters. Clubs can be fun, especially if you like to dance and nobody is too old to dance and have fun. Some of my married gf's who have children still like to go out clubbing once in a while. Just to have a good time dancing, not to do anything inappropriate. Do select a club that feels comfortable to you. Once a gf of mine selected a club that was full of a bunch of kids. Legal drinking age here is 18 and I don't think many of the customers there were even 20 yrs old yet. We were almost old enough to be the parents of those customers!

[daisydook]

I went out dancing the other night! It was great! I am 30, and I went out with another girlfriend who was 30, and one who was 35. We danced until they kicked us out at closing time!!! Hehehe. The crowd was mixed, both 20s and 30s. Good times, really.

 

I dont consider myself someone to be in love with the club scene. I dislike going downtown. It is expensive to travel down there, it is expensive to drink. Expensive to get home. We always spend too much money, get too tipsy (refer back to spending too much money... on booze!) It is just such a hassle going DT we barely do it. I mean, I have gone dancing twice in 8 months.

 

Its safer when I go with a group of girlfriends, and to me, it can be so much fun, sober or not. Lol When I am single, I often mingle more, and do these things more often than I do when I am dating someone. I don't put myself in situations where I can be groped, hit on, touched, grinded upon by men, when I have a boyfriend in my bed at home. Lol. If I do go out, the girls and I will dance together to ensure we don't get groped or touched when we dont want to be. It is really sad we have to do that, but men have been known to be really dirty before, so we just keep an eye out. When I am single, I have been known to find a hot guy and dance with him all night though, so it just always depended on whether I was single or not, and whether I was open to having a dance partner Hehe

 

I dont care if someone who got married at 22 and has babies has their life all figured out. Cool story, Bro. I have my life figured out just fine too, thanks. I dont think dancing the night away, at a club proves otherwise, either.

 

I love how people do this. "Anyone who didnt do exactly like I did, must be a selfish idiot who chose not to have kids yet, who hasn't figured their lives out because they are dancing at a club.

 

The selfish comments I have received from people about children really gets me. I struggled with my ex to conceive for 2 years. I lost twins in the process of that at 9 weeks. I was on fertility meds to conceive and they not only worked for the very first time in helping me ovulate, we conceived. All of the lower doses of Clomid never worked and all cycles were anovulatory prior to this one. I had tried 50mg all the way up to 250mg daily for 5 days at the start of my cycle. We had one cycle of 250mg because it was such a ridiculously high dose (I had never heard of anyone taking that much in one day,) and if that didnt work, we were onto injection medications while trying to plan a wedding. My Dr tried to keep me on oral meds as much as possible to give us chances to try, but I did not to respond to them well. I found out I had a condition early on into trying to conceive, so we had no huge fights with Drs and didnt have to wait the standard years to start meds. I needed them to even try. Months and months and months of this. It isn't going to be easy peasy for me, if I even have the courage to try again, if I even want children when I do have that courage! I feel terrible when I hear things like this in my life and feel defensive.

 

What am I (and what are you even) supposed to say to judgment like that? I am sorry my ex, who I was about to marry, cheated on me after 9 years when I was 28 after 2 years of trying to conceive, and Im sorry I got pregnant, but for whatever reason, our babies died and I miscarried them... but I'm sorry, I didn't have my life figured out. Screw you! I would be hurt if this was a friend in my situation, especially if we were close and especially if she knew I would be reading it.

 

Also, it used to be a lot more important to be a mother, and a wife. It isn't as important to me anymore. I don't think I have life any less figured out because I feel this way though either. If anything, I may have life MORE figured out than I ever have. Lol.

 

I dislike ignorance. Blissful ignorance totally angers the crap out of though. Bahahaha.

[No Limit]

Gosh people, your lifespan doesn't end with 30. Go out there, rock the night.