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Life After College: Grown-Ups Are Boring
August 18, 2009 Posted in Reality
Where's the keg? Where's the dancing? Where are the drunk people making out?!
There’s nothing like an exclusive party in Manhattan to make you feel cool. Likewise there’s nothing like a six story walk up to make you feel out-of-breath as well as out-of-shape.
This past weekend I was invited to a friend’s brother’s uncle’s neighbor’s housewarming party at a West Village penthouse. I went not only because I liked casually slipping it into conversation that I was going to a roof party, but also because I’m constantly trying to figure out the secret to going from a post-grad intern to a real employee who can afford to pay rent on an apartment. It’s a mind boggling mystery to me but I’m determined to solve it.
However, mingling with all these employed-and-insured people made me realize that I shouldn’t be so worried about finding a job. These people were only twenty-five and yet they had more complaints than my grandparents after they forget to take their diuretics. They’re overtired, they’re overworked, and they’re over having fun.
I’m used to college parties where the only people sitting down are the ones who started their night’s drinking too early and now must wait for someone to notice them and shove them into a public safety car. However at this party, people were fighting for the seats and anyone left standing was assumed to be a random neighbor who had mistakenly wandered up to the roof.
They sipped their drinks slowly and didn’t even run over to the bar as soon as their drink was almost empty. People spoke at appropriate volumes and no one got too drunk that they made a spectacle of themselves. Not even one person slipped on the spiral staircase of death that led up to the roof.
My friends and I found ourselves to be the life of the party, not because we were insanely entertaining, but more because we were the only ones that could still remember how how to down them like we were at college and how to converse about things other than bosses and 401ks.
I’ve been so caught up trying to find a job that I failed to pay attention to what growing up really looks like.
If this is what being employed/grown-up is all about, count me out.
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H says:
Tue, 18th Aug 20099:59 am
Grown up parties are sooo boring. Music & alcohol, but no dancing and drunkness? It just doesn't make sense. I hope my friends never forget how to party (otherwise I'll be drinking alone).
Ace says:
Tue, 18th Aug 200910:15 am
Sweetheart, you are partying on the wrong side of the river. Come to Bed Stuy, our parties happen on roofs but include forties and chinese food. Glorious.
Samantha says:
Tue, 18th Aug 20095:49 pm
"People spoke at appropriate volumes" LOL! Loved this article.
kenny says:
Tue, 18th Aug 20096:03 pm
Grow up. It's called being mature and RESPONSIBLE. Getting so drunk you're falling downstairs is embarrassing.
trobs says:
Tue, 18th Aug 20096:57 pm
@Kenny
You clearly missed the point of the article, what a tight ass. Perhaps you should consider simply tossing yourself down the steps instead?…
Christina says:
Thu, 20th Aug 20099:17 am
@Brooke clearly she's trying to get a good job, note the worrying about PAYING for her own apt.
don't be so quick to judge people. who cares if she wants to get drunk and have fun with her friends? it's not like she's got a cameraman following around documenting her mishaps and adventures (aka every reality tv personality/trainwreck).
I say go girl! Have fun. Enjoy yourself. And who knows, you may be able to wrangle some of those boring people into potential job opportunities.
Shar says:
Mon, 24th Aug 20095:39 pm
Even when you have a job/insurance/a 401K and seats for everyone at your parties, you'll still be the life of the party, cause you're SOOOO FUNNY!!!!
Erich says:
Fri, 28th Aug 20098:10 am
When you graduate and now have responsibilties, you partying chnages from loud obnocious behavior to chil relax mode. You work your ass off all week, some 60-80 hours (Im lucky 42 hours per week)and at the end of the week all yopu want to do is relax, some have kids and others have spouses, but we all have mortgages and we all pay our bills in order to do this we must mature at least a little. We have to careful to what situation we put ourselves in. In college you could be 21 and hanging out with drunk 18 yr olds no big deal,, but as you get older you think to yourself, ok how is this or that going to affect my job, my children, my family? So we still party its just different.