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Yeah, same boat. I will become a hermit for a month or two and that usually refreshes me. Change upnthe scene also, that usually helps.
changing the type of scene helps a bit, but i get bored really easily. maybe going to business school next year and meeting new people and travelling more, will help alleviate my perpetual boredom.
Agree. New area can help. I have a pretty diverse group of friends so I will rotate them when imget bored. Going out with a couple of different guys can change everything.
Yeah, you can only snort cocain off a stripper's ass so many times.
..........a million?
Growing up fellas...it has it's perks.
High levels of not givin' a frrrruck tops my list.
Getting older is perfectly fine. It's like being a battle veteran. You know your enemy, you know the territory, you know how to roll. I go out and see these newbies and chuckle. My level of dont give a fuck has reached epic proportions. If you ever see a dude in track pants and slippers at a bar it is me.
CUE DAVE CHAPPELLE'S WHITE MAN VOICE:
"Sir you have just achieved nizzle status, proceed and prosper".
I actually represented Christianity at the bar last week with a deluxe wifebeater/white moccasin combo.
I felt the same way after this weekend. Didn't even bother watching the world cup final with buddies. Got to hit up new places and meet new people.
i was in the same boat, but then i found a new bar activity. Find the fattest chick in the joint and see how many ruffies it takes to bring that rhino down. Set an over/under and bet with your friends. Ahhh, good times!
I feel the same. There are either sleazy college bars or expensive nightclubs where you can't even get a conversation going. Hard to find a happy medium.
I feel you dude. I'm in my late 20's, so i'm way past the sports bar phase. And I don't like nightclubs because they're too crowded, and i don't dance. I do however make an exception for the nice vegas clubs like XS, but that's a whole different story.
My good friends moved out of the city too, so it's hard to meet new people at my age. It seems like going to business school might be the best way to revive my social life and make life more exciting.
I have yet to meet a chick at a night club with whom I have any interest talking haha. I usually make some shit up, the light bulb is too dim for them to know any different.
I would recommend taking a night class or something. That or get a girlfriend and try and meet her friends boyfriends. Then all you have to do is make friends with them and wait out the inevitable dumping .
Girlfriends are only a temporary relief. Last time I had one, it was great at first, but got boring quickly. I think the only options for me are business school and/or make tons of money, so i can do cool stuff like travelling to exotic places.
You should get yourself a girlfriend, bro.
Dude, what's with you and getting bored? "Perpetual boredom", "I get bored really easily", your girlfriend "got boring quickly"
Sounds like you might be depressed or something, in which case another city or another girl or another bar isn't going to help you.
But if not and all is well mentally, well then welcome to life, buddy. Life is a routine, man. Grow the hell up. We work, eat, sleep, fuck. What do you expect, fireworks to shoot out of your girlfriend's ass?
Calm down dude. No need to get riled up about this.
I have some friends and acquaintances who are poker pros in Vegas, and they have pretty ridiculous lives. I guess compared to that, everything seems mundane.
Have you ever played poker? Hours upon hours upon hours of folding. 90% of all hands you will fold. Folding and folding for hours on end. Grass is greener, my friend.
i used to play a lot of poker, now just play casually. thought about moving to vegas a few years back but decided against it.
it's definitely a tough way to make a living, but the people i know who managed to make it, have a lot of freedom and pretty sick social lives.
This is a good thing. Spending money on getting drunk is one of the least cost-effective ways of having fun. I still get drunk, but with a six pack of beer at home. Sometimes, people will get calls from me at 10PM:
"Haaai. ITS ILLINIPROGRAMMER, I'M TOTALLY GULP HAMMERED. WHAT, DID YOU THINK I'M WISCONSINBANKER??? I'M TOO NERDY TO BE AT A CLUB. YES, I'M DRINK-burp-ING ALAOONE."
Drinking alone is great. It's cheaper and even the drunk calls provide even more entertainment for my friends. Before anyone calls me a recluse, this usually happens after a long day of diving or hang gliding with friends. I can either go to the pink elephant in the evening or, for the same price, dive the Stolt Dagali during the day and go home to a six pack of Yuengling or maybe Leinenkugels if I feel like splurging.
Seriously, find a sport to do during the weekend. You're in frigging Chicago and it's the summer.
hahaha +1 if you actually said illiniprogrammer instead of your real name during a drunk call that would be epic... next time i go out ill make sure to introduce myself as LIBOR to everyone
In all seriousness, if you ever decide to go past 4-5 beers, MAKE SURE YOU HIDE YOUR PHONE.
Lol. This is a great post. I have a hard time imagining you doing this since you're usually so serious.
Yes, Chicago during the summers is great. The fact that a lot of my friends moved out of the city is a major factor, but on a deeper level, I crave something more than just going to clubs/bars or checking out north avenue beach and street festivals on the weekends. Probably my #1 motivation for making lots of money, so i can do stuff that's just fucking sick and will satiate my desires.
Yep, the club thing is pretty much old news for me. I don't even like the music they play, unless it's a grimey hole in the wall. I guess it's time to find other hobbies and interests.
Try meeting cougars online... they can suck a mean ..... im serious too.
Getting tired of clubbing and bottle service shows maturity but getting wasted alone drunk calling people is not just immature, but rather sad
Going out to actually meet women (this means not clubbing) is fun, but there are only a few rooftop bars in the city or lounges where it's not too loud that you can talk. While we're already on the subject, what are people's favorite night venues?
I don't know. I happily sit around drinking J&B by myself. When I was working I used to hit up a bar after work like every day. Place was usually pretty empty so I would stake out a corner and go to town. Go home after crushing 6-7 scotches. Good times.
Hahah and when I get drunk I call people and tell them it is Anthony D.
I was in Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls last weekend and was blown away by what a party it was. I saw people there more fucked up than I've ever seen anywhere. While Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a party for drinking professionals, the Festival San Fermin in Pamplona is a party for drinking amateurs. Allow me to present Exhibit A:
This guy was so fucked up he was passed out on the street at 3 in the afternoon, his body reflexively puking on itself. Beautiful.
So if you're bored going out, maybe you need to do something crazy like catch a major drinking festival. Just don't be that guy.
Do you have other dreams that could be fulfilled in 10 years?
My #1 dream was to go to HBS, but that's clearly not happening. Damm, 2 years there would've been an amazing experience.
I hate to say it, but get a girlfriend or do some serious dating. Match, plenty of fish, even craigslist if you like really rolling the dice.
I was getting to where you were, and quite frankly once you hit your late twenties, it gets a LOT harder to get your friends to all go out and get wasted. There were few worse feelings than trying to rally the troops to get out to a bar at night, and failing utterly because everyone was "tired" and just sitting around because I didn't have anything better to do. Trying to pick up women never really got old to me though, at least when I was successful.
Anyway, I started dating a girl seriously two years ago, and at times I do miss going out, getting blasted in the west village and trying to convince chicks from the burbs to sleep at my place, but my hangovers just get worse, I have maybe one or two friends left that are still interested in doing the same, and I must say even I am less interested in sweet talking some bitch all night who has an attitude and being really excited about her job as an assistant buyer in fashion. If I ever become single again, its going to be online dating all the way- its much more civil. With a girl, I have built-in plans every night, and luckily she is the type that likes to go out. Its comfortable. At least dating a few girls will be different and hopefully get you out of your funk. From what my friends say, its pretty easy to get laid from online dating.
Keep in mind that I am writing this post still feeling the hangover from the weekend, so perhaps I am biased at the moment.
^^^ Almost exact same boat. It's fun and all, once in awhile. But I feel like my heart isn't really in it anymore when I go to a nightclub. I used to love going out and a decent dancer and picked up chicks pretty easily. This could also be because I've been in a decent and steady relationship for last 2 years, and generally pretty happy.
We had a bachelor party in Vegas two weeks ago and was out at the clubs. I was enjoyed being able to drink with my friends from college and catching up more than roaming the floor. Spent more time gambling than anything else.
Is this an age thing? I am so interested in traveling now. Just want to pick up my bags and go to different places. Really want to check up Machu Picchu, as I haven't been in that part of S. America.
My question to others is. What do others do for fun now going out and getting hammered and picking up chicks have lost its luster (somewhat)? Going out to the country and checking Vineyards via Wine Tasting tours? And NO, sitting at home drinking a Six-Pack just sounds mad lame.
I sort of feel bad for the guy who drinks alone and calls himself - hilarious but depressing. At least give a prank call to a Chinese restaurant or something
I felt the same way until I picked up a motorcycle a couple of months ago. I have a better relationship with that thing than any other person haha. Plus, doing 130M+ sure aint boring. And its an easy chick magnet (atleast the supersports are).
I suggest you do the same, or something equally as exciting. Good luck.
Which motorcycle did you buy if I might ask? I was thinking of getting a Kawasaki Ninja 500 as my first one...probably after my banking gig.
I bought a 250 Ninja like Illini suggested a while back. I got rid of it after 3 weeks...it was a great great great first bike and I put a ton distance on that thing in such a short period of time. But I got bored of it. A 500 might have lasted me longer. After I sold my 250, I got myself a new Yamaha R6 (in white: http://www.yamaha-motor.ca/products/products.php?model=3297&class=79&gr…). Its a fking amazing bike and after doing sometime on a 250/500 Ninja, I think any of the 600CC sport bikes (600RR, R6, GXR600, ZX-6R) will have more than enough power than you'll ever need/be satisfied with.
Ninja 250 or 500 is an excellent first bike. If you want to get really good at riding, I recommend getting to the point where you're doing a few trackdays on it before moving to a 600.
Im crushing a 40 yr old divorced women who cannot get enough of my d. Keeps me on my feet.
Need some proof man.
I would suggest getting certified in diving like someone mentioned. I did it a couple years ago and thought it was one of the coolest things I ever did. Unfortunately it was while I was in school and I didn't have money to go on dive trips but its a great thing to have if you like to travel because you can almost always find some place to dive while on vacation. Hopefully, now that I am employed, I will have the chance to take advantage of my certification...too bad I'm not still in Florida.
I like the money idea too. I want to take a couple 'epic' trips...one to the North Pole and one to Antarctica. Someone posted a link about doing a cruise or something there a few weeks back so I looked into it and you can do some diving under the ice bergs/shelf which would truly define epic. The stuff I saw would run $15k-$20k, for like a couple weeks...so I need to start saving, lol. One of them I saw you actually travel to the North Pole on some nuclear powered super ice breaker vessel.
I understand where you are coming from. I got tired of going out after being in my last relationship...truthfully, I probably just became more accustomed to lounging, dinners, movies, wine, etc...but at any rate, I am in a new city now and have new places to go and things to do.
I'm sure business school would be great for this situation because you will likely be in a new place...which means a new scene with new people to really get to know/network with. Plus you will be busy, so going out will become more of an escape from the craziness then just a socially acceptable place to get drunk.
Good luck.
Regards
You can do it for more like $6-7K+ airfare for a 10 day cruise. Obviously, AOW and Ice Diving cert and a certain level of experience would be required. (AOW is actually required for most wreck dives here in the Northeast.)
Get your drysuit and AOW certs, and get some practice doing cold-weather diving and maybe an ice diving cert this winter. GUE Fundamentals or Rescue Diver training would be icing on the cake; rescue diving teaches you to deal with stressful situations underwater, while GUE fundamentals does a lot of work on buoyancy and diving skill (just don't drink the kool-aid). They're going to be looking for a lot of experience in cold-water diving before they let you go diving in the Weddell Sea.
Hey atleast you've had ur fair share of partying. I'm 21 and already sick of clubbing/drinking/bars. Call me jaded, but I just can't seem to get myself excited about drinking, dancing and anonymous make-outs like I was at the beginning of college. Oh well :/ ......I guess it's natural for priorities to shift eventually.
~cph
that shit sounds awesome... im an indoors person, low risk, not extreme, and i don't think i'd have the balls to do any of that... i wish i did though.
jjc,
it seems like you want to go to bschools... youve posted a few threads on this... im still in college but if i were in your place based on what you descried i'd go to grad school... it sounds like you'd enjoy making friends from that, plus you can move your career into a new direction
Yes, I'm seriously leaning towards that direction. I think the amazing social experience in business school is worth giving up 2 years of income and taking out $100K in loans.
I'm turning 22 in 2 weeks and it has become repetitive and boring.....
I;m 23 and I dont even like going out.. prefer to meet girls other ways
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