My friend challenged me to find something different to do on a weekend

Most 25 yr olds aren't at clubs and bars. Maybe the ones you associate with, but that doesn't represent the majority. A lot of 25 year olds run their busiesses on the weekends, volunteer, spend time with their wife/kids/family, create - art or something and sell it on etsy.com. Many go to museums, plays, movies.

I agree with your friend however, you SHOULD do something other than drink and party. You could be building something. You'll thank yourself when your 40.

 

Sounds like y'all are dating.

 

I am kicking myself for not having nearly enough bars and clubs when younger. Marriage is a "jail". Better have it enough till you don't want it anymore, then go straight into it and raise the family. That's even better for the society.

 

Regular alcohol can be very bad for some people.

Careful or you can wreck your life.

 

What is this leap from "doing something different on the weekends" to "marriage" that you're making....?

Who the blazes taught you what life is about that you insist it's either drinking and "clubbing" or marriage...?

 

And these are only but a few of the many alternatives to clubs and drinking that doesn't involve "settling down"....

Good lord... I guess I shouldn't be so surprised to some of the posts here... I did, after all, call it...

 

Gotta learn the difference between having a couple/few drinks and getting drunk, no matter what the activity is.

 

You are 25 and not 18. If you were 18-21, I would say go out and get drunk and get high. But at age 25 you should really be honing in on mastering your craft.

Whatever that might be. For example learn to create music or learn to program/code or start understanding how finance, trading and investments work or start a small business. It can be anything, but it must be of user added value to yourself. I assume you are out of college now, so you should really be working on enhancing that degree of yours via special projects or research.

If you want to be really great at something you have to do doing the exact opposite of what all your peers are doing. From the original post it appears all your friends are hitting the clubs, drinking at the bars and chasing tail. If you want to achieve a mediocre life of little merit go ahead. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with being average, but then these same people will get on Twitter and start bashing the entrepreneur who worked his way to millions and billions.

 

Your boyfriend sounds like a douche.

 

Kayaking, basketball, running, bicycle around the city or on a trail or at a social. Join a kickball team. Smoke pot and play video games. Or just play video games. Volunteer at an animal shelter. Volunteer at a hospital. Volunteer anywhere you have an interest. Read a book. Listen to an audio book. Take music lessons. Go swimming. Write a book. Learn to draw. Go pick up women. Hang out with other friends that aren't boring and can come up with stuff to do on their own without coming across so condescending. Your boyfriend gamed you. He made you feel like **** for liking to drink on the weekends when he can't even suggest something to do on his own. So he flips it on you while making you feel bad because you're just as boring as he is and you both realize you have a boring friendship and alcohol makes those boring moments absent clarity so you can kick it and remember the good times better than the boring times with him.

 

Kayak.


I only wish I could kayak year round (or close to it). My season is limited from about late April to early November, if I want to be extreme.

 

One thing a lot of youngsters seem to have trouble with is being alone. Get a good book, turn off the computer and your phone. You might be miserable the first few times, but if you stick with it, it will pay off in the long run. Besides, chicks dig the mysterious, against the grain loner.

 

No they dont

 

I spent last summer in Houston. My woman and I cycled around Buffalo Bayou and White Oaks almost on a daily basis. My vote goes to cycling

 

Lol you know some married couples actually have fun in each others' presence

 

Yeah, that post is just depressing. I feel sorry for people who don't love spending time with their significant other. Mine's my wife and best friend.

 

Truth.

 

Bible study?

 

This is the problem most people have. They revolve their life around 1. either being married and tied down or 2. going out and chasing poon.

Successful people base their life around improving themselves, building something, mastering an art/skill, and then profiting. The poon comes after that and it's their choice at that point whether they just want to date and have fun or get married and start a family.

And marriage is not "jail". It's a beautiful thing if thats what you want. And if you don't want that then simply be single forever and date around. Nothing wrong with that choice either.