Is the college partying phase something that you regret or look back on and miss?

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In HS I was a social virgin and never partied or liked to drink. My freshmen year of college i behaved and never went out or got involved with dorm drinking. Well things have changed my sophmore year and now I'm drinking and am partying more. My grades were fine and I had fun but I completely changed and now everyone thinks of me as this party animal that hits on a bunch of differint girls. This isn't true at all and I'm still that respectful virgin guy I just am a lot louder and have some fun. I'm legally allowed to drink next semester and I don't know if i will look back and enjoy this phase or hate myself for being an idiot.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

In my mind there exists 3 pathways.

1. There are those who are socially adept and love the party scene, enjoy hanging around people and are generally down for a good time.

2. There are those who never went to parties or interacted properly with others so they rationalize that parties suck so they don't have to feel bad about going. They convince themselves that most girls are skanks and they are saving themselves for someone special when realisticly they want to get laid just as bad as any other guy.

3. There are those who are socially fluent and just turn down the party scene simply cause its not thier cup of tea. These guys do other things and are usually really chill. But they don't go bashing on people who party.

*4. There are those, who don't often go to parties but aspire to be more social, they are the rising stars, perhaps not the most popular but they don't convince themselves that partying and having fun is worthless. These guys are ambitious and try to make a lot of friends so they can be better accepted. They know now is not thier time bit that it will come.

madhatters4 · Accepted Answer

me personally? I don't regret my college partying days. But I didn't let things get too out of control for the most part so there isn't much to regret. I miss those days in terms of the fact that I had so much freedom, so little responsibility and so much time just to hang out and have fun with friends

musicbrain5 · Accepted Answer

I never went through that partying phase and I don't regret it. I think I only attended like 5 parties throughout those 5 years I was an undergrad, lol. You seem hesitant about the path you're heading down, so you probably know it's not the best path to take. If you really aren't a party animal deep down inside, don't force yourself to be one. It's not good to do that. You don't have to party and get drunk every weekend to be accepted by your peers.

Some people that I was in school with had let partying affect their schooling and now it shows. I know things don't always turn out badly when you spend your time partying, but there's a higher chance of that happening. Typical tuition here is about $7,000 per year here and I don't see how that's worth it if your time is being wasted on partying instead of school.

BuchitaBuchys · Accepted Answer

I never went through that phase. Partying just doesn't appeal to me cuz I don't know. I'm somewhat of a misanthrope.
But I think if you wanna "be young" and do that, go ahead. If that's what you consider fun, do it. Just be responsible about it. :)

P. S. Drinking isn't as fun as everyone makes it seem. You can have fun without substances :)

swiftsaver602 · Accepted Answer

I don't regret it. Sure, I miss the friends and the fun times, but you grow and move onto a new phase in life.

Most people party and drink and act obnoxious in college. It's part of the experience. Don't overanalyze it :)

Anonymous · Answer

college is where girls pollute there wombs, by drinking, smoking, and fucking dozens of men
Its disgusting because there fathers are paying thousands of dollars for an education and their daughters are keeping busy getting belligerently drunk and fucking a bunch dudes

I think most women are shameless now and don't really care about who they sleep with or when it happens, they get all regretful when they are older and can look back and see that they were dumb sluts

lumos · Answer

If you're hesitating this much, then you probably shouldn't keep doing it. As for me, I don't know, since I've never been into partying.

Error_204 · Answer

There is no greater waste of time than hanging around a bunch of drunks.

JackKerouac77 · Answer

I barely remember it mostly because it was a bunch of bullshit. I remember being denied access to a frat party because I was with some black dudes, so after that I told the world to go fuck itself

Phoenix98 · Answer

Either you like it or you don't, nothing wrong with cutting loose every once in a while either. Me personally I tried it, just not me never was into clubs or parties just ain't my scene.

Blueeyes81 · Answer

Don't miss. The partying carried over for me and caused me a lot of headaches. I look back at all the stupid shit I did, wasted time and opportunities , and all the money that got pissed down the toilet. It really wasn't worth it.

JohnScofield787 · Answer

I never was a crazy partier, and don't regret or miss it.

rthomas43 · Answer

I don't regret or miss partying. I enjoyed it, but by no means do I want to go back and relive it.

evenlift · Answer

I neither regret it nor miss it. I don't see how you're being an idiot.

Lizzy32794 · Answer

I am in college but I never party. I feel like if I started now, I would just regret everything.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't regret it. I miss the fun though. But it's not something I'll do again. I'm over that phase and I'm onto something more important. It doesn't make you an idiot :)

Findesemana · Answer

i don't have regrets in anything..

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