The important life lessons you’ll learn when you go clubbing
When you hit the age of 18, you’ll realise that clubbing is a unique experience like no other. The pre-drinks, sweaty dancefloor vibes, new drunk BFFs in the bathroom and post-drinking HSPs will all probs be new to you. Whether it’s the best night ever or a memorable night for the wrong reasons, the clubbing experience imparts life lessons that are actually applicable to all aspects of life.
You’ll discover the difference between your true friends and your ‘good time’ friends
Clubbing will be a good opportunity to discern the real friends from the friends who aren't always there for you. There'll be friends who will want to hang out and help you through big changes in your life like a breakup, then there'll be ‘good time’ friends who you'll only hear from when they want to go out. Sure, you’ll have a good time with them, but they’ll be the ones to ditch you for a hookup or disappear without warning when you want to go home.
Relevant to all aspect of life, when you meet new people you'll immediately be able to identify the kind of people who will stick by you and the others who are more interested in partying and having fun than actually being your friend. All thanks to those lessons you learnt on all those nights out.
The importance of keeping track of what you spend
If clubbing has taught us anything, it’s the danger of Tap ‘n’ Go. When you’ve already been pre-drinking pretty hard, your drunken self will be a whole lot more lax on the budget. Money won’t be a question as you shout friends and random strangers drinks, which most often get half spilled in a drunken attempt to cheers. Not only are you stung with a hangover the next day, but you'll also find a very small amount of funds remaining in your bank account.
Lesson learnt? If you don’t want your drunk self to keep spending, get cash out earlier and leave the debit card at home. This is also applicable for shopping trips or other days out we’re you’re at risk of spending big on shit you definitely don’t need.
First impressions can be deceiving
If you’re single and going out in the hope of meeting someone, you might notice that nightclubs aren’t always the best place to find someone. While most of the time you'll meet some pretty dud options, on the occasion you might find someone worth your time to talk to and dance to. But chances are you've got beer goggles on because you're wasted. If you get their number and pursue a date out of it, you might actually find they’re not exactly your type.
Sound familiar? If you’ve learned to be wary of first impressions at a nightclub, you’ll definitely be using that caution when pursuing dates from Tinder. Sure, you may be drawn in by their profile pic when there’s a cute dog involved. But don’t let the cuteness fool you. Have a proper conversation (about something other than a love of dogs) before you agree to meet up.
