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In your early twenties, you made excuses to go out. Didn’t have to be in class/work until 10 am the next morning? Go out. Got a bonus at work that’s hot in your pocket? Go out. The bartender at the margarita place is cute in a weird way? Go out. Now, you make excuses not to go out. And they are some pretty absurd ones—like ones that your twenty-year-old self would scoff at. But you understand things now that you didn’t used to, like how credit cards really work, and how alcohol is like a demon that shoots wrinkles into your face. And…sciatica pain? Yeah. That too. There’s a reason that today if you’re hitting the town, it’s preceded by a month-long email thread between friends planning every detail of the night. You don’t go out just for anything. So here are real and ridiculous reasons you stop going out in your thirties.
