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Wish my life wasn't so boring.
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I'm 21 years old, but I feel like I'm trapped in this really boring lifestyle. None of my friends go out to parties or bars or anything like that, whereas most other people my age are doing just that and having the time of their lives during their college years. I feel like I'm missing out on life because all I really do is go to school and come home, and when I hang out w/ friends all we really do is just hang around or go out somewhere to eat or something. Then I see or hear about other people going out to parties and getting laid and all that fun stuff, and then I feel like I'm missing out on everything I should be enjoying at this age. I know this sounds like something I shouldn't be worrying about, but it just eats at me and I drives me nuts. All I want is a more eventfull and exciting lifestyle. Is it normal to feel this way as a person my age in this type of situation?
Do you think it's normal?
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Other people other people other people. How does what other people do affect you? So what if other people are going out to parties and getting laid? They're also developing substance abuse problems and exposing themselves sexually to some questionable fucking people. Ask any of those other people if they've ever done something that they regret in the name of "having fun" and everyone you ask will tell you yes. You don't have to be a puritan , but you don't have to drink and "party" or fuck everything that moves to have a good time. Get some hobbies, make new friends if you're tired of the old ones, but you need to stop worrying about what other people do and worry about yourself. Be careful what you wish for when you ask for a more eventuful and exciting lifestyle. You could get knocked up by some woman beating hard drinking loser, married, divorced and left in a shambles before you turn 22. or you could get reallt drunk, fuck some scummy piece of hiv infested shit and die a slow and prolonged death from aids.
There's nothing stopping you from going to parties by yourself. If those are the kinds of friends you're after, you can quickly make them there.

Honestly though, I'd say you're better off with your party-free friends.
I agree with Joaquin.
I used to party all the time untill i found out more about my religion, and now i am following it and am living nicely. Yes i am a muslim and i dont drink, and life can be so much more than just "partying". All my friends party and drink but i dont, once in a while i go with them in a party but i never drink. So you dont have to think about others lifestyle it doesnt matter, just focus on school and be something to be remembered about in this world!
I felt the same way you did when I was a freshman in college. All those hip 'party people' love to brag about their 'exploits,' as if this were somehow the ultimate fruit of one's fleeting and happy youth. I can assure you it is not. Go ahead and hit some campus 'keggers' if that's what you believe will make you happy. You'll quickly be introduced to hangovers, sleep deprivation, vomiting, existential confusion, a lower grade point average, and other such vivid pleasures.
its perfectly normal just that when you do deside to be more eventful dont take it to an extream you cant handle
Throw a party yourself.
I'm in the exact opposite situation, all my friends do is party and it just doesn't interest me any more. And the "Laid" part: im 23 and don't know what its like to even be with a girl never might getting laid.
Don't be fooled by the illusion that they are having the best times of their life. I am in college and was a part of the frat bar scene and it is the most morally bankrupt lifestyle I can imagine. They may pretend they are having fun but really they are all completely empty. I can't tell you how many times I have had to listen to late night cocaine-induced personal confessions about how miserable they are. Don't get sucked into that lifestyle, because college is only 4 years and its not worth getting into bad habits for the rest of your life.
I was in that boat too. I wanted to do stuff like that two, but only one of my friends was into that and her free time was restricted because she had to take care of her son most of the time (which I'm glad she did :) ).

Sometimes it is that great and sometimes it's not. I recommend joining a society that you're interested in since societies often get together to have fun as well as help others with their majors (for example, if your major or interest is anthropology look for the anthropology society). Societies give you a chance to make new friends who are in the same ship as you. :)
this means you have to go out and seek others that do things that agree more with what you want, i find myself in this situation too, but my friends aren't boring, i am the boring one....haha
Dnt worry everyone enjoys his her life at some point of life....
You need to convert your friends into going out to bars.... once they start they will luv it!!
Its normal. Find fun, make what you've got fun. You say you go out and eat with you're friends, then make it fun. You can go out and eat with friends and perhaps dress up elligently and find a decent resturant and tae pictures. You don't need to be like everyone else to have fun.
I like to drink & get plastered every now and again, but if you have something real don't surrender yourself to drinking. Anyone can go out and get drunk. It's impersonal. It's fake, and so many people can fall into that crowd so easily that they're uninteresting without it. As long as you expand on what you have rather than throw it away you'll be ok. Meaning meet other friends, get wasted but still keep your current friends closer.
I'm exactly like you ... I used to like going to the beach alot with my friends... But, It doesn't interest me much now.. but, when i tell anyone else about my summer vacation .. they always go like.. how come you're bored then? But, I think I just need to do something new with my friends. I wouldn't want to waste my life drinking anyway..
F**k this party sh*t. Learn how to pick up girls YOU WANT and get laid on your own. Pick up girls wherever, whenever you feel like it then. Read some dating guides. But remember to also put your mind to it.

College parties sux - clubs - bars - etc. Always the fights. Too much goddamn drama and freaks.
man goto the nearest prostitution area
and get laid

will make u happy i guess
or watch movies,hell no need to even go out,enjoy the damn good wintery weather man