EPISODE · Oct 30, 2025 · 46 MIN
02 - Pre-Drinks vs Night Bus: Going Out Then and Now
from Too Young for This, Too Old for That · host Anji Gopal & Annie Lewis
Send a textTwo women, three decades apart, two completely different Friday nights. 😅 In this episode, Annie (23, drama-school grad, proud non-clubber) spends the evening watching the Downton Abbey film with her parents and a cinema full of delighted OAPs, while Anji (53, osteopath, ex-banker, secret raver) is out at Annie Mac’s “Before Midnight” - dancing hard and still home by 10.30pm.From 90s nights out with no mobiles, night buses and hoping a random minicab was legit, to today’s WhatsApp group-chat pre-drinks, Uber safety features and drink-spiking worries, they compare what’s easier now, what’s scarier, and what never changes: going out is really about connection.In this episode:pre-drinks vs “we just met you at the pub”how on earth people arranged dates before phonesgetting home in London: then and nowwhy spiking has changed the vibe for Gen Zdancing in your 50s (and loving it)why it’s fine to be 23 and prefer a cosy pub to a club🎧 Too Young For This, Too Old For That — friendship across generations, with plenty of eye-rolling at each other’s references.Thanks for listening! Follow us - we'd love to hear from you. www.2young2old.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/2young.2old
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Send a textTwo women, three decades apart, two completely different Friday nights. 😅 In this episode, Annie (23, drama-school grad, proud non-clubber) spends the evening watching the Downton Abbey film with her parents and a cinema full of delighted OAPs, while Anji (53, osteopath, ex-banker, secret raver) is out at Annie Mac’s “Before Midnight” - dancing hard and still home by 10.30pm.From 90s nights out with no mobiles, night buses and hoping a random minicab was legit, to today’s WhatsApp group-chat pre-drinks, Uber safety features and drink-spiking worries, they compare what’s easier now, what’s scarier, and what never changes: going out is really about connection.In this episode:pre-drinks vs “we just met you at the pub”how on earth people arranged dates before phonesgetting home in London: then and nowwhy spiking has changed the vibe for Gen Zdancing in your 50s (and loving it)why it’s fine to be 23 and prefer a cosy pub to a club🎧 Too Young For This, Too Old For That — friendship across generations, with plenty of eye-rolling at each other’s references.Thanks for listening! Follow us - we'd love to hear from you. www.2young2old.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/2young.2old
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