When did you settle down?

I settled down at 30. At 29 I was a crazy, hard drinking, whoring wild man. At 31 I was mr brady

37 and still rocking it. I may settle down and become responsible/decide having fun is overrated at about 50 or so.

I was over the partying at about 22. I'm 27 and want to settle down.

I haven't, and in an uncharacteristic display, fuck.

Freshman year of college is when I mostly stopped and started to settle down. I spent most of my youth (pre-High School through High School) doing nothing but partying and assumed it would continue in undergrad. I had a run in with the police my first week on campus and after that decided to focus on my education rather than partying. Plus it is sort of difficult to party when you have random drug tests from freshman year until you graduate.

That said, partying was sort of old-hat by then anyway. A lot of people were experimenting with assorted drugs and what not and I had grown tired of most of the mix by then (thankfully without being addicted).

To clarify, I did still go out with friends, but I was usually the DD for the night and was quite content with that role. My social circle also became more about actual friendship rather than debauchery so I guess that played a role in minimizing substance abuse as well.

Now, I enjoy a glass of scotch or if I'm going out 1-2 G&Ts. I rarely ever get "drunk," and some of my favorite nights are simply enjoying a cigar with friends and good scotch. I guess because my friends are all now in the "law school bubble" with me we have become kinda boring, but I like discussing politics, law, current events, etc rather than inane pursuits. I've also had the same gf for almost 4 years and we plan on getting married once we are done with living on college loans, so I haven't been in a pursuit for tail in quite awhile either.

I guess I've just become boring.

I thought I was starting to slow down recently (I'm 28) but I talked myself out of it!

Maybe tomorrow.

It all comes in phases for me. I will party and do a bunch of bad things for a couple of years, then get tired and settle down. After a couple years of boredom, I`m back at it again.

one time in gr 10 gym class when my teacher screamed, SETTLE DOWN!!

It comes and goes, usually when I get bored of a certain scene... Been heavily involved in the frat/university drinking etc. for the last 4 years and I am tired of that... But then there are the deluxe nightclubs that I love to go to nowadays.. Its probably not that you really want to settle down, its more likely that you're sick of the current scene you're in...

I was probably about 26 when I realised if I drank heavily on a week night there was a good chance I'd feel it at work the next day. That was more due to the flesh being weak rather than the spirit not being willing.
My social circle at the moment is relatively limited having moved from a city to a smallish town, and there are no obvious bad influences to lead me astray. So at 31 I've sort of settled down through a combination of not wanting to feel rough at work and lack of opportunity.

22, the summer after i graduated college, it was then time to get into the real world, and now here i am working at one of the best companies in the usa

Technically I have slowed down, but that's really just because there aren't many reasons to go wild and crazy. Trust me though, when they come I'm more than willing and happy to

Later 20's though I still like to pretend that I can do it but I now feel like that creepy old guy when I crash a random high school house party, doesn't stop me all the same.