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Any "Over the hill" rollers out there?

webguy said:
MazDan hits the nail on the head. "Old" is entirely a relative term. I look at the pics of the parties my partner and me went to ten years ago (when we were in our early 50s), and I see younger, glowing, super-hot people having a fabulous time. A 20 something person looking at those same pics would see a group of old fogeys. That's why raves and clubs are best for 20 somethings (and teens), and house parties are the way to go for us. If you want to keep having "the best night ever" into older adulthood and beyond (and who doesn't want that?), keep young by limiting it to once every couple months. And keep dancing.
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so so true..house parties with good friends and just blowin up with the wife is how it is for this young 40 y/o
 
My wife and I are experienced mdma (and ghb, and weed) users in our early forties. We only started 5 or 6 years ago and have never looked back!! We would roll maybe once every 2 weeks, but only low dose, it all depends on the evening.... This way we keep some serotonin in reserve for the bigger nights every 2 months or so..!
The one thing we have discovered is a huge subculture of 30 + year old party people (frequently up to 60 + years old!) who party nearly every weekend, all have kids, jobs and money... This subculture is particularly prevalent in the Netherlands, where it is very easy to find 10s of thousands of crazy middle aged ravers at expensive themed dance parties every Saturday night. My guess would be that 90%+ of participants are rolling.
These parties range from the simple "sensation white" (40 -50 thousand people) dance parties to kinky hardcore fetish parties like "Wasteland" (4-5 thousand people). At all of these parties, the DJs are top-class, the venues superb (dancefloors on board a Boeing 747, or in underground caves among others) drinks are not too expensive and the atmosphere is peace, love, techno/progressive house and all night dancing. The average age I would guess is between 40 and 45.

The comedowns can be tough sometimes, but nothing that isn't put right by a boozy lunch the next day, good food and lots of sleep
 
alone thats a freakin awesome post thankyou mate

what awesome sounding venues id love to be part of something so cool
 
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I just turned 30 this past spring. While I do feel a bit older it`s nothing that gets me down. The only thing I`ve noticed is that as I get older it`s harder to find hook ups for acid and mdma. It`s like the only people in my neck of the woods who deal with those chems are younger kids. I`m sure that`s not true but that`s how it feels at any rate.
 
you young ppl wake up to yourselves! for once in your life listen to someone older than you! we are SOOO much cooler than you!

so there 8P
 
squarerootof23 said:
We've all seen the person who is in his or her 40s or 50s, but behaves as someone in his or her 20s. We find that comical or immature or pathetic. That is because we inuitively recognize it as absurd for a human person. We all naturally expect growth and development and change over time from a person's accumulation of experience, wisdom, and just the changing mix of hormones. I don't want to be that pathetic person.


So, to me, it isn't so much a question of how young or old I feel - Rather, it is a question of being true to myself and what I am, and still saying, I can still want to have fun as the person I am now, I don't need to put on a false front or pursue something I once was.
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You see I sort of look at it the same but differently.

I am definitely one who does not act my age as it is generally seen by society that one my age should act. I say fuck that. I have one life and I am gunna do the very best to live it in such a way that makes me happy. I dont emulate anyone else, its me, its the way I am.............Sooooooooo I believe that I am indeed being true to myself. It would be false if I were to act the way society expects someone in there 50s to act. I have still been able to gain lots of wisdom over the years and many young friends still look me up to gain from that wisdom. I dont consider myself pathetic and it never occurred to me that someone may....this is just me. Take it or leave it and if someone doesnt like me because I dont act as they think I should.........................well thats there problem, not mine.

From time to time I still go to nightclubs but not as much as I far prefer to be cosy at home with my music and nature and stuff. I can still crank my music as much as the next dude. I dont tend to turn the bass up to those crazy levels though.....lol.
 
I think it's cool if I see older people going out and enjoying themselves on MD. If they're getting fun out of it, who is anybody to judge? Surely this is one of the key ideas that rave is based upon?

I was at a festival a month or so, and we pitched up our tents next to two guys who were in their late 40's. Anyway we got chatting, and when we sparked up a couple of spliffs, they started asking if we had any drugs with us to sell. We sold them a few pills, and they went on to tell us about how much hard work it is being their age, as dealers don't ask them if they want anything. Made me think I'll definitely try and keep in touch with my contacts!

In the end, we ended up seeing a few acts together, and they were seriously the coolest guys ever. They were proper going for it when SL2 were playing.
 
sheeeeeeeeit this thread makes me wonder...
i honestly dont think i'll be raving at 40, party's gotta end eventually anyway...i dunno if i'll be doin drogz when i'm old either.
did all you older folk start in like the early 90s and just kept rolling into the 2000s/the present?
i'd honestly rather middle aged people act like it, i hope none of you wear kandi or any of that garbage, its cool that you guys roll but i'd be sketched out by someone middle aged acting exactly like someone my age (18)
 
"proper going for it " LOL awesome, british? In Oz we used to say 'going hard' or 'going off' (hence 'go hard or go home!')

LMA, that post is gonna come back to bite ya on the ass!
 
IceGecko: Yep from the UK. I didn't even consider it slang to be honest, just shows the difference between different cultures! Go hard or go home, I like it!

Another consideration I guess are kids. I'm 23 and don't have any kids, but I definitely won't be going out as much if I did. For one I wouldn't be able to afford it, and I certainly couldn't have a two year around on a comedown!

Who knows what this life has in store for us!
 
To OP, I turned 65 at the end of April and draw my pension cheques now. Yet my wife and I like to roll now and then. Yes, it's difficult to score MDMA, but weed remains fairly easy to get. Kids generally think they are experiencing stuff for the very first time, and so they think older people don't know nothing. I was the same when I was a kid too. There's something to what you say, but I only find it annoying when I'm trying to score.
 
Late 30's here very close to the big four -0 , I will roll until my body tells me to stop. I'm very physically active ( I run 3 times a week). The good thing about us older rollers is that because we are more mature, we probably tend to make better choices. Like maybe not popping 6 or 7 pills a night. I try to stick to 1 and a re-dose after 3 or 4 hours.
 
In my 30's myself. Just sort have given up really, haven't rolled in ages. Last 10 times I've tried it has been nothing but pipes. Trying to find new contacts is pretty difficult it seems in the SE US. I always get "shut out" as you put it...never had this problem 10 years ago. Most people judge you right off the bat.
 
I'm 34 and in the UK. I still like going out to raves but as the years have gone by it seems like all my friends are 10 years plus younger than me!
Don't get me wrong, realistically I hardly go out at all these days but my music tastes are still the same, I will happily teach my kids how to dance (well I might add hehe) to dubstep and drum n bass. I spent my youth out 2-3 times a week partying and having fun. I'm not over the hill in any way, I spose physically i'm not up to scratch but the main thing I have noticed is alot of clubs here in London don't much like 'older types' going to clubs. I'm talking frowns at the doors and some venues will specify 18-24yr old nights, wtf is that about!?
Most people 'grow up' in their twenties, get jobs, straighten out, have kids etc, etc. I would have no trouble getting pretty much anything I wanted, although I have noticed the drugs you get these days are really pretty crap in comparison to the nineties, doesn't really matter what it is. The only thing that has stayed good and got marginally better is weed, but here it's £10 for .8 of a gram. It's honestly cheaper to have a heroin habit :(
Us oldies seem to blend in better at festivals where age isn't such an issue, but like I said mostly you aren't made to feel welcome at club nights - just being over 30 is not cool in their eyes I guess!
 
I'm 44, been rolling for the best part of twenty years. Off and on. The main difference between "now" and "then" being I don't use drugs for strictly hedonistic purposes. I have come to a point where I understand that these compounds are in fact allies, tools to be used to enhance our lives - both physical and spiritual. However, they are powerful, and when misused tend to lead to dire consequences. MDMA is still my favorite drug. Nothing like a pure, hard, MDMA high while dancing with the ones you love. Even more significant - the use of MDMA in spiritual endeavor - in communion with others in a true search for divine experience - this is much more relevant, at least from where I now stand, than the purely emotional response initially derived from the MDMA experience. It's been a journey taken in steps, I've stumbled, battled addictions, found which allies I can use and which are currently bigger than me...so forth. As for the kids panicking around me...no...I look like a surfer, hard to pin down my age by looking, and people who do drugs in earnest can tell right away that I do them too when we establish any serious eye contact.

I hope to one day soon experience certain drugs with my children...however, I am well aware of the risk/reward ratio right now, and am not willing to risk their entire future over a drug. That being said, I am a libertarian at heart, and believe that people have a right to live as they wish so long as they do not harm others.

I read through this thread and was surprised at how many older people are experiencing negative vibes from the kids. I get the exact opposite response. They seem to love circling around and listening to matters spiritual lol! Anyway, that's my two cents.
 
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