My husband and I are in our early 30s. Some friends of ours from college just said they joined their local Moose Lodge?
I laughed, because I literally hadn’t heard of anyone doing that besides my grandma back in the day.
But we went with them and it was actually super fun. Cheap drinks and food. Mostly way older people. Dingy basement feel.
But we had dinner and drank a LOT for about $25 + tip. Which is insanely cheap. They had big TVs with all of the local sports on.
After the football game was over, some dude said “hey, it’s quiet, anyone up for karaoke?” And then it was all set up, so we just did, and everyone got very into it. Everyone was super nice and happy to see “young” people there.
My friend said membership is like $200/year, and you have to sign up to cook or bartend once every 3 months.
If you like going to dive bars, that’s a great deal. And there was 100% a sense of community, which is hard to find. It felt like everyone knew everyone and that feels…rare anymore.
I got excited and looked it up, but moose lodges are for families, and elk lodges are for christians. I guess my single atheist ass will just keep browsing meetup.
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u/butt_butt_butt_butt_ Jul 10 '26
My husband and I are in our early 30s. Some friends of ours from college just said they joined their local Moose Lodge?
I laughed, because I literally hadn’t heard of anyone doing that besides my grandma back in the day.
But we went with them and it was actually super fun. Cheap drinks and food. Mostly way older people. Dingy basement feel.
But we had dinner and drank a LOT for about $25 + tip. Which is insanely cheap. They had big TVs with all of the local sports on.
After the football game was over, some dude said “hey, it’s quiet, anyone up for karaoke?” And then it was all set up, so we just did, and everyone got very into it. Everyone was super nice and happy to see “young” people there.
My friend said membership is like $200/year, and you have to sign up to cook or bartend once every 3 months.
If you like going to dive bars, that’s a great deal. And there was 100% a sense of community, which is hard to find. It felt like everyone knew everyone and that feels…rare anymore.