I'm close to your age and I don't particularly enjoy parties anymore. I think a big part of that is I don't really drink anymore but in general large loud gathe

I'm close to your age and I don't particularly enjoy parties anymore. I think a big part of that is I don't really drink anymore but in general large loud gatherings don't hold that much interest for me anymore. So when I'm invited to stuff it often feels more like an obligation than something I'm excited about. I would much rather plan a low key game night or a online watch part than big party where we can focus on interacting with a couple close friends rather than 15 minutes a pop with a large group Life, travel, location etc have exacerbated the issue but even though our daughter is all grown up a lot of our friends are still middle or early years raising families which is a huge time commitment so they aren't throwing many parties either. In many ways I lived that lifestyle, hard from 17-32 and even then I kept having to make younger and younger friends to keep a party crowd with me because with maturity comes obligation. I would rather poke around my yard, hop online and game with friends and family and not have to deal with crowds, drunk people, and etc and I bet a lot of your friends fee the same way.