Picture this: it's a Friday night. It's the dead of winter, so it's super cold out, but everyone is dressing up in little outfits (sans coats, if I may add), ready to party all night long. They want to hop from one party to the next, from one bar to the other, and all you can think is "WHY ARE PEOPLE GOING OUT SO LATE IT'S SO FREAKIN' COLD AND ALSO I HAD CLASS ALL DAY I AM SO TIRED WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THIS ENERGY?!" You decide it's best to stay in your bed all night, bingeing Netflix until your eyes burn, a cup of tea next to you along with your favorite guilty pleasure snack.

I've been here a few times. Actually, many. This is because I'm a #collegegrandma. I prefer to stay in and get comfy cozy over a crazy night out on the town. This doesn't mean that I don't like partying every once in a while--I just feel like my bed offers more immediate and effective results than going clubbing. I say this mainly because most of the time I go out, I end up being unfulfilled. The line is either too long, the cover charge insane, the crowd weird, or the music crappy. Very rarely do I experience a club or bar that I actually like, so it's a much safer bet to just stay in.

The College Grandma gets a bad rep because students are expected to rage into the night all weekend long, but some of us just can't sustain that kind of lifestyle. If I have to stay out until 4 in the morning, you bet that I'm going to need to sleep well into the afternoon the night before just to prepare. And that means I lose half of a whole day to actually do things I need to!

Also, grandmas can have fun too. What's wrong with a night in? My place is warm, cozy, and safe, and I can do whatever I desire here (without having to freeze my ass out in the cold weather to see a crappy DJ).

There is one caveat though, at least for this College Grandma (moi)--once you get Grandma out of bed, she can party all night long. It's just getting her out of bed in the first place that's hard. So if you have a friend that is a College Grandma, let her be with her bed most of the time, and then every once in a while, blow her mind with an amazing night out. She will thank you for it. And then she will go to sleep immediately after.