30s is where your social life / plans depends more on your circle around you than it did in your 20s.
By your 30s many of your friends have made life decisions; the friends who are married aren’t gonna be able to hang as much. If they had a kid or two? Forget about it. Even if they’re single, everybody is busier in their own way so you gotta make it a priority to hit up your people and hang out with them. In my 20s I’d have 4-5 diff people texting me every Friday asking what the move is, these days I have to be more intentional about hitting up close friends and making sure we kick it.
But two years in and my 30s have been just as fun as my 20s. Get to travel way more, to places I’d never dream of 5+ years ago. financial freedom makes everything more fun. Two things I enjoy doing are going to sports games and trying different foods. Those two things are way more fun to do when you have money. In your 20s nobody really has money, you just either have enough to not be broke or you’re broke. I spent the first half of my 20s functionally broke.
The shyt about not being able to drink as much is real too. In my 20s I’d be out every Friday / Saturday, chill out on Sunday and be ready for the week. Nowadays I got 1 real night out a weekend in me, and if I go hard Saturday I’m pretty much useless all Sunday.
Also more of the social events you go to will prolly be based off a person you know. Engagement parties, birthday trips, bachelor trips etc. Not as much random pregames and splitting a section at some club every Saturday
As far as women go, I feel like my pick is lowkey better now than it was in my 20s, but I’ve been blessed to age pretty well and I make good money. Those two factors probably weigh the most in women selection at this age. When we’re 25 we can bag women that age just off the strength, if you’re 30+ and you’re flabby, ugly or broke… women are less forgiving of that than they would be if you’re younger.