“I wouldn’t wanna’ be standing in a bar when Jesus comes back to earth.” – Said by a bargoer in Senuna’s Bar, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Somewhere along the way bars & nightclubs got a bad reputation that’s been hard to shake. Girls say they would never date a guy they met in a bar. But the girls still go there. Guys say the only girls who go to bars are desperate or easy. But the guys still go there. Dating services saturate the public’s perception with tales from people who claim that they were “tired of the bar scene.”

It seems that everyone has an opinion about bars…. Few good…. But despite the many sins these establishments have been blamed for it seems that they’re more often the victims of bitter derision more often than the perpetrators. They’re the victims of the presuppositions that people make regarding their profile and purpose.

Whether or not  we’ll admit it. Bars and nightclubs are a place we expect something to happen…. Where usually nothing happens…. But we all keep going there, so maybe they’re not so bad. Continue reading →