Don't get me wrong - I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.
Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.