NYE - PITA

Oo I like JOMO, I’m going to start using it!

Its called JOMO....joy of missing out.😁
I am collecting adult children as there are few taxi's, even in a city.
NYE is a bore IMO.

Had a lovely supper at my dd’s bf’s family. Home by 10pm. Perfect.

Went out with friends this afternoon instead. Had a few drinks then a meal at 4pm. Train home at 6.30pm. That's NY done for us. Don't intend staying up until midnight, but one of the neighbours is having 10 mins of fireworks at midnight and DS will crawl in , making loads of noise trying to be quiet, at some ungodly hour, so not expecting to get much sleep.

Just discussing with the DP whether we’re going to to go our local tonight, just a village locals pub…….
nice place, good enough crowd, but both of us have agreed we’d be happy to go and have a few drinks before coming back home before the nye arrives to have our own glass of fizz etc.
both of us have said yes, we’re happy to go but can’t be arsed with the getting ready and the cold walk there and back (only 10 mins away 🙄)

Thankyou so much but no not enough.......not nearly enough!

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Here you go @Tana433 although that might not even be enough. Maybe try hitting your head just hard enough to knock yourself out for an hour or so. The splitting heading afterwards would be a small price to pay!

NYE makes me very nostalgic and emotional! I prefer the spring high days, valentine’s day, Easter and pancake tuesday don’t have this effect 😄

Thankfully our neighbours have cancelled their fireworks so I will go to bed just after midnight and the cat won't be scared half to death.

Thankyou, i thought that but apparently she hasnt seen the Christmas day one either so she will watch that tonight ready for the second part tomorrow!! Happy New Year to me!!

Definitely. Everyone I know is staying in. We are watching movies, relaxing and I wouldn’t have it any other way. No desire to go out see friends etc.

As a child/young teen NYE was as much fun as Christmas. We would go to my parents' friend and her parents. My best friend and her family would also go, along with other spare people - maybe 15 people squeezed into the sitting room in a tiny cottage.

No party I have ever attended as an adult has been able to compare with those nights. They followed a strict routine - dinner around the dining table with crackers and Christmas cake. Then we children would help with the clear up followed by the trip to the toilet at the bottom of the garden, After dinner we would play games until midnight when we kids would stand in wait in the dining room watching the countdown on tv and then rush in to tell the adults the New Year had arrived.

It was so simple yet the excitement of those NYE parties are such a tough experience to beat.

I used to go out to my (then) local 15-20 years ago, when I was young and carefree and a regular so knew everyone else there. Then it was a great night because everyone was guaranteed to be out and there wasn't anyone who wasn't a regular so it was a really "feel good" atmosphere, and I could walk home.

But I was also in my early 20s, and now my priorities are being warm and comfortable and not surrounded by drunk people. In fact I generally I don't want to go anywhere if I'm not guaranteed a table, and even then it's probably not going to be worth the effort of getting home 😂

DC is with dad, I'm home along with a couple of beers and a cheese board and I am not sad about it!

I think you’ll find Mrs BB’s is tomorrow as I heard Dd discussing it friends earlier before heading out

I live miles out in the countryside. Hopefully, I won't be able to hear the fireworks from the nearest town. I need to be in bed at a reasonable hour, as I'm up early to milk the cows again in the morning!

Enjoy your nights in, everyone!

I love staying in on NYE.
Takeaway ✅
Pyjamas ✅
Glass of fizz ✅
Chocs ✅
Telly✅

Happy birthday @Judellie ! 🎂🥳 but also 😴

Just got back from visiting my mother for a couple of days so I am certainly not going out again.

I'm another who can't remember the last time we celebrated New Year and that's how we like it. We may watch a film or two, and have a glass of wine 🍷 but that's it. We'll be in bed soon after midnight, if I haven't actually fallen asleep in my chair beforehand anyway.

New Year is way overrated. I am not a party animal and prefer being a boring old fart.

We are doing nothing also - takeaway ordered, may have a few glasses of fizz but at the moment I've been nodding off on the sofa after eating too many Ferrero Rocher!

I used to love NYE as it also brings in my birthday but nowadays Im in bed for 10pm.
Restaurants do set dinners that cost the earth, so many pubs charge to get in, you need tickets for everywhere. It's £££. After the Christmas week itself its hard to justify the cost.

Nothing better now than chilling, eating tapas and feeling cosy.

Even our DC's 18, 21 & 24 have no desire to go out.
DD 18, is going to the pub for a couple and then home for a takeaway with Bf.

Maybe times are changing?

Anyhoo, happy new year all, I hope 2026 brings you all the best xx

I absolutely can’t be arsed. I never liked going out for new years even when I was younger. Happily nestled on my sofa with the dog, who luckily isn’t phased by the fireworks that have already started

Used to love Hogmanay with random people coming to the door or raking around the town, rolling home at 4am.

Far too old for that sort of shenanigans now!

Yup, staying in and happy to be doing so.
Will venture out tomorrow for a New Year hike followed by a steak pie at home.

Seeing pals for a drink on the 2nd. In someone's house. Grand. Xx

@SearchingFirst I think small town living comes into its own at this time of year. I cant imagine living somewhere you need a taxi to go out now though to be fair to the bus company there’s buses until 10pm at least

We stay local, we had 8 options within 15 minutes walk.