NYE - PITA

Staying up for the bells but then getting up to watch Stranger Things first thing NYD.

I am staying in tonight with no FOMO at all. £35 uber each way (plus surge pricing), everywhere overcrowded, full of teens and people getting aggy because they’ve drunk too much. I used to like it in my 20s but a hot chocolate and book is calling me. I am hoping for 2026 to be a calm and positive year so I will meditate at midnight (never ever thought I would be this person!!)

I’ve actually had to take myself to bed as I’m spiralling. We are due to go to friends later and I just can’t face it, we are living with cancer, a child with special needs and usual life stresses and it just makes me want to curl in a ball and hide.
I hate the expectations of New Year, the anxiety around what’s to come. It’s a very lonely feeling as you know you are unreasonable, tomorrow will dawn exactly the same way it would have done in 2025 and we will get through each trial and celebrate each success but something about NYE just causes absolute overwhelm for me.

Happy birthday!!! Enjoy the peace and quiet x

I've worked today & chock full of cold so didn't sleep well. So remains to be seen if I make it to the bells.

I've seen 45 new years, I dont mind sleeping through a few.

I went for a late wine-filled lunch with some friends, now I will stay in and hold my dog's paw for the evening. It's just what suited me the best this year.

Doing nothing and very satisfied! 😁

Usually do nothing but kids are teens now and want to make fun for them

I have left my husband with the cats and come over to stay with my bestie, armed with 2 bottles of champagne and a Morello cherry pie and cream. She's made lasagne and garlic bread. We shall find a film to watch till Jools starts and see the New Year in together! It was either that or sit downstairs on my own, while he watches shite westerns on TV upstairs! Happy New Year all 🎉🎊🍾🥂

For the first time in YEARS I am planning to be asleep at midnight as my daughter is staying over at her friend's house and I don't have to pick her up til tomorrow morning.
This is a fab birthday present to myself as I have the misfortune of having my birthday on 31 December.

I don’t really bother with it, never have. I doubt I’ll even still be awake at midnight!

NYE is a fantastic community time in the small city where I am.

Indie pubs and restaurants to wander an event in a tipi and fireworks over the market square. Children included. We all head off home on foot afterwards, chatting as we walk.

Love the togetherness.

I'm in Edinburgh so looked at the price for a ticket to the Princes Street concert (wet leg if anyone's interested). £72 a ticket for standing room only. Tickets still available .... not a surprise at that price.

I was not tempted.

My friend, I NEVER go out on amateurs night, the very thought!

I felt a bit guilty/FOMO that we had no plans, until basically everyone I have spoken to (maybe 10 or so) in the past couple of days have all said they don’t care and will be asleep by 10pm. Which makes me feel better that I will also.

We had an afternoon stroll along the harbour and saw loads of people heading out for the night. I felt relieved to be heading back home to joggers and chocolate in front of the tv.

Can't stand new year. My plan was face masks, hot choc, everything shower and in bed by 10.30 reading my book but in-laws have decided to come 🙃 so il do the performative stuff and at 12.10 il be going to bed.

I don't do New Year's Eve. I host a lot over Christmas and just never fancy going out a couple of days after all the mayhem has died down. We stay up but that's only because the fireworks round here wake us up anyway and I like to calm my cats during all the noise.

Can’t remember the last time we went out in the evening on NYE.

We started going out for a good walk and pub lunch in the afternoon on NYE then staying in on the night for cheese and wine and it’s become a bit of a tradition.

I gave up the faux jollity years ago. Much less aggro to stay indoors.👍

Staying in and having a beige buffet! Daughters here for a few days and is wanting to watch Mrs Brown's Boys later so i will be making sure i have enough vodka to get through that (probably not enough vodka in the world quite honestly!) will probably stick my headphones on and listen to an audiobook whilst she watches that and then Ronan is on later for the New Year Eve celebrations so i'll definitely stay up for that!

Haven’t celebrated NYE since 1996. No plans to change that this year.

Haven't enjoyed NYE since i was 17. I always like to be up early and out somewhere on New Year's day, starting the new year feeling full of energy.

Haven't been out for nye in many years now and can't be bothered either sofa at home couple of glasses of wine 🍷 and watch some TV then bed I will probably hear the fireworks because their always relentless here and will start about 11pm and go on until 1am like usual