Anyone else hate NYE?

[everychildmatters]

I hate it with a passion and just want to go to bed. I'm 44 and way past my best years!! Without my sons again (14 and 17) but have been for over a decade so you think I'd be used to it by now!
Anyone else feel similar about today?
I suppose wine helps!

Yep. I'm with you. Hate all the whooping it up and crap.

Yes me.

After two traumatic bereavements in the last ten years, I cannot stand it. It is the worst day of the year for me, I think it’s something to do with heading into another year without them.

I’ll be going to bed shortly, can’t wait for it to be over.

Yes.
But…
your best years are on their way.

@MaggieBsBoat Thanks but realistically they're not. Can't see anything to look forward to?

Yes I find it really depressing every year, the thought of a new year starting really overwhelms me and I feel anxious. Then January drags on for so long and it’s cold and depressing and I don’t know why I feel like this but have done for as long as I can remember. Hope you’re ok OP x

@Sarkycat2 I am ok thanks. Just wish I could hug my kids 😢

Who is stopping you going to bed? Tell them to get lost. OH is asleep on the sofa, I'm off for a shower and to get my Jammies on when I've finished watching Carry On British. Please yourself

Watching a film with the kids then going bed
It's a load of old shit

@Doggymummar Mostly my 4 yo! 😄 🤣 😂

I don't hate it - I just treat it like any other day. I went to work today and am already tired so will be heading upstairs soon. I predict I'll be fast asleep by 10pm.

I certainly don't hate NYE but I don't diss it either. I'm in the pub as I type this; I'll have another drink (strong winter ale) after this then I'll head home for whisky and paracetamol. I have a slight cold. I've said before on here that many of us will have experienced NYE 1999/2000 and that is an impossible act to follow. Therefore some will find tonight to be dull, boring, an anticlimax, painful or any other negative emotion. Just keep in mind it's only for one night and we can all begin again tomorrow.

I hate it. It sets off my existential angst no end.

I rarely bother making plans these days (44 single no kids), a friend did offer me to go to theirs where they trek up to the local pub, I might take them up on it next year. I have on occasion made an effort to find a night to go out to and dress up, but not since 2016 😄 as far as I can remember. I actually quite enjoy the look at the year just gone on TV type programs as I don't watch much TV. I just bawled my eyes out to watching the veterans and Sydney Christmas on ITV - I am due on but my goodness it got to me hearing the veteran say we were so determined to not let the nazis win.

Also perusing the sales online. I may stay up and watch something music related and have half a glass of red. I quite like the relief of another year survived and the hope that I have a whole fresh year ahead. I'm also trying quite hard to cultivate a positive mindset of being grateful to be alive etc.

Indifferent. Used to try to go to theatre or cinema but now they don't tend to have NYE performances/screenings.

I don't hate it but it seems a bit pointless and then it brings me closer to my birthday and I don't want any more of them. The last NYE I attended that was actually fun was the millennium but these days I'm more interested in sleeping. I am going to see the matinee of Nosferato tomorrow though.

I don’t t hate it like I do Xmas, but I don’t get all giddy about it either. I have to work tomorrow anyway. January is just gloomy, I can’t celebrate it’s arrival.

I am also not a fan, it makes me feel depressed for some reason.

I can't abide it. I used to like it as an excuse for a night out and a piss-up back in my drinking days, but now I'm older and duller and don't drink there's not a lot of excitement in it and I'll be going to bed at 10!

Me too, I'd love to be tucked up in bed by 10 but unfortunately I have a teen who wants collecting at 1am so I'm stuck with keeping myself awake then dragging myself out 😞

I don't hate it but we don't celebrate it as such
Just a normal evening ...bedtimes etc
Family coming tomorrow for lunch

I've never liked it, since the last 1970s. These days I can get away with just doing normal stuff, not getting guilt tripped into watching Jules Holland's nonsense at long last. I'm off for a bath in 30 mins as normal.

I've avoided all the TV and when my OH is flicking through the news stations all seem utterly baffled that Edinburgh is having to cancel things. I mean, all the shit going down on the planet but lets focus on that.

I cannot wait for normality to resume. Get the fuck on with it.

This, absolutely this

I’m a nurse and acutely aware of how precious your health is but New Year’s Eve makes me an anxious mess

I don't like the fireworks going off already, it's really windy and some fucking idiot is letting huge fireworks off, one just blew to next to our conservatory and set off and frightened the life out me and our pets.

Im on my own as hubby has the horrendous flu virus and has gone to bed,he always seems to get sick this time of year. Will wake him up at 11ish and we will see New Year in together. Where we are the local fireworks are so loud and everyone going crazy,[southern europe]. Used to like it now really can't be arsed. Cats are in snuggling but will likely go and hide later when the noise begins.

Yes, I can't stand it either! Another hour then I'm off to bed, should get a bit of sleep before next door's fireworks start up.

I usually go for a very long solo bike ride on New Year's Day (not this year as the weather looks rubbish) and I really enjoy that. It's all quiet, and the people I do see are all cheerful and out for a walk, and you can say "happy new year!" to everyone and it's all rather jolly. There is something magic about seeing the first sunrise and the first sunset of the year; seeing the completeness of the day really sets me up for the year ahead.