to think that one day is pretty much like another

[Rillyrillygoodlooking]

so what's the big deal about New Year?

We just make promises to ourselves that we don't keep, have high hopes that "things will change" and then they stay the same, adding to the sense of disappointment.

I already feel shit that I won't lose weight and will continue to argue with DH.

AIBU to think that New Year is just the precursor to a whole heap of disappointment?

Well I suppose that's one way of looking at it.

I quite like starting on an optimistic note.

It's just another day no big deal.

Perhaps. But a couple of bottles of cheap champagne should start the disappointment nicely :)

I had half a glass of red wine and managed to get completely maudlin in that short space of time.

Altinkum, I wish you (and everyone else) a happy happy happy healthy new year.

I keep making promises to myself almost daily to do with weight and still end up with my head in the cupboard trying to eat my way out.

Nothing to complain about really, same old life, another year, no big upheavals.

I think I will go for a lie down to sleep off the wine. It obviously doesn't agree with me.

I agree it's just another day, but I also see it as a chance to take stock, and look at what I want to achieve in the coming year. Some big things, some small, but I quite like the fact it forces me to take a look at my life and decide what I want to change.

I think things can change though, you are in control of your own life, your own destiny and if you want to lose weight you can if you put your mind to it (I lost almost 3stone in 2008 that started in January because i joined weightwatchers.)
You can choose to stop arguing with your dh, you could talk to him and ask him to help make the effort not to argue, discuss calmly ways you both can help each other live a calmer life, maybe you could go to counselling or take up a hobby together so you enjoy more quality time etc

I like making a list of things to achieve for the year, this year on my list is paying off the credit cards, buying dh a new car and doing up dd's bedrooms and to spend more time painting as well as working hard. Last year was to work hard and to have fun which we did

I believe if you don't ask or try then you don't get.

Yeah rilly. Another day closer to being dead is all it is, same as the other days. Whoopee.

Very true ensure. That's nearly the point I was trying to make.

Perhaps I could get a grip for the New Year.

I agree. Fuss about nothing.

We don't do NYE tbh. We've been invited to a friend's house but we'll only pop in for an hour or so to be sociable and then go home long before midnight.

The chances are you'll wake up on yet another cold wet winter morning witha hangover, an empty bank account, a bigger waist and a messy house, with back-to-school and work, and the whole long miserable length of January to get through. What's to celebrate?

I agree, it's just another day. In the same way that 'big birthdays' are just 'a day further on in your life'. I do tend to look back and think 'was it a good year or a bad year' which can be a bit depressing although not this year, thank God.

BTW I am making some resolutions if you can call them that, but not until 5th Jan - on principle!

Every single day is what you make it, yes.

I like the zoolander name and I'm giving you a magnum.

I hate New Years, it's so anticlimactic. The world will not have changed at midnight.

And to be honest, I'd rather pull my fingernails out than either look back at the past year, or try to plan for the new year.

I plan to eat all the chocolate in the house tomorrow.

We hate NYE itself but actually are really hoping that 2011 is a significant improvement on 2010 having had:

Notification of redundancy in Jan
Redundancy in April
Stranded in Tenerife with volcanic ash in April
Water main burst under kitchen floor in May requiring floor being dug out, drying, kitchen ripped out etc
DS (5) having an accident and requiring operation under GA.
Now off work for best part of 2 months with back pain

2011 can't be as bad as that surely??!!