To think the millennium ruined New Years Eve?

[Honeydragon]

Why is it still such a big deal? I'm sure it was different before 1999? You might have gone out to your usual haunt,or had a party yourself, whatever. Or you may have stayed in with friends...or even god forbid chilled in front of tv.

People would ask if you were doing anything, you'd answer. End of story. Now you have to make an effort, people have actual opinions about the subject.

Before the Millennium you didn't have to pay to get into every damn pub, club and shithole, nor did you HAVE to be doing SOMETHING.

It doesn't seem to be about friends and family anymore and having a nice time, it's just about doing News Years Eve.

Or have just become a miserable old gimmer in PJs with a laptop?

It really pisses me off the paying for a pub ticket. You know, to drink heavily, make the bar a profit, in a pub you drink in all year round. YANBU.

So, I don't do it anymore.

Gentle Offers cheesy pineapple porcupines which have been rejected by DCs in favour of a GHERKIN each. Strange children.

Yeah and enough with the fireworks already. I am sure fireworks were only for bonfire night years ago - now you hear them every other bloody weekend - opening festivals/concerts - closing festivals/concerts - 21st birthdays - sporting events - Christmas - Halloween - New Year.

My poor dog no sooner peeps out from behind the settee when another lot goes off .

Best new years eve I ever had was in a working mans club in the London Kent borders [rough as fuck] with a colleague whos parents drank in there on a sunday, £12 all night all in, drank like a fish, danced with lots of builders and had a whale of a time.

I was 17, booze, music, friends and dancing were all that mattered.

That was good value for money.

2000 was probably my best NYE ever. Pregnant with DD and the only sober person out of many. Was quite a revelation.

I was just telling DH that it used to cost an entire £25 for a free bar all night plus music and buffet at the residents' club my Dad used to run. So no transport needed - stagger home. Ticket-only entry meant you could actually get to the bar and I used to make an absolute killing in babysitting fees when I was too young to attend.

There was a pressure to go out well before the millennium though. I remember then BF and I being skint and having his parents' house to ourselves. He cooked and it was a nice evening yet we were met with cries of, "but you CAN'T stay IN on NYE" along with horrified looks.