To HATE New Years Eve with a passion?

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I've always really hated New Years Eve. I find it really depressing, I'm not sure sure why? Maybe it's to do with being another year older, but in the days running up to it I suddenly feel really low for some reason?

I also hate this idea that you have to go out and have a good time. The best NYE's I've ever had are the ones where I've done nothing and just watched television. If you go out you end up being charged the earth to get in somewhere, squashed in with barely room to swing a cat and then struggling to get a taxi home until 7am or something stupid.

I hate it and wish it could be cancelled!

I hate it too. Nothing exceptional about nye it's just another night. Although it might be because I have dc now and can't be bothered with it all. Looking after 4dc with a hangover doesn't appeal.

I find it all a bit of a downer too. Another year, another year older etc....

I found it boring as a child as stuck with a babysitter or surrounded by drunk adults (my parents weren't normally drunks but did tend to celebrate new year). I loved it as a student and a young adult, was bored by it with young kids and now enjoy it again with teenage kids.
The kids are with their dad this hogmanay so DH and I will probably just go into town for a few drinks after dinner. I may be able to drag him into a pub with dancing and shots (but may not!) and will just walk home probably before 1am.
New Year's day is with the inlaws, who are fine in small doses and MIL is an excellent cook.

I'm going to bed almost certainly before midnight. I spoke to my boyfriend and neither of us are remotely interested in doing anything other than the norm tomorrow night. I normally get a bottle of something in, but I know I'll have one glass and waste the rest of it so I'm not going to bother.

I might do gammon and chips for tea but that really will be my only "uncharacteristic" contribution. I'm really fancying curling up on the sofa and nodding off.

I've also got a week to write a big assignment

I don't remember writing that OP!!!

YANBU! Me too...

same as sparkling. and I hate it too.

I think for a lot of us its the feeling of 'whats happened over the last year?'

weve had the shittiest year EVER and cant wait to kick it up its butt, but don't want a repeat next year, so dreading that.

and if you've had a decent year its the sadness that even though it was good it wont happen again, at least not in the same way, like aphoto. a moment in time.

I used to hate it, when it was all about partying, going to bars where there were no seats and the drinks cost a fortune. Then walking home in the rain because you'd never get a taxi.

But now I've given up on it, I quite like it! This year, I'll be staying in with DH, eating steak pie and mash and watching hours of Trailer Park Boys

I hate it. Not in a superficial 'meh' way but deep feeling hate. I have absolutely no idea why. I can't blame getting older as I felt like this as a child, except then it was more a gloomy feeling. I hate the forced 'what fun!' and jollity. The countdown. Big Ben's chimes. Auld Lang Syne. Bloody bagpipes. Jools Holland's effing Hogmany. The whole thing.

Oh and now we have three hours of fireworks instead of five minutes, I hate that too. As does my poor dog. And my eardrums.

I should get therapy for it or something.

AND my DH puts the bongs on and throws the door open to the new year, with me sat like bleedin Eyeore on the sofa muttering 'Happy New Year'. I have tried to like it. I used to go out, have a drink, join in but that didn't work. I can't ignore it totally because of the fireworks, dog going crazy and afore mentioned DH turning the tv up. I know I am being unreasonable.

YY to 3 hours (or even all night) of fireworks and not 5 mins! bloody hate them.,

Hate it.

I have also faced up to the fact that I hate Christmas -aka the season of disappointment and self-loathing.

Coumarin that made me laugh out loud

You don't have to go out, do whatever makes you happy. If that's curled up watching tv, go for it.
I'm working back shift tomorrow then early shift New Year's Day so I won't be partying either.

Oh god it's Jools Holland's Hootenanny isn't it?

Christ that makes it even worse.

Join me on the Sofa of Doom Letsfacethemusic

It's my Daddy's birthday, so I love the 31st of December, but then I've never really had to do that forced NYE jollity nonsense at skanky pubs with sleazy blokes crawling round for kisses and a free glass of lambrini 'bubbly' at midnight.

8grumpy8 easier said than done when your ndns decide to have aloud spilling-onto-the-streets-puking-in YOUR- driveway-peeing-in YOUR-garden-nightclubloud party all fecking night and not even having the decency to warn you.

Grumpy- flippin caps lock thing!

YABU to want to cancel it

I don't do parties and enjoy a night in with hubby and DD. No way I'd want to stop others from partying though.

I'm not fussed on it either. I don't mind spending the evening with friends at one of our homes but I can't be doing with the hassle of going out. Also we live in central Edinburgh so there will be two fireworks displays tonight and 5 during the course of tomorrow evening according to the bbc!

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My dh is working all new years eve and older dc will be out, so its me and dd again.
I love the night, just watching tv, or film, playing games, having girly night and then we both stay up till about 12.30 and see new year in.

So glad I'm not the only one...

I'm glad it's not just me.

I'm going to meet DH in town for lunch, do some light sales shopping on my own then met up again to se a film at 4.00. It should a lovely sunny 25. Then home to walk the dog, relax and an early night, as opposed to the hell of fireworks by the Yarra, or I should say, the crowds.

I quite like fireworks, but not the heaving mobs.