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Am I alone in hating New Year’s Eve?

33 replies

jeanne16 · 31/12/2017 10:00

I hate the feeling that I have to be doing something really exciting otherwise I am a pathetic loser. Everyone else always seems to be having a fantastic time while I am counting the seconds until I can go to bed. Anyone else have the same problem?

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Albedo · 31/12/2017 10:14

It's not a problem for me I embrace it Grin

I've never been into New Year's Eve. I like to plan a good walk and a nice meal for New Year's Day though.

SnowannaRainbow · 31/12/2017 10:18

I used to feel the same but after a few totally shit and over priced NYE nights out I'm happy to stay in with a bottle of bubbly and watch the fireworks on the telly. Can't be arsed with fighting to get to the bar and toilets and drunks acting like complete dickheads.

ChoudeBruxelles · 31/12/2017 10:19

I hate the expectation that I must have a great time. We’re going out with some friends for a meal this evening. But of a compromise with dh so we go out and do something

WunWun · 31/12/2017 10:20

I don't hate it, I just treat it as a normal day. I'm going to bed at about 9:30 tonight. I'd hate to go out and celebrate it though.

Dowser · 31/12/2017 10:20

Just another day.
Going for a nice meal with family.
If we weren’t , wouldn’t be bothered.

CharlieAustinsMagicHat · 31/12/2017 10:20

Given the number of threads about how awful NYE is, I suspect, no you’re not alone!

CremeFresh · 31/12/2017 10:21

I hate it . I don't see a new year as a clean slate etc, I just think 'oh god another year to get through Sad

Ratonastick · 31/12/2017 10:22

I actively ignore it. I can’t be doing with that much pressure to have fun (and that fun will happen in the approved way). Never go out, stay in, bottle of something nice, good film, bed by 11pm. I’m known for it!

Lucisky · 31/12/2017 10:25

I don't hate it, but I don't feel the need to do anything special. I used to go out and get pissed in my youth, but for me, good times are spontaneous, not something you can manufacture just for one evening. I have been to some dire ny eve parties in the past. No, a quiet evening in and probably bed before midnight!

WipsGlitter · 31/12/2017 10:25

When I was single and younger I desperately would want to go out.

Now, with kids, meh. We might just get an M&S meal deal, and have a drink at home.

I quite like New Year's Day- planning a massive tidy up!

Gentlysnoring · 31/12/2017 10:28

I love it. I used to go out in my 20s but now I have kids we stay in. DH usually falls asleep on the sofa but I always stay up. I love the feeeling of potential / new start / clean slate. It feels to me really optimistic and hopeful. Much much prefer it to Christmas which is really stressful and you are truly forced to have a Good Time and more often than not are stuck in a house with too much food / drink / relatives the whole day “having fun”.

Increasinglymiddleaged · 31/12/2017 10:29

I hate the feeling that I have to be doing something really exciting otherwise I am a pathetic loser.

Hahaha seriously OP ... Just do what you want and who cares about other people?

etap · 31/12/2017 10:30

Up at 5 am to go to work tomorrow, so I'm with you OP aha. NYE can do one!

DancesWithOtters · 31/12/2017 10:30

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IrritatedUser1960 · 31/12/2017 10:30

I can't be bothered with it, I just go to bed early and wake up feeling great, is better than facing the New Year with a death hangover Smile

Amanduh · 31/12/2017 10:31

I love it! A night to see friends/family/party/have fun is great in my eyes

Situp · 31/12/2017 10:31

I would hate it if I felt obliged to party like it's 1999...

We are going to a bonfire night at a friend's which starts at 4 and will probably home by 9 and on bed by 10. DH will probably then go out with friends which doesn't bother me at all. Tomorrow, we are meeting up for lunch with about 10 friends and going for a walk in the snow.

It is just another day but if you make it what you want then it can be really lovely to mark the start of a new year x

BlindFaythe · 31/12/2017 10:32

I’ve never liked it, even in my younger days when I always went out somewhere. Nowadays I embrace the opportunity to stay in, relax and recharge after Christmas.

InteriorLulu · 31/12/2017 10:32

I used to love going out on NYE pre-kids. Personally, I'd like to curl up in bed but as the DCs are old enough to stay up I feel some pressure from them (and DH) to be there to see the NY in.

As my mum says, it'll happen whether I'm there to see it or not.

Minxmumma · 31/12/2017 10:34

We do board games with the brood and nibbles and off to bed when tired. None of this 'having' to stay up malarky - last thing I want it tired grumpy teens on the 1st day of a new year.

StewPots · 31/12/2017 10:37

Nope, I've never been a fan of NYE. But despite running round like a loon over Christmas after everyone (and working Xmas day) and having just finished 3 back to back 13hr shifts in a row and feeling poorly with a stupid cold (whole body is aching) I'm being dragged out later for a meal on a boat and cocktails at a local ConfusedHmm

I know I could say no but DH and I haven't been out alone together in months and he's really looking forward to us going out together so I'm thinking I'll just use alcohol to soothe my aches pains and mind! Usually I go to bed early on NYE but not tonight. Urrrgh.

I'm being a bloody martyr aren't I? Grin

00100001 · 31/12/2017 10:39

It's all a bit of a non-event really.

We do stuff for New Year's Day instead. We're having a BBQ with friends :)

Babababababybel23 · 31/12/2017 10:39

Same here. My parents have insisted they come over because it's Nye. I have nonidea. I'm not drinking not doing anything different and will probably go to bed early Grin

ATeardropExplodes · 31/12/2017 10:41

I detest it. Since I had so many bad experiences of an alcoholic stepfather as a child. Hate it with every ounce of my being.

MysweetAudrina · 31/12/2017 10:54

What's not to like? It's a bank holiday tomorrow. I don't celebrate it in any particular way. I just say Happy New Year at midnight that's the only difference to any other night.