To dislike New Year’s Eve?

When our children were small lots of people in the village used to go to the village hall to see in the new year. We started off just taking drinks and nibbles, but a couple of years in we had graduated to a full buffet! The children loved it. Of course, when they got older they had other fish to fry, but just lately there has been talk of them doing it again with their own children!
Only thing I look forward to now is the steak pie dinner on Ne’erday, cooked by one of our sons! ( Funny how they never cooked when they lived with us, now they’re Gordon Feckin’ Ramsay)

I am definitely a grump as I ignore it and am tucked up in bed with a good book instead.

If I could go to bed on the 30th Dece.bed and same up on January 1st I would do . I hate NYE and always have done since being a child and parents went off to the pub , came back with friends and kept us all awake with what started with laughter and always ended up with shouting and screaming and a wrecked house the next morning and parents unavailable the whole day.
Then the dreaded millennium where the world was said to come crashing down on us and it was all a very damp squid.
My husband loves it though so I have been to too many nights out and parties just for him but nowadays we generally have our gs here so we have a little party and a dance and watch a film ,see in the new year and go to bed where I fall fast asleep while the fireworks are still crackling.

I like it if people come round or if we could go out or to a party (I wish!), but usually it's a very quiet affair. My husband ignores it and watches telly on his own. I only stay up because my Mum (who comes to us over Christmas and the New Year) wants to (even though she spends most of the time sighing wistfully). If our grandchildren have a sleepover, it's much jollier, so here's hoping!

Phoenix the Bideford New Years Eve seems to get bigger every year, but at least it’s a happy party atmosphere, if you can avoid drunken men dressed as fairies nearly knocking you into the water.

Not a fan of NYE!
Suits OH though as I offer to drive if we go out. Honestly would rather stay on orange juice and watch the show

Another one here who doesn't 'get' NYE.

What is so significant about the calendar flipping from Dec 31st to Jan1st? Obviously I realise that it's the start of a new year, but why make so much fuss about it?

Pubs and restaurants bump their prices up. I have seen plenty (too much ?) of family and friends over the Christmas week, so by NYE I just want a normal day and to go to bed at a reasonable hour.

On New Year's Day if it's fine we will have a run down to the coast, a nice lunch and a good long walk feeling fine as we haven't been up late the night before.

absent I go into a terrible mood on NYE too. My family all enjoy themselves in the sitting room, and just after midnight, I go to the kitchen and cry softly into kitchen roll. I have never told my family this, but my smudged eye makeup is probably a giveaway!

I forgot the theatre! More than once dh and I have got last minute tickets for popular West End plays on NYE. One memorable year when dd1 was old enough to
go out partying but dd2 wasn't, we took her to see The Woman In Black. Talk about spooky!

Always a really good, festive atmosphere on the streets, and we're off home again before the maximum hordes descend.

Thankyou WW

So sorry Down to earth.We never know whats round the corner ,and these festive seasons are very tough for many.Hope you get through to January and find some peace of mind x

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I dont celebrate NYE either,I get filled with anxiety,coupled with the anniversary of my daughters death ,and my dads on the same day albeit
Different years on the 3rd of january.

2018 has been a year of one high,and so many lows,that I am taking one day at a time now,christmas will be hard this year,and my birthday also,which falls on the 29th,I will be glad to get to the other side on the 4th of january unscathed

I don't hate it,but I don't like it much either.The same with Xmas. I've concluded that as I get older I'm not a fan of 'special ' dates.I hate the pressure of feeling obliged to be jolly,socialise ,have this amazing celebration.The best times for me are the quiet,ordinary days where something unexpectedly nice happens Thankfully DH is happy to stay in and we cook a lovely meal and don't even feel the need to see the New Year in if were tired.
We do have a good social life generally.And some friends probably think it's weird we do nothing.But after years of parties and overpriced meals out no thanks.This year we plan to take our dogs for a blast on the beach weather permitting.Then retreat home feeling grateful to have someone to avoid New years Eve with in a nice cosy home.Not everyone is so lucky I realise.

I used to watch Jools Holland on NYE until I realised it wasn't live!

I'm another who's not mad about NYE - used to enjoy it when an awful,lot younger and still a party animal but that was very long ago. Later it's always seemed such a lot of hype and a let down. We do usually stay up for Big Ben, though, and a glass of fizz - if there's any left!

I always dread January, esp. after all the cheerful lights and decorations come down on the 6th - such a dreary month - but somehow it's never quite as bad as I expect - especially if the first snowdrops are coming out. The first spring flowers always cheer me up.

I have always gone into a bit of a black mood on New Year's Eve, thinking about all those people who achieved so much when they were younger than I was, and how I had achieved so little – Mozart, John Donne, Marie Curie, etc. etc. etc. I used to start out at parties and then rush home just before midnight when I would cuddle my lovely dog and sob into his neck while sitting at he bottom of the stairs. In the last month of his failing life, I swear he stayed alive just long enough to see me through to New Year's Day. I no longer have the lovely dog but I am not so neurotic about it all these days. I tuck up in bed before midnight, cuddling with my lovely cat and count my blessings.

I don't really drink so I am not bothered about New Year, we usually go to bed as soon as the fireworks are finished.

I am not bothered one way or the other. I have never mixed with heavy drinkers and usually spend the New Year with family and/or friends, in ours or someone else's house. We chat,play games, watch DVD's and then gather round the tv with a drink to see the new year in. By 12.15, we are all on our way to bed.

It is a pleasant end to the Christmas period

I should have said hopefully a lot to look forward to because my fingers will be firmly crossed that DH doesn't pull another stunt like last May.

Ever the optimist.

I have a love hate relationship with NYE. It was the night my father died so I always remember that awful time but NYD means there's a lot to look forward to.

We'll spend it on our own, cook something nice and watch Jools Holland.

We've saved a bottle of Bolly from our 50th last March so we'll drink a special toast to Dad.

When we were young the “new year” always seemed full of promise - the children, maybe a new house, promotion at work etc so of course it was a looking forward rather than a looking back.
Latterly my Dad once asked “What’s happ about a new year? Failing health, losing dear ones? “ and I thought he was just being pessimistic.
But I have faced many New Years with dread - who might I lose in the coming months? Could we keep our heads above water? Or was it a case of “Another year older and deeper in debt” to paraphrase the song, so while I dont dread it, I certainly have mixed feelings many of them sad.

That’s some late night kittylester
You know how to party!

I used to love hogmanay (?) up in Scotland when I was with my ex.
One time it lasted almost a week!
I'm just as happy to stay indoors though, I shall watch Jools Holland and have a milky coffee.
Life in the fast lane!

When I was a child ,oh the excitement of being allowed to stay up, we lived in a very long street in the Welsh valleys , come midnight the front doors would open and greetings echoed down the street , such a warm, safe feeling .