who else likes to cower at home on New Years Eve?

[curse10]

I hate going out. It's always a let down. The crowds are unruly. It's expensive. It's fucking cold out and getting a cab is damn near impossible.

I'm going to stay home with Alex, the two kitties, and a few friends. And I'll probably pass out before midnight.

[jjmalonejr]

1. I've cowered for years

I'm thinking of stepping out this year.

I need to learn not to be afraid of people.

But they're so scary!

[sniffa]

2. make sure you order chinese food

the veggie dishes, of course.

i'm going to NYC - shouLd be a nightmare.

[ronnykmarshall]

One year I'm gonna do NYC

for New Years. Just to say I did.

[sniffa]

13. i doubt i'LL be anywhere near times square

but then again, i stiLL don't know my isLand geography too weLL.

i'LL be pahtying on the Lower east side.

[jonnyblitz]

31. times square IS a nightmare for new years...

never again. I did it the year of 9/11

[AccessGranted]

3. Sounds like a plan

That's about the same things I'm doing.

[Allenberg]

4. yeah

Not much of a crowd person. It'll be me and the wife with some bubbly.

[redqueen]

5. I don't like it.

But it's been my lot for 8 years as of tomorrow.

I'd rather be out in the ruckus. :)

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Me.

I worked swing shift for 7 years, so I missed several New Years Eve's when they fell on a work night.

Made up for it later. Didn't really get the whole going out on New Years thang.

Granted, there were a couple years of sucking face with every hot guy in the club, but all and all it was a bore.

Last year was fun, we were in Las Vegas. But this year, it's me, the ball and chain and the cats.

[Silverhair]

7. Better idea. Make love with your special person at midnight.

Make love with your special person at midnight on New Year's Eve. Great way to mark the passing of the year.

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. Hunker down city here.

Gonna stay home where it's SAFE.

:)

[Phillycat]

9. It's only fun to stay home if you have a mate.

Alone, it's fucking depressing. And yes, the options out of the house are equally unappealing. Either way it's gonna suck.

[Left Is Write]

28. If you want, I could tell you the story of how I got dumped on NYE.

Thirty minutes before my boyfriend was supposed to pick me up. Far too late to make other plans...

[Phillycat]

29. Oh, good god.

Your ex and my ex ought to get together and go bowling. :puke:

[Left Is Write]

30. He was kind of a prick about it too.

I was all dressed and ready to go, and the phone rang. He told me decided he wanted to "go out with the guys" for NYE. Um, okay. And you waited until NOW to tell me? (It was 6:00 and he was supposed to pick me up at 6:30). Then he went on to say, "Well, I just don't think I want to have a girlfriend right now. I guess I'd rather break up now."

Oooookay. Jerkoff.

So I cried and got all messed up and puffy-eyed. I thought about drinking the blackberry brandy in my cupboard and decided against it. I took another shower to unpuff my eyes, got dressed and made up again, and sat in my kitchen chainsmoking until about 8:00, feeling very lonely and used up.

There was a bowling alley bar about a mile from my apartment. It was more nightclubby than most bowling alley bars, and I figured there might be at least a few people there I knew. And it was close enough that I could walk home if need be. So I went. I felt weird walking in ther on NYE all by myself, but the bouncer let me in for no cover charge. They had paper hats and noisemakers and all the attendant merrymaking equipment. I sat at the bar and ordered a drink. Shortly thereafter, I saw some guy I'd gone to high school with and told him my sob story. He and his friends decided to make it their business to cheer me up, which was nice. It still wasn't quite the same, though.

That's one boyfriend who made for-damn-sure I'd never forget him. I've been been dumped plenty in my day, but that one is in the top two for coldness.

[Phillycat]

32. Here's part of the speech my recent ex gave me at the breakup:

"You're a nice girl. You treated me well, you're the best-looking girl I've ever dated, and we had great sex. But I don't give a fuck about you. And it's not that I'm not ready, it's that YOU'RE NOT THE ONE."

Um. Ow. Okay.

[Left Is Write]

33. Ouch! WHAT a jerk.

If it's any consolation, I've heard similar things myself. What, is there an Assholes Handbook somewhere? "Chapter 4: How To Break Up With Your Girlfriend In The Most Hurtful Way Possible."

"I know I said I love you, but I was caught up in the moment. I don't really love you."

and this lovely gem:

"You make great brownies. I'd marry your brownies, but I'm never going to be in love with you."

[Phillycat]

34. OH MY FUCKING GOD.

Jesus fucking Keerist! Are you me?

Get this book. I just read it last week and it's changed my life. He's Just Not That Into You . It's amazing. I'll probably be alone for the rest of my life, but at least I won't be with a shithead again.

[Left Is Write]

36. I've actually wanted to read that book.

I'm married now, but I spent SO many years with these jerks, assholes, and selfish creeps, trying to please them. Trying to change myself to please them. Thinking something was wrong with ME.

Wish you lived near here. We could have a good old fashioned women's night out.

[Phillycat]

37. So there IS hope I might find someone?

Please tell me your husband's a super-nice guy, everything you weren't getting from all those fucking assholes you dated? (Give me hope! PLEEEEASE! Heh.)

[Left Is Write]

38. Yup!

He actually IS a super-nice guy, he is everything those fucking assholes could never HOPE to be, and I'm glad every day that we crossed paths.

And he's such a nice guy that, if you were near here, he'd push me out the door, tell us to paint the town, and to stay out as late as we wanted and he'd get up early with the kids.

The last thing in the world I wanted when I met him was to get involved in yet another relationship. I know it sounds like a cliche, but it's true. I was sick to death of agonizing over relationships, getting hurt, and blaming myself. The last guy I dated before I met my husband was probably the inspiration for "He's Just Not That Into You."

Then I met D, and we stayed up almost all night at Perkins talking, and within a few days it was obvious that he was the real deal. He always told me, "I had no idea I wanted to get married until I met you." We've been married 7½ years.

[Phillycat]

39. Awwwwwww....that's an incredibly sweet story. :) :) :)

I am leaving work now and I won't be back til Monday but I wanted to put that I appreciate your writing that story. It gives me hope, it really does. Bless your kind husband and your kind self. Happy New Year to you both!! :loveya:

[Left Is Write]

40. Happy New Year to you too!

[barb162]

10. too many drunks driving on NY Eve; prefer staying home. Beside

the restaurants double their prices, it is usually very cold, etc., and I realized I would rather watch old classics on TV than go out

[StopTheMorans]

11. i agree with everything you just said, and i'm STILL going out on NYE in

boston this year:P

[Left Is Write]

12. Stay home, yes. Cower, no.

We plan on doing a "film festival" this year with the DVDs we got for Christmas. We'll also play board games and cards. I'm making our traditional NYE appetizers and finger foods - chili cheese pie, cocktail meatballs in the crockpot, smoked salmon, Chex Mix, cold cuts, and so forth. It's also one of the two or three times a year I allow myself to eat potato chips and French onion dip (I have to do that on NYE because it reminds me of happy New Year's Eves when I was growing up). If any of our friends want to come over, they are welcome. I don't know if any guests will drop by, but I did tell my husband to mention it at work today.

[cmf]

14. I'm the same way

The last time I went out on NYE was 1998. Since then, I have either hosted a party (both big and small) or gone to friends' houses.

[GOPisEvil]

15. This is why there's a party at my house Friday night!

:party:

[Cobalt Violet]

16. I like to. n/t

[buddhamama]

17. i'll be staying home

i normally do. i only venture out on new year's eve if there's a good band playing some where close by or a particularly good party is planned.

[Lady Effingbroke]

18. It's a tradition for me. Been cowering for years,

especially on New Year's Eve.

[Book Lover]

19. NYE is Amateur Night

It's like Easter Sunday - all these people who never set foot in a bar/church all feakin' year, then they storm in and insist that they can drink/pray better than the folks who're there on a regular basis...

[StopTheMorans]

20. nah, that's saint patty's day n/t

[ZenLefty]

21. We prefer the term 'hunker down'

:D

Besides, I think there's a Law & Order marathon on one of the cable channels that night. Can't miss that.

[katinmn]

27. I'm looking forward to the Hitcock marathon

[barb162]

41. what channel? Is North by Northwest or To Catch a Thief on.

[HEAVYHEART]

22. Me

I used to have a gig every New Year's eve until I stopped doing shows. I love being at home now. And I hate being around people(except for DU of course).

[CanuckAmok]

23. Me.

When I was on Active Duty, I always volunteered for New Years Eve/Day shifts, because nobody else wanted them.

I'd rather stay home...last year we played board games and got kinda drunk at a friend's place, and slept in the guest room. That's the ideal NY for me.

This year, without an SO, I think I'm just going to stay at home and watch TV...and enjoy watching 2004 crumble into dubious history.

[eyesroll]

24. I am cowering at someone else's house on NYE

Honestly, I can't think of the last time I was out in public on NYE, other than perhaps for dinner. I've toasted midnight from either my house or someone else's .... pretty much always. (My parents occasionally took us to a "fancy hotel" -- i.e. one with a pool -- for New Years, but that's about it.)

[Bridget Burke]

25. Avoiding the drunks--& the bullets!

Here, it's customary to go out & fire off your gun at midnight. Yet another reason to stay in.

Unless something interesting pops up.....

[katinmn]

26. Drunks with guns -- yep. good reason to stay in!

[AngryAmish]

35. Ever notice why all the cops are under the viaducts?

Free fire city.

I used to know a guy who slept in the bathtub on NYE. But he lived in a really bad neighborhood (around Central Park and Roosevelt).

[barb162]

42. the cops are smart. I know that area, yeah if people are

shooting and there's a stray bullet with your name on it....

[miss_kitty]

43. I stay indoors

Been doing that since 87-88 when some friends and I got so drunk, I was ill 3 days after, and I remembered the driver saying, as we drove over the University Bridge-"You guys! I can't see!"

Happy Times.