I’m married and New Year’s Eve is our Anniversary. I do not think we have ever gone out to celebrate 3 times over 38 years. Because it ain’t worth it. Better to stay home and enjoy the rib eye steaks or wild game supper that I make for us at home. Add a glass or two of wine, and it’s perfect.
Plus the next morning, I don’t need to remember how I got home-- IF I got home-- or how to use socks and underwear.
Bars might be fun for the young, but only the young.
I just went over to a friend’s house and had a high quality one-on-one hangout all night. It was actually great.
Next morning struggle to remember how pants work.
Also applies to most major events. Sporting events. Conventions. Music shows.
Have a glass of bourbon at 9 pm, go to bed. Follow me for more middle aged life tips.
My wife and I are going to enjoy a magnum of prosecco and build some Lego sets.
So, is your wife single?
Nice!
We went kayaking at noon, getting drunk while barbeque until 6, then passing out by 7. Middle age is awesome!
ITT: DINKs
DINK life or people who had kids at 20. I’m in the first camp, but plenty of my middle aged friends do similar!
DINK life is best life
Life goals.
Oh, thanks for the reminder! I need to get a Lego set on the way home!
9pm, that’s like bed time!
A brilliant way to celebrate the biggest non-event of the year.
I mean all holidays are non-events. They are just days we assigned decorations, food, and customs to.
Yeah but this one seems especially frivolous to some, myself included. The most significant measurement on a calendar incremented by one. Not a huge deal to me. I’m happy to have a good time, but Christmas just happened and I’m still tired from that. New Years Eve is a young person’s holiday.
Most of these “non” events were started by, and still include a large religious aspect.
IMO, new years is the only “holiday” that exists because number on the calendar changes… A number on the calendar changes every day, so why we choose to throw a party and celebrate this changing of numbers is basically nonsense.
That’s what I like about new years. It’s there for no good reason. There’s nothing special about January 1st that’s more special than any other date. The only mildly interesting thing that happens is that all three numbers that represent the date on our current calendar system, change at the same time. We go from 23:59:59 on 2024-12-31 to 00:00:00 on 2025-01-01. It’s as unique as any other day of the year. … Y’know, April 10th only comes once per year! Just like every other day of the year… With one notable exception. February 29th.
It’s not special, it’s not mired in religious events and folklore. It’s literally the point in time that we, as a species, decided, yep, this is when the calendar starts. Let’s do 12 months, each with 28-31 days, and we’ll count how many times we do that, and call those years. Cool 👍
It’s global, ubiquitous, and everyone knows about it and most celebrate it in some way, shape, or form. Most people get January 1st off work, and nothing else changes between December 31 and January 2nd.
It’s senseless fun. I love that.
This is why extroverts confound me.
Imagine going to crowded places out of your own free will.
Nobody goes to these places anymore, it’s too crowded.
Throw a big partygo to someone else’s big party.One of the perks of aging is not caring about shit like this anymore. Tomorrow, I’ll wake up fully rested and able to take advantage of my day off by doing absolutely nothing. It’s more pleasurable when you’re awake to enjoy it.
One year I went to New York City for new year’s. We quickly figured out that trying to get into Times Square would be miserable, so we found a little bar with some live jazz. One of my favorite NYEs ever.
I’ve heard that once you’re in Times Square, there’s no way to get out until after midnight, and no bathrooms, so people wear adult diapers. Like what in the actual fuck? How is watching Ryan Seacrest or whoever the fuck blather into a camera while a ball slowly drops down a rod worth standing in dirty diapers for six hours?
There’s no reason to go to Times Square on a normal day, let alone today.
It’s neat to see for the first time. I was somewhat amazed that people built all of that. But I was ready to leave by the time we got about a block from the square. I don’t think we ever actually made it to the center, as I had seen enough. I won’t go back.
Have you ever seen how quickly a crowd parts when someone holds up a shit covered hand?
Watch a GG Allin video to see how quick people move when facing someone with shit in their hand.
We used to watch the ball drop but it’s gotten old over time. So we decided to make it a big movie night. Make some food, have some drinks and enjoy the evening with family.
When I was a kid, we would watch it every year. No one ever told me that we were watching with a 3 hour delay on the West Coast and everyone “celebrating” in the video had gone home three hours earlier. It made New Year’s feel like a big ass lie. Put two and two together on my own though when I was about 23.
Alternatively: work as usual, stay home, go to bed by 10PM. Never turn on a TV or livestream related to the day. Also remind yourself that the year should start on April 1st.
insert meme of guy sitting at computer, fireworks going off out the window, guy looking disgruntled and closing the blinds
oh shit fireworks. forgot about that.
How do you have a picture of me?
Why April?
Romans started the year in March, this is why the names of September (7), October (8), November (9), and December (10) don’t make sense in our calendar.
Who goes to a busy location for NYE? It’s the classic night for a house party!
There are lots of people at busy locations on NYE. That’s why they’re busy.
Just do whatever the fuck you please. It’s that simple!
I never experienced this. NYE is either family, house parties or raves where you mostly bring your own alcohol (and other things).
It can be worth it doing it at least once in your life if only to gain the perspective that it’s an overrated experience.
The one time I actually went bar hopping on New Year’s Eve was horrible. Where we were they’d set up some inflatable obstacle course like ninja warrior but tame. My buddy’s wife wanted to do it, but he didn’t, so I was like ok I’ll race you. They made you take off your shoes when you get in line.
So my feet are always wet with sweat. I have hyperhidrosis. I have circulation issues as well and my feet are always cold if it’s not 75 degrees or better. So my socks were wet, standing in the street, and it’s 30 degrees or so. My socks were actually getting frozen to the street at times. After we did the obstacle thing we were walking up the street and I could tell there was something really wrong with my feet. I was stumbling and I hadn’t had much to drink.
So we went into a bar and I went into the bathroom and took my shoes and socks off. My feet were totally numb but also somehow in really bad pain? I was getting frostbite. No this wasn’t the pins and needles thing. I’m trained in outdoor emergency care, this was frostbite. So I ran hot water over my feet one at a time in the sink while people pounded on the door and screamed at me.
Other bad things happened that night but that part was the worst. Now I either stay home or go to a friend’s.
I would not look to do it though as Im a pretty introverted guy and even I have had this experience. It will happen for some reason some day.
