Published on 12, July, 2020
There have been lots of posts lately about Christmas. I quite like Christmas and find it quite manageable. New Year however, I find much harder.
The last few years I've just stayed in by myself to avoid it but have felt myself feeling really quite upset and lonely especially seeing everyone's pictures on social media of them enjoying bringing it in with their loved ones. I know I should avoid looking but I can't resist.
I'd happily see in the new year with a small group of friends. Food, a few drinks and some games. This would be my perfect new year. I don't know anyone that would want to bring in the new year like this though.
I have the option this year of going to the pub with a couple of friends but I know the pub will be really busy on New Years Eve and I would just hate it. I'm not a big drinker either. I've tried going to the pub for New Year before and just sat in the corner wishing the hours away.
I don't really have any close friends so it's difficult to explain to people why I wouldn't want to bring in New Year the same way as them and I certainly don't want to ruin anyone else's fun.
My parents have a group of friends that take it in turns to host New Year so I can't go to them either.
I really hate New Year after New Year being me bringing it in alone. I like me time and not spending too much time with people but I really wish I had a good friend or 2 I could share these times with and would understand the difficulties I have with them.
How do other people cope with this time of year?
I stay inside and watch TV. The programs are better than the rest of the year.
Now I live alone, so I obviously watch TV alone.
When my mother was alive and I was her full time carer, we had European satellite TV positioned at 13E and 19.2E. so we watched the year celebrations from other countries. At 9pm we had the new year from Moscow, then the capitals from Eastern Europe, then Western Europe, finally the UK.
This is what I've done the last few years but all the New Year tv makes me feel a bit rubbish and like I can't avoid it. I put a film on in the end last year. Probably what I will do this year too.
I will elaborate. My parents were polish. When they were still healthy they always went to the local polish club on new years Eve. My mother always helped out in the kitchens, my father often did the cloakroom.
I, always stayed at home, trying to make it look like there were several people in the house to keep the burglars away. Keeping lights on upstairs and downstairs. Flushing toilets needlessly etc.
Now that I'm alone I just stay in.
The only exception was in 2012 when my sister and her husband invited me to go to new years celebrations with them. We travelled on a package tour to the Isle of Wight and had new year celebrations in a hotel with other guests. I was surrounded by people, yet I felt alone and completely out of place.
I love roof top views as well - not sure if it comes from watching Mary Poppins as a child but yes, I too find roof top views very interesting and they stimulate my imagination. I don’t get sarcasm either so wasn’t sure if you meant it or not, until you clarified.
Robert124 said:Two innocent words censored by the NAS !!!!!!
I really find it laughable sometimes. I mean, I can hear a *** crowing in someone's back yard nearby. My friend Richard likes to shorten his name to ***. I used a needle to *** my finger.
It's treating us like children.
Me, too.
Caractacus:Their value is intrinsic,
Truly:surpass any mint stick
Kids:Or marshmallow mouthful you munch
Caractacus:Though licorice is chewy
Truly:And gum drops are gooey
Kids:And chocolate is charming to crunch
Caractacus and Truly:That savory fife,
Women:that sweet of your life
Kids and factory workers:It's clearly the best of the bunch
Toot Sweets to the both of you!
the joy of a singing D I C K!
put spaces in between Robert.
D I C K van D Y K E.
rediculousconsidering you have to be adult to even be on here, naughty children, now behave yourselves,
had a lifetime of that one way or another,
Just trying to keep A B R E A S T. Of it all is tiring,,,, Lol.
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Also loved Mary poppins , watched chitty chitty bang bang the other day, loved it as a child and still do, full of dreams and imagination, adults being children and seen as eccentric,,, ring any bells? D I c k. Van D Y K E was a cheery chappy,,, was in the colourful musical films, a good all round performer, people slate his acting ability, his cockney accent,, if it were spot on authentic it wouldn’t be as funny, it was never meant to be a drama .
Two innocent words censored by the NAS !!!!!!
Rooftops remind me of Mary Poppins and the scene where *** Van *** dances on the roofs of London, dressed as a chimneysweep.
Back to the present.
My sister and her husband are spending the new year going with the same budget travel firm to Blackpool, to stay at the Palace hotel. And my sarcastic mind thinks, I bet this palace hotel is no palace!