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NEW YEAR AND THE MEDIA

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 The media has just made me a bit down. The news is showing pictures of how amazing the new year is  and how sociable everybody is and how they'll all be celebrating the new year.Estimating a thousand pounds of money the government claims they don't have is being spent on too many fireworks. When other people need it.It's  Making me sad that i am isolated and will be spending new year with my animals. Seeing my dad for an hour this afternoon, he hates new year, parties, socialising, doing anything that doesn't involve staying at home and reading. My friends have children and so are busy with them and making their new year memorable, so am on my own.

  • My husband and I went out for new year for the first time in ages. We went to a small country pub. We went early to get a seat, and took a couple of travel games to occupy the early part of the evening. He is more sociable than I, so I listen to other people chat more than joining in. I join in a little as there is always someone else who will say something if I run out of ideas. I  like spending time with strangers because it doesn't matter if I get things wrong, as we will never meet again.

    I had forgotten the old lang syne nonsense, so ended up holding the hand of some strange man. Then we had all the hand shaking and kissing to contend with. I managed to stay behind a table and so offered a hand shake to the ladies and men who approached. 

    We went outside to watch fireworks. Another lady approached and kissed me. I was so put out, that I said goodbye instead of happy new year. I felt such an idiot, but how can you say to a non too sober woman at new year, that I don't do kissing, but prefer hand shakes. I feel that I have failed in my resolve to avoid kissing, embarrassed myself by saying the wrong thing, and must try and shake off the memory of this one blot on an otherwise lovely evening. 

    We walked backin the moonlight to where we were staying.

  • Thank-u. good advice. The evening was better than i thought and i watched some good Dvd's. Spent quality time with my animals. Found some old indoor sparklers, though they were so old, they fizled out halfway through-but still fun. And new years day, i relished in the fact that i wasn't drunk and went to the local animal sanctary. so a new year of quality, rather than quantity and people causing me problems. hope you have a good start to the new year

  • I understand that feeling! When I was younger new year was a big deal, always went to parties or pubs as that is what everyone else was doing. Had some good times but would always end up blind drunk with a 2 day hangover, getting off with people who made me wish the teleport had been invented, with no cash until the end of January.

    Eventually it dawned on me that I was partly drinking so much to tolerate the annoyances - pubs with music too loud for a conversation, strangers with BO breathing stale beer over you at midnight, then waiting for ages in the cold for a taxi that charged double rate. 

    Last year I had a cold so stayed in watching Breaking Bad on DVD. And ended up having much better evening. 

    A couple of friends later said to me with envy that they wished they had stayed in but felt obliged to go out. Obviously it is nice to have the choice, but my advice would be to turn off the telly and watch something that is going to distract you completely.