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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.

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  • 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. 

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  • 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. 

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