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What's Normal? - Do you typically go out on New Year's Eve? (1 Viewer)

Do you typically go out on New Year's Eve?

  • Go out

    Votes: 17 12.3%

  • Stay home

    Votes: 121 87.7%
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I used to go out for NYE, but haven't in a couple of decades. Sit on my comfortable couch in my warm home and drink and eat stuff not marked up 1,000%.

Crazy drunk people on the roads too. No thanks.
 
Nope, sometimes we will go to my sisters for a small family gathering of like 10 but normally no.

This year the 3 of us went to Hershey, spent Nye in the hotel room. Then did the park. It was cold but kind of fun
 
When my wife and I were dating we went out to huge hall parties at the Ren-Cen in Detroit or Hyatt Regency with anywhere from 15-20 couples. Thousands of people, bands everywhere. Can`t even imagine doing that now.

Ever since we had kids we have small house parties with our family. This year we were at our daughters home, left around 10pm, was in bed by 11pm.
 
Had a weird streak where I was in the drive thru line at Whataburger 4 out of the last 5 NYEs. Broke it this year as I was sick and asleep by 10:30.

Actually got married on 01/01/01 and for a few years, NYE was a big deal to go all out, normally a Dallas Stars home game and then party in Victory Plaza.
 
Was asleep by about 10pm, the NFL all day wore me out

-Used to go out on NYE a lot when we were young.
If we went it would likely be by ourselves and where do you go besides dinner and a movie?
I know where some folks go...
 
Kind of?

Have a group of friends we usually hang out with. Head to dinner early, then ring in the new year at someone's house.
 
We've had the same 4 friends over 6 years in a row, but pre-kids I wasn't wild about NYE anyway. It's a lot more comfortable playing games hanging out in a hoodie and sweat pants though.
 
I've only been out one time in 25 years and that was when I was initiating my divorce in 2010. That turned out to be a crazy story...
 
The last 8-10 years, it’s become a bit of a tradition to go to Vegas for New Years. I used to go out on the strip for when midnight struck—but now I just enjoy seeing the fireworks from the balcony of my timeshare with some friends and family. Working retail makes my life crazy busy from October through December. It’s nice to have an annual trip to relax and recharge after 3 months of long work days.
 
NYE is the most overrated holiday. Last time I went out for NYE was 2019 to a friends house where there was about 14-16 of us. Usually I am asleep before the new year begins. Usually I just get some beer, cook a nice steak, and watch sports or something. Play board games with the kids. Usually a relaxing night.

Actually going out on NYE to a place with a lot of people and music? Haven't done that in 25 years. Don't have an interest in doing so. I will NEVER understand the people that go to TImes Square in NYC and just stand there for hours. That just doesn't look fun to me.
 
we go one house over to my neighbors who are aok with me not drinking and it is a good time we watch games play games and laugh a lot its just a good way to start a new one take that to the bank brohans
 
fightingillini said:
NYE is the most overrated holiday. Last time I went out for NYE was 2019 to a friends house where there was about 14-16 of us. Usually I am asleep before the new year begins. Usually I just get some beer, cook a nice steak, and watch sports or something. Play board games with the kids. Usually a relaxing night.

Actually going out on NYE to a place with a lot of people and music? Haven't done that in 25 years. Don't have an interest in doing so. I will NEVER understand the people that go to TImes Square in NYC and just stand there for hours. That just doesn't look fun to me.
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Agreed. It's funny, my wife and I were trying to explain to one of our kids the whole concept of the ball dropping and she looked at us like we were crazy people. And, yeah, standing around in Times Square for a ball to drop is objectively nonsensical.
 
SWC said:
we go one house over to my neighbors who are aok with me not drinking and it is a good time we watch games play games and laugh a lot its just a good way to start a new one take that to the bank brohans
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But the bank is closed on a holiday such as New Year's Day.
 
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For about 5 years in a row now, we've celebrated New Years at my mom/stepdad's house as the end of our last Christmas celebration. My sister and I bring our families and stay the night for 2-3 nights in a row and just make it a long weekend of over-eating, playing games and watching football. It is always one of the best times of our year and this year was no exception. New Year's is celebrated with much fanfare at midnight now that all of the kids are old enough to stay up and my stepdad broke out a ridiculously nice bottle of rum to drink in the New Year.
 
CletiusMaximus said:
We never go out now that we’re old but it used to be one of my favorite nights of the year.
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NYE was fantastic when I was a kid. Probably half the houses in a several-block radius had house parties. Usually low-key events ... easy-prep food, booze for adults, sodas for kids, all kinds of fireworks. Several neighborhood/school friends were either on the same block or in quick walking distance, so we could all make the rounds to each others' cribs. When we were young enough, it was a good time to show off new Christmas toys. Later, it was being "grown" enough to shoot off bottle rockets! That phase lasted through early high school.

Later, it was fun to go to out-of-the-neighborhood friends' houses who had more going on than what was happening on my block. Parents out of the house, cases of beer, loads of unsupervised fireworks, etc.

A little after that, throughout college and the early-20s years after, it was time to start hitting bars. Early-evening NYE was spent visiting old high school friends, which led to getting a group up to go to the French Quarter. Packed as usual. Rang in a few midnights down there.

When that got old, started visiting my parents in my old neighborhood. The NYE house party scene had gotten a lot thinner as people aged out or moved away, but it was still fun to reminisce with who was remaining (e.g. parents' friends, old school friends' families, etc.).

People started pairing off, getting married, even a few having kids. Some of our good friends in our late 20s -- "our" meaning my wife and I throughout the boyfriend-girlfriend years through early marriage -- had a well-attended NYE house party of their own, despite the fact that they had toddler kids at the time. That was the last time we really left our home regularly for New Year's Eve. Even the last year or two as a childless married couple ... we got a bottle of champagne and stayed in. The next NYE after that my wife was pregnant with our daughter -- no going out to drink that NYE! And since then, we've settled in. We've had a couple of NYE's since then at either my in-laws' house or my sister's, and one at a family friend's house. But even that level of NYE event has gone by the wayside for us. We just stay in with some bubbly, both taking nighttime naps but making sure to be awake for midnight.

Last year, for the first time, both our kids were out of the house for New Years Eve. They both had parties to attend. Same deal this year. The torch has been passed.
 
Did both this year. Went out around 7pm, celebrated the ball drop at 9pm (watching the east coast feed on the west coast rules), left the party at 10pm. Other people wanted to party to "our" midnight but I knew better lol
 
Bob Sacamano said:
Kind of?

Have a group of friends we usually hang out with. Head to dinner early, then ring in the new year at someone's house.
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Yeah, this is where I'm at. This year, we did a little 'pub crawl' for my buddy's 55th at the small downtown area in our suburb. Started at 4:30 ready to head home by 9. Took the party to our neighbor's Garage Cantina™ for karaoke, food and rang in the new year there. Was surprised we made it to midnight! I even served as the DD, so I woke up fresh as a daisy yesterday and made a big old put of jambalaya for all the hungover folks.
 
I'm a stay-at-home guy as well. Wife and I have a nice meal together, get a bottle of champagne, and see the New Year in. I haven't missed one since I was in my teens.

My daughter lived in NYC for a while and did the Times Square thing. She said it was awful. They don't let you leave your spot once you get there. No liquids are allowed. You can be there for hours with no access to a bathroom. She told me that experienced people actually wear adult diapers for that reason. No thanks, I'll keep my routine.
 
Zow said:
Agreed. It's funny, my wife and I were trying to explain to one of our kids the whole concept of the ball dropping and she looked at us like we were crazy people. And, yeah, standing around in Times Square for a ball to drop is objectively nonsensical.
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It's much worse than it looks.

In case anyone doesn't know how awful it is:

The people are put in cattle pens, and the "best" or closest to center of Times Square pen filled is usually filled by 11 am. Then fill in each pen as people arrive, filling pens until at least 8:00 pm. Those people are 5 blocks up 7th Ave or Broadway, and can't see crap. Speaking of crap, you can leave your pen whenever you like, but cannot return, cops are very strict on this. Sooooo, 4-12 hours with no bathroom break. So people pee right where they are standing, and some wear adult diapers.

Then they decided the people close to the TV cameras weren't suffering enough after 12 hours, and ask them to wear Planet Fitness hats. No disrespect to PF, but it's like ringing in the New Year with a Walmart tophat.

I did once do an entire NYE in Times Square, but we made a night of it at the Marriott Marquis, rented a room with a view, had dinner in the revolving rooftop restaurant, and watched the ball drop overlooking the whole scene. That was very cool to watch, it is definitely awesome to see what Times Square looks like during the celebration. Just with less pee.
 
I picked stay home but it's usually either my wife and I going to stay at our close friend's house or them coming up here. We used go out with that couple for the really fancy dinner and black tie NYE ball somewhere but since we've had our kid (12yo) and they've had their kid (3yo) going out is a lot more work. Maybe in the next couple years our kid will be old enough to babysit and we can go out again. Not sure we the desire is still there though.
 
Stay at home. This year was in bed around 11pm or so and my wife and I had the TV on. Think we fell asleep at one point, but woke up just before midnight. Was mostly watching CNN (John Mayer in the Tokyo cat bar was hilarious), but turned it over to Rockin’ NYE to watch the ball drop.

I can’t remember last time that I was out. I hate crowds and people anyway (I can’t remember the last time that I was out late in a bar, regardless of the date — would rather just make a cocktail at home). I went to downtown NY for the ball drop in 1999, I think. Never had interest in going back.
 
Running a nightclub for 15yrs, thus working our busiest night of the year for 15yrs, cured my need to go out that night for the rest of my life. I‘m fully on team stay home.
 
In the 90's, I would go wherever Blues Traveler was playing for NYE and meet up with friends from all of the country. After that ended with the 2k bang, I retired from partying and stay at home now.
 
I usually go out. All five of my siblings are in the Vegas area. I go there. 3 hr drive. We do dinner somewhere then the casino and strip fireworks thing most years. My sis has a view of the strip, so some years we just do something there but it still feels like going out to me.

Not this year though. I went out but not to Vegas. I joined an astronomy club that planned New Year's in the desert months ago.

I went early to help the prez set up. Eventually we had almost 100 people and 100k worth of telescopes there. There was a chili cook-off, drinking and dancing, sex drugs and rock and roll. Bunch of weapons grade fireworks. I stayed sober and controlled the music from atop that ridge. It was a great time but I didn't camp with those fools. Home and warm by 1. Notice anything in that pic that might matter to astronomy nerds? Yup, heavy overcast. haha.
 
Don’t go out to party, but usually will go out to dinner with another couple. Sometimes we stay home and do up some Costco crab legs but not the last few years
 
Always either at our home or friends/family home - eat, drink, play games, watch football or the ball drop.

We hosted this year and everybody left by 10. Three of the four kids went to friends houses and the last one went to bed sick at 8:00. Wife and I rang in the new year just the two of us.
 
I don’t like drinking, fireworks, or large groups of people, but somehow, I’m 50:50 getting wrangled into going out on NYE.

This year we went to the beach (which I also dislike) with friends, grilled out, and were planning on spikeball & bocce until fireworks. But people started drinking and talking, so no games were played. Then the cops swept the beach at 10:30, so we walked to the nearby dock and watched fireworks.
 
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One thing that was missing on NYE was entertainment on the TV
-Last year Miley Cyrus had a pretty big special in Miami and had David Byrne performing alongside her, that was at least fun to watch and listen to
hate the Seacrest show, won't watch him.

It turns into records and music at some point in the house or throughout the evening. but it was difficult to find anything to play on the TV
 
Keerock said:
Haven't gone out in probably 30 years.
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The pool is definitely a reflection of our ages.
When we had kids we started staying home. It didn’t help that two years my wife was almost 9 months pregnant and another time we had a 2 week old. But then we realized we prefer to play games and watch movies at home, celebrate the new year in Greenland then to bed.
 
Terminalxylem said:
the beach (which I also dislike)
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:jawdrop:
Next question - do you like the beach?
Do you like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain?
And the feel of the ocean?
And the taste of champagne?
Do you like makin' love at midnight In the dunes on the cape?
 
Chaos34 said:
I usually go out. All five of my siblings are in the Vegas area. I go there. 3 hr drive. We do dinner somewhere then the casino and strip fireworks thing most years. My sis has a view of the strip, so some years we just do something there but it still feels like going out to me.

Not this year though. I went out but not to Vegas. I joined an astronomy club that planned New Year's in the desert months ago.

I went early to help the prez set up. Eventually we had almost 100 people and 100k worth of telescopes there. There was a chili cook-off, drinking and dancing, sex drugs and rock and roll. Bunch of weapons grade fireworks. I stayed sober and controlled the music from atop that ridge. It was a great time but I didn't camp with those fools. Home and warm by 1. Notice anything in that pic that might matter to astronomy nerds? Yup, heavy overcast. haha.
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You win!
 
Go out and party? No. But we do go out to dinner with the same couple every year and then we go back to one of our houses and will play cards and hang out awhile. But we are done by 10/10:30 and everyone heads home before the drunks are out. Watch the ball drop from the couch.
 
We used to attend a neighbor's NYE party pre-COVID - small fireworks show in the backyard (we lived in the county), sparklers and poppers for the kiddos, beverages for the adults, everybody walked home (~half mile or less, rural neighborhood). Neighbors ended up moving to Texas after they both converted to FT WFH in 2021. Since then we just stay home on NYE.
 
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