Is going out on new years eve a thing of the past?

zaxdog

OH and I will be heading down to watch the fireworks at midnight but instead of being in town with all the mad drunks we will be sitting on the beach a bit further away sharing a hip flask of Jack :j

alwaysskint96

yes will be out, Our local pub has a £35 all in ticket inc food and drink so quite a bargain and i can walk or stumble home from there, Max of 50 tickets sold so not rammed to the hilt and the age group tends to range from 30 to 50 singles and couples and groups of friends

This was not advertised outside the pub which also pretty much guarantees there is a good chance you know most people in there

hawk30

I've always felt NYE to be a non-event and I'm usually in bed by my normal time.

ciderwithrosie_2

Our lads and their mates all go out still. One's working til 9pm but will go out after. The middle one's gone to Weymouth and the youngest to Bournemouth.

Usually we go round to our friends house as they have young children, take some food and drink, but this year we're not as we're both knackered, will probably be asleep before midnight!

Thing is with going out, you often have to pay to just get in a pub since the millennium and it's an expensive night anyway and then you have to walk home cos you can't get a taxi or afford it if you could.

System

I know plenty of people who are either going out or going to a house party

If be joining them but I agreed to work new year in exchange for Xmas off

Though I am currently enjoying a bottle of Buck's Fizz :cheers: shall be in bed by 9pm though as I'm up at 6am

jackomdj

I grew up in a town where everyone goes out in fancy dress, does a pub crawl and ends up in one place to bring in the new year. Friends who still live there still do it.

Now we either go to someone's, have people over or this year we are just staying in on our own (had friends over last night). We have young children and it is easier to stay in than pay for babysitters (also we font know anyone to babysit for us)

Saturnalia

This is the first NYE in ages I haven't been out. Used to be a big thing to hit the town en masse, but now I'm gone 30 and nearly all my friends have paired off and are doing the cosy night in thing.

I've been invited to one house party but it is miles away from me and will be a complete faff to get there and back. And I worked until 4 today then hit the supermarket for some nice food and drink. Earlier on I was considering going to the London Eye to see the fireworks, but now I'm so tired I doubt I'll be awake at midnight!

A few of my housemates are here though so we'll probably get washed and put nice clothes on then cook, eat and drink.

My ideal one would be a meal out and a few drinks locally with someone special followed by a walk home, maybe a film and a kiss or so at midnight, but this year as ever my someone special missed the memo so here I am.

Maz

Think the last time I went out for NYE was the millenium and only because a friend had hired a marquee and obviously gone to an enormous amount of trouble laying on food, drink, fireworks etc. It was all a huge anti climax tbh and I felt sorry for her but most people had gone home before 12!

Nowadays, it's just a normal evening for me, probably be in bed by 10 with a book and wouldn't care if I never went out on NYE ever again!

Reams

Where I live is a lock out after 10.30pm.

The last time I did NYE was a fiasco. It was a lock out in an hotel.

At 10.30 for some reason, pay I think, the shutters came down and the staff cleared off.

I then suggested gate crashing the private Scottish party in full swing above. We did and it was wonderful. People are very hospitable as long as we pay our way.

When I related that to our daughter after many years, she said, "But mum, how did you get him to do that because he's such a misery"

daisiegg

We're staying in. Growing up, Hogmanay would be a big deal as we would always be in Scotland with family and there would be a big house party, with lots of guitars, fiddles, flutes etc, maybe some impromptu dancing and plenty of good food and drink. For some reason that has fizzled out over the last 10 years or so and although my parents are still getting together with family in Scotland, it is just 'going round someone's house' rather than a party.

As for us, my husband and I have had a couple of big (and expensive!) nights out on NYE but last year and this year wanted to stay in. So we are in our pyjamas (in fact I have been in mine all day), and have lots of good drink, junky party food, films, TV, games, music, etc. We love it. I think it doesn't help that my birthday is the day before NYE so if we have had a big night out for that (which we did) we don't fancy two in a row.

My still-teenaged (just about) brother is going to a party but my sister is also having a quiet night in with her boyfriend. I don't know anyone who is going 'out out'.