Butterflying Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 When you're a couple, you want to spend this day with your significant other. What is the best way for single/ non-coupled people to celebrate this holiday? And if you are a couple and you're SO is not able to be with you, how do you spend this holiday?
bobdole Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 I drove to see my MW for 30min around 11 before her flight out of my life tomorrow and new years popped on my way back
Feelin Frisky Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 Hi Butterfly. Happy New Year. I spent 12:00 with my sisters and their kids shooting off fireworks outside the house. I've had better New Years Eves wrapped in the arms of my honey(s) but this was the best I could do this year. My sisters were whooping it up loud out there and guys a couple of blocks away were whooping back. It was like a bunch of wolves sending mating calls. The guys were shooting off the big stuff with mortars and my sisters Joan and Jen were burning mats of Lady Fingers with my nephew lighting the fuses. I hope 2011 will bring us all love and happiness. And those who are without this year will be with new love with next year. Happy New Year again.
sb129 Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 I am well into the New Year, its 7.30pm on New Years Day here. I spent it at a party with friends and my H, and drank too much champagne. I have always spent NYE with friends at some kind of party or music event.
Author Butterflying Posted January 2, 2011 Author Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Happy New Year to you Feelin Frisky, and every one else too. This was the first NYE that I've spent without a mate or close friends or family. It was actually quite strange! I went to a local party "alone" and ran into some people I know (previous clients, collegues, old friends). I pretended to be meeting someone there, so when people asked who I was with, I lied. EVERYONE was there with someone. But it was fun anyway because by midnight, everyone was too liquored up to care that my "mystery man" hadn't shown up. I kept thinking, 'this would be a perfect opportunity to meet someone.' From that perspective, it was a waste because nobody there was single. So now I wonder how else could have have spent NYE if not with family, friends, or a lover. I guess holiday events aren't really a great time to meet somebody new because most single people hide out alone in their homes or with their families. FYI: And I'm sure if I had told the truth, people would have been looking at me all sympathetic. Me waiting on someone shouldn't have stopped a guy who may have been interested. Edited January 2, 2011 by Butterflying
USMCHokie Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I spent NYE at my brother's house party with his friends and some of my cousins. It turned out to be a great time and a great start to 2011. No more negative attitudes for me, because some how it will always turn out for the best! I spent New Years Day sleeping until about 7 PM...recovering from last night...I still don't feel so good...
Stung Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 Well, I spent this NYE with my husband. We drove up the coast to the same rustic remote small town in a national park that we got married in, spent the day with our toddler doing some short cold-weather hikes, going to wine-tasting rooms and art galleries, stuffing our faces. We stayed in a cabin with a 2-person jet tub and a couple bottles of champagne, it was low-key bc of the baby but pretty sweet. When single, I often spent NYE with friends, going to some kind of party or event and drinking too much. I went to plenty of parties without a date and never thought it was a big deal, but I lived in an area with a lot of singles nightlife so I don't think I ever went to a party where I was the only one not coupled up, that would be kind of annoying. I lived in a city and neighborhood thereof both known for going pretty wild for NYE, for a couple years, and oh my head. A couple memorable NYE I spent in Mexico and Havana with a girlfriend, flights are pretty cheap on the 31st. My mom's birthday is actually NYE, so the few times I didn't have a big plan for the night I could always just go hang with family and drink champagne and do birthday stuff. Usually, though, when we are living in the same area, I try to take my mom out the day before NYE, or for brunch or lunch that day.
Ruby Slippers Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) I met two of my closest friends (a gay couple) at this delicious Ethiopian restaurant that has awesome live music on Friday nights. They were in full force (sax, hand drums, light jazzy drums, bass), and we had housemade honey wine and excellent food. We made jokes about how the place was so cool and swanky that we should be in an episode of Sex & the City. Then we walked back to their place, smoked up, drank asti and beer, danced our butts off to great music, did tarot readings, and rang in the new year on the balcony, hooting and hollering. My tarot reading was just one card, asking where I should focus my energy in 2011, and the answer was to tap into my well of strength. Woo! And the reading we did for all three of us showed the card with three good friends toasting their drinks in the air, and said the year was going to be all about a great friendship between the three of us. Perfect! Today we went to this fabulous 70s diner for breakfast, did a Target run, and they brought me home. It was low key and cozy, but just what I wanted this year. Edited January 2, 2011 by Ruby Slippers
Star Gazer Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I went over to a friend's house for a small pre-party (7 of us), and then we walked a short distance into a part of the city where the biggest celebration and fireworks were and met up with a large group of my friends to continue the festivities. It was a really good time, but I had a wee bit too much champagne.
threebyfate Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 We had both sets of friends over to our place. It was insanely noisy and a lot of fun!
paleblue Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I drank a lot of beer and passed out around 10:30pm
january2010 Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 How I spent my NYE, quoted from EricaH's thread: Dinner--> fireworks --> house-warming --> late-night/early morning chat --> brunch --> hours walking into the City before catching a train home. Probably one of the busiest and most interesting NYEs I've had in a long long time. It was brilliant and much of it was planned at the last minute - those are usually the best ones. Had only slept for a total of 6 hours over NYE and NY day, so had a lot of sleep to catch up on. If you're single, I think that it's best to spend NYE in a crowd (friends or family), if you'd otherwise be moping about at home. Moping is good, sometimes, but I think that on NYE, the feelings of sadness can be magnified and that's not good.
loverofloveandstuff Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I spent NYE sweating and being squashed in the city among thousands of other people, lol. It was 41degrees celcius (that's 105.8F) and in that kind of weather, I swear alcohol hits me 50% harder.
Feelin Frisky Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I spent NYE sweating and being squashed in the city among thousands of other people, lol. It was 41degrees celcius (that's 105.8F) and in that kind of weather, I swear alcohol hits me 50% harder. Are you sure you had enough blood in your alcohol system?
murah989 Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I found one of the last remaining legal Four lokos in the city. Needless to say I don't remember much. XD
Ms. Joolie Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I spent New Years Eve with my boyfriend at a new spot that had all the typical NYE things going on... the crowd, entertainment, music, drinks, fireworks, etc. Shortly after midnight we went back to his place and made crazy love. On NY Day we ran errands, prepped his kitchen for painting and I made him dinner. lol. I also spent NYE having a conversation and texting with my sancho. There is this man I met 3 months ago who has made his intentions clear that he wants to steal me away and date me. He's really showing up as Mr. Wonderful Right Now. It's very tempting but I'm just not available right now, maybe in a few months. Can't help thinking what a wonderful romantic partner he will be though. Life is a soap opera!
stepka Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 I joined a contra dancing group a few weeks ago and there was a dance party on NYE and several other single people there too. It was a lot of fun and some men wore tails and some women dressed in party formals or historical type costumes so it was a lot of fun to see what everyone wore. They all looked so attractive and I wasn't a bit lonely--it's nice to know that I'll never be hard up for a NYE activity again.
SmileFace Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Old years night was actually great . I went though so much crap in the days prior I just needed to relax. I slept in. Woke up around 10. Got up straightened up my house. Walked the dog. Went to the gym ,got my hiit on and some weights. Went and got some groceries . Went home and cooked myself dinner and tried a new protein bar recipe. Ate and then went to babysit for my cousin. While the kids slept I watched a micheal jackson special. And brung in the new year by myself. Reflecting on the year gone. Edited January 2, 2011 by SmileFace
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