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Mr. Quackers

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86. St. Paddy's and NYE are amateur nights for a real drinker

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Tue Jan 1, 2019, 10:44 AM

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Anyone here never really enjoy New Year's Eve? [View all] realmirage Jan 2019 OP

Not too much... wcmagumba Jan 2019 #1

I prefer twilight zone marathon : ) realmirage Jan 2019 #21

I prefer The Three Stooges marathon :-) seaglass Jan 2019 #69

They aren't a big deal for me, either. roamer65 Jan 2019 #2

A year older. Yeah forgot about that realmirage Jan 2019 #23

I prefer to call it another lap around the sun. n/t. airplaneman Jan 2019 #54

When I was young, maybe. I went to First Night in Boston then. rusty quoin Jan 2019 #3

New year is for the young realmirage Jan 2019 #24

Not really. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #4

Even when I was young it was lame realmirage Jan 2019 #25

Drunk obnoxious people who are Blue_playwright Jan 2019 #45

That would be me GusBob Jan 2019 #5

Glad I'm not the only one realmirage Jan 2019 #26

I celebrate it on April First. hunter Jan 2019 #6

Celtic New Year Cetacea Jan 2019 #11

And mine grantcart Jan 2019 #18

I thought October 31st - Nov 1 was Celtic New Year Raine Jan 2019 #96

Twilight Zone marathon on the tee vee box indoors..... Heartstrings Jan 2019 #7

Oh man I forgot about twilight zone realmirage Jan 2019 #27

No, I don't really enjoy it. It's just another night for me. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #8

I surely hope it's better realmirage Jan 2019 #28

I don't like it anymore since there is too much pressure to be joyful. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #9

That's what I don't like realmirage Jan 2019 #29

I feel like every holiday s like that. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #60

I have found that also. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #94

NSM, not so much. By New Years many people are burned out from appalachiablue Jan 2019 #10

Yeah after the trauma of Xmas realmirage Jan 2019 #30

Loving all the responses. realmirage Jan 2019 #12

Nope. I don't. I hate having emotions pressured onto me. fierywoman Jan 2019 #13

This nails it realmirage Jan 2019 #17

Mostly it's me and memories for New Year NotASurfer Jan 2019 #14

Yeah same here realmirage Jan 2019 #31

I'll never like that song though realmirage Jan 2019 #33

Reminds me of many "fire fights." jaysunb Jan 2019 #15

That doesn't sound like my kind of picnic realmirage Jan 2019 #38

I get to stay home with my cat. love_katz Jan 2019 #16

Not getting up at 3 is always reason to celebrate realmirage Jan 2019 #37

sorta forced joviality fueled by alcohol. umm no thanx nt msongs Jan 2019 #19

Never been a drinker and never enjoyed it. grantcart Jan 2019 #20

Even when I was a drinker I didn't enjoy it realmirage Jan 2019 #36

St. Paddy's and NYE are amateur nights for a real drinker Mr. Quackers Jan 2019 #86

It's usually kind of bittersweet for me. StarryNite Jan 2019 #22

I agree. The best part is that it's over realmirage Jan 2019 #35

I don't want to be a bummer but Cha Jan 2019 #32

I don't begrudge others enjoying it realmirage Jan 2019 #34

Extra happy this year Cha Jan 2019 #42

GOPer House gone! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #49

YES! There's one of the Best Reasons on Cha Jan 2019 #51

thank you, and the same wishes to you, Cha! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #52

Thank You! And, absent Cha Jan 2019 #56

people keep telling me there was a 2017 Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #63

I hear ya on 2017.. you were Cha Jan 2019 #64

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #91

New Year's Eve is fun, but what good is New Year's Day? Polybius Jan 2019 #68

Recovering from New Year's Eve? Cha Jan 2019 #93

My family never really observed it as a holiday. WhiskeyWulf Jan 2019 #39

Well, let me put it this way...my "When I'm 64" moment happens for me at midnight... GReedDiamond Jan 2019 #40

I do not like the fireworks and shooting off guns jcgoldie Jan 2019 #41

Yeah, that's probably the worst part about it. GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #66

To those that party hearty go for it. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2019 #43

Never a fan, I've never had someone to smooch at midnight n/t hibbing Jan 2019 #44

Sending a big old virtual kiss and hug coming your way. UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #55

♡ Ciaphas Cain Jan 2019 #92

I'm with you. Not trying to be a bummer at all. bitterross Jan 2019 #46

I've never enjoyed New Year's since I reached adulthood. BlueStater Jan 2019 #47

12/31 has always felt like I'm just sitting there waiting for something to end. dgauss Jan 2019 #48

We usually stay home. We call it amatuer(sp?) night. shraby Jan 2019 #50

No never. It has always depressed me. I love Christmas, and it's over lunamagica Jan 2019 #53

I've never liked it, seems we're supposed to be happy and excited about it but Raine Jan 2019 #57

The most overrated holiday of the year for me RandySF Jan 2019 #58

I went to see a great bar band. JohnnyRingo Jan 2019 #59

Glad to know I'm not the only one. Paka Jan 2019 #61

its a meh. except getting to stay up later as a kid. now as an extreme night owl, pansypoo53219 Jan 2019 #62

Just another night to me. sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 #65

Nope. Nothing magical about it. GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #67

Many walk through these occurrences HAB911 Jan 2019 #70

We had an anti-New Years Eve party several years ago bif Jan 2019 #71

Gunshots in Detroit at midnight! bif Jan 2019 #72

LOL! llmart Jan 2019 #75

On an average summer evening you hear an occasional gunshot bif Jan 2019 #82

such a tradition there bigtree Jan 2019 #79

Noty really since Guy Lombardo whistler162 Jan 2019 #73

Use to enjoy NYE as kid, not so much as adult Hawaii Hiker Jan 2019 #74

I did when I was much, much younger. llmart Jan 2019 #76

That Mr. Quackers Jan 2019 #78

The whole New Years resolutions aspect tells people they have shortcomings that need to be worked on llmart Jan 2019 #84

Not in years The Genealogist Jan 2019 #77

Never have. Typically sleep through the changeover. Blue_true Jan 2019 #80

Same here Mr. Quackers Jan 2019 #87

I've been getting up for work at 3:15 for twenty+ years, Codeine Jan 2019 #81

new years eve pamdb Jan 2019 #83

No, but I don't drink or like parties. We had a family movie night instead :) Luciferous Jan 2019 #85

Mine have ranged from the deeply sad to the truly wonderful. This one was just quiet. /nt LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #88

I enjoy it a lot more now that I'm almost 60. Itchinjim Jan 2019 #89

Back when I was in college, I worked on NYE - evening shifts at the local hospital. KitSileya Jan 2019 #90

I have since I decided to stay home for it treestar Jan 2019 #95