New Year’s Eve, According to a Hater

December 31, 2008 12:30 pm     Posted in Reality  Candy -- NYU g+ page

newyearsevepartyd3-main_full.jpgAhh, New Year’s Eve. A celebration of endings and new beginnings. The last party night of the year, which means it’s also the biggest party night of the year. And that’s exactly why I always get the urge to lock myself in my room and hide under my bed until January 1st arrives.


By Candy

The anticipation and build-up for the evening mean it’s never as good as you expect it to be. And no matter how much planning you do and how much money you spend, New Year’s Eve always fails to be an extraordinary night. Just because it’s the last night of the calendar year, doesn’t mean it’s going to be any more fun than any of the others. Trust me.

Reason #1 I Hate New Year’s Eve: First of all, it’s essential that you plan ahead. If you don’t make your plans well in advance, you’re risking having nothing to do. Parties get booked up, your friends make other plans, and you’re stuck watching the ball drop with your parents. I don’t like planning ahead. What if I’m forced into deciding to attend a party and then something better comes along? What if, in November, I don’t know what I’m going to be in the mood to do in December?

Reason #2 I Hate New Year’s Eve: Then there’s the expense. If you want to go out, you’re going to have to spend money, and probably a lot of it. Take last year, for example. A group of my friends made plans to go to a bar. We dished out the $75 that would allow us access to an open bar, bought fancy dresses, and got all decked out for the night of our lives. When we arrived, the bar was absolutely disgusting, the food nasty, and the people incredibly sketchy. It turned out we were only allowed to drink well liquor (when we could get near the bar). It also turned out that we could have paid $10 at the door and been allowed to attend the same party and order our own drinks. As if I would drink $65 in Grey Goose. The bottom line is that bars can charge whatever they please on New Year’s Eve and people will pay it. People like me.

Reason #3 I Hate New Year’s Eve: Midnight is just awkward if you’re single. When you’re single on New Year’s Eve and the clock hits midnight, you are left with only a few options. You can: a) Use this opportunity to hide in the bathroom and pretend you don’t realize it’s midnight, b) Participate in a group hug with all your other single friends, assuming you have any, or c) Kiss the guy closest to you, who may or may not be a huge freak. As you can see, none of these options are very appealing.

Reason #4 I Hate New Year’s Eve: It’s freezing out. You want to wear a cute dress and heels, but you’re going to freeze your butt off in the freezing, snowy cold. This is never fun. I’d rather be wearing sweat pants. In my bed. With a bottle of champagne.

This year, I’m giving it one more try. My friends and I made our plans in mid-November and are spending even more money this time. We have determined that by spending $110 to attend a party at a classy bar, we’re guaranteed a good time. Of course, we’re wrong. And it will probably be miserable. And next year we’ll go through the same thing all over again. Only it will be more expensive.

Pass the champagne, please.

9 Comments on "New Year’s Eve, According to a Hater"

  1. Mari says:
    Wed, 31st Dec 20088:47 am 

    i feel the same way! i ended up figuring out my plans yesterday. at like 11pm. it involves a 2 hour drive, but other than it's basically free. let's see how it goes…

  2. Jes says:
    Wed, 31st Dec 20089:47 am 

    Ha, I hate not having plans, but last year my boyfriend and I made a last-ditch effort and drove an hour over to the Hard Rock Casino (amongst others) and ended up getting trashed with two (rich) strangers all night…

    They even gave us a place to crash until we realized it was time we head home. But so much fun and completely without any pre-planning or money spending.. Highly unlikely, but one of the best New Years ever!

  3. Ashley says:
    Wed, 31st Dec 20082:31 pm 

    Haha, same here, except it involves an hour drive… only problem is that there probably won’t be a hot [single] guy for me to plant one on at midnight… ::sigh::

  4. e says:
    Wed, 31st Dec 20083:00 pm 

    try having all that be true, + it's your birthday.

  5. ela says:
    Thu, 1st Jan 200912:09 pm 

    i'm 23 and i've never gone out for NYE. idk why…it's like the 'post-xmas' slump. i'm fat, feeling really homely and my bed with champagne and tiramisu (with whipped cream) and the boyfriend in fuzzy PJs… watching old trashy movies is the best NYE ever.

  6. Samantha says:
    Thu, 1st Jan 20095:48 pm 

    I think that as long as your with the right people you can't go wrong. My best friend and I went downtown in Kansas City. I only spent about $35 the whole night and we had a blast! I even got my picture with Elvis :-p

  7. Bela says:
    Thu, 1st Jan 200911:57 pm 

    I think that it really just depends on your outlook. There are always house parties where the required material for invitation is only knowing the right people and perhaps bring some booze.

    Also, it is not a horrible thing to spend the night single! New Year's Eve is a great chance to kiss someone you've been crushing on (or spontanuity – some hot stranger)…

    Also nothing is better than having a small, simple and cheap! night with the girls… No fancy get up required… just friendship :)

  8. Casey says:
    Sat, 3rd Jan 200910:18 am 

    2007 was my worst new years. I was with my ex boyfriend (we weren't even dating anymore at the time) the guy I was hooking up with , plus his girlfriend (who became my "best friend" that night, despite my attempts not too), and all of my hookups friends. When midnight hit I had a few options, kiss my ex, kiss one of my hookups friends, or try and fight with my hookups gf to see who got to kiss him (which would have been horrible since she didn't know we were hooking up) instead I made sure I had the champagne bottle at midnight, took a huge gulp, and screamed my head off.

    2008 and 2009 were amazing. 2008 I was with my (single) hookup who I was majorly crushing on, and all of our mutual friends, and at midnight we kissed for the first time in front of everyone. then we had drunk sex in his car and went back to my house and had more drunk sex. The next morning I woke up super hungover at 8 and he braved running into my parents to get me water and Tylenol. Then we laid in my better and talked for six hours. We fell head over heels in love that day and started dating 3 weeks later. This year was our second new years together and we threw the party of the year at our house.

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