# How late did you stay up on New Year's Eve? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770 "2013-01-01T19:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/1 "2013-01-01T19:39:23Z")
I was in bed crashed-out by 8:30 p.m. We don’t exactly celebrate New Year’s Eve so much at my house. So, how late did you stay up on New Year’s Eve (and into New Year’s day)? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/2 "2013-01-01T19:43:33Z")
Lights out at 10:21. My husband was having a restless-legs night and I sent him to the guest room at 11:18. Dead sleep till 4:20 when the toddler, who has a cold, needed attention. Fell back to sleep myself around 6, woke up at 8:30. To attempt to stay up till midnight would be foolhardy, in my case. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/3 "2013-01-01T19:54:29Z")
11:45PM is the last time I remember looking at the clock. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/4 "2013-01-01T19:56:40Z")
Went to bed a bit after 1, up at 9:30 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/5 "2013-01-01T20:02:25Z")
I think we went to bed around 2:30 a.m. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/6 "2013-01-01T20:04:54Z")
I went in to bed a bit after 9:30, and I’m pretty sure I was unconscious by 10. Idiot dog got me up at 5. Happy new year to me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/7 "2013-01-01T20:06:40Z")
The Mrs. and I nodded off about 2 AM, after spending a delightful evening with friends new and old, and each other. It was the 40th consecutive NYE we’ve spent together. At our first one together, I was 16, she was 15. We’ve never failed to be together at midnight NYE since. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/8 "2013-01-01T20:07:25Z")
Went to sleep promptly at 1 in the morning and woke up at about 9:30-10. Normal times for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/9 "2013-01-01T20:11:46Z")
We headed to bed around 11:30; that’s actually a lot later than I expected, given that we were both up around 6:30am for work yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/10 "2013-01-01T20:17:53Z")
What day is it (oog)? Actually I dropped off around 1 a.m., after checking the gesneriad tubers and watering the dormant Brugmansias. The excitement never ends at the Jackmaniis. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/11 "2013-01-01T20:20:19Z")
I left the party at 2am and was probably in bed around 3. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/12 "2013-01-01T20:25:23Z")
Did a lot of physical labor during the day, was out by 10. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/13 "2013-01-01T20:42:23Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Actually I dropped off around 1 a.m., after checking the gesneriad tubers and watering the dormant Brugmansias. The excitement never ends at the Jackmaniis. 😕 Jeez, pathology is more complicated than I thought… ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/14 "2013-01-01T20:43:25Z")
I was still up at 6am. Not long after that I gave up and took 1/2 an ambien. Woke up at 10. I am unhappy about these series of events. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/15 "2013-01-01T21:13:41Z")
Went to bed around 10, went to sleep around 10:30. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/16 "2013-01-01T21:17:58Z")
In bed by 2 (had degustation dinner and still eating at 1), up at 7.30 as normal to nurse my 11 month old. Sooooo can’t wait until she finally weans in a few months, and I get to sleep in while daddy looks after the kidlets! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/17 "2013-01-01T21:20:20Z")
About 12:45 pm. Late enough to hear the customary hour-long distant barrage of celebratory gunfire around midnight. The dogs wanted to go out and YELL BACK at the noise. I didn’t let them. Those bullets have got to come down _somewhere_ and I’d rather it not be onto one of my dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/18 "2013-01-01T21:55:05Z")
A little after 4am. I had fun. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/19 "2013-01-01T22:16:37Z")
About 5am. That’s only about 1-2 hrs late for me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/20 "2013-01-01T22:36:05Z")
We declined having the party at our place because I didn’t want to be up late. So we went over at 10:30 thinking we could book in an hour. Well I don’t know how 2:30 arrived so quickly. In bed awhile after 3:00. Been a long time sine we’ve been up that late. Even the best laid plans… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770.md?page=2)