# The "Alone on New Year's Eve" Support Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2000, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012 "2000-12-17T12:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012/21 "2000-12-18T01:37:45Z")
Put down another yes in the “alone on NYE” column. I’ll probably wind up sitting in front of the computer, drinking cheap champale straight from the can while feeling sorry for myself… Just kidding 🙂 I plan on spending NYE sitting in front of a warm, roaring fire reading a good book (either Anna Kerenin or some poetry, most likely Byron) while enjoying a bit of a drink. I’m looking forward to it actually. I need a bit of time to myself so I can relax, it’s been a rough year. Anyway, I hope everybody has a great New Year, and **Kallessa** , if I may say so, you certainly have the right idea about how to spend New Year’s. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012/22 "2000-12-18T01:52:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tatertot \* > \*\*Would any of you alone people like to babysit for me on New Year’s Eve? The kid falls asleep by 7:30 tops, I keep a well stocked fridge, and I’ll even rent your choice of videos and DVDs. 😃 \*\* tatertot, if you’d buy the plane tickets, I’d babysit for free! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012/23 "2000-12-18T04:15:55Z")
I haven’t a clue what I’m up to. I could make a party. O rI could curl up in my bacement with 'Trina and my family and some sparkling juice. I don’t know yet. I actually like babysitting on NYE. Never are you better treated or paid as a sitter and I love kids. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012/24 "2000-12-18T04:34:59Z")
The good news is I’ll be spending New Year’s Eve in the middle of an eight hundred person party! The bad news is I’ll be at work in a prison. Passionate kisses at the stroke of midnight are definitely out. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012/25 "2000-12-18T05:08:20Z")
I usually spend New Year’s Eve at home with the family. In the pre-kid days, Mr. Legend and I went to a few parties, but they were always vaguely depressing, and I was always afraid we’d get killed by a drunk on the way home (I never could drink any alcohol myself, since I knew I’d be driving). All in all, it’s more fun to stay home, where I know we’re relatively safe and where the morning people among us can fall asleep when they want to. Don’t knock being online for New Year’s Eve, either. One of the most fun “parties” I’ve ever attended was a chat party a few years ago. I’ve since become really good friends with some of the people who were there, and I think it may become a tradition. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012/26 "2000-12-18T08:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cyndar \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > > \*\*I’ll be home alone too. Never could figure out why Michi would be, though. \*\* > > If you DO figure it out, could you tell me? \*\* Because you’re living on the wrong coast, and the guy who adores you lives in California. Hmm…what’s his name again? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alone-on-new-years-eve-support-thread/46012.md?page=1)