How do you celebrate NYE?

[small_h]

No one had sex in the shower. That was the highlight one year. Thank goddess the host has two bathrooms.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Aw. What a waste of time and energy.

[small_h]

@Harters

I am that person. Grudges are for life, not just for Christmas.

I have grudges from 5th grade. Looking at you, Nancy Cohen.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

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[ernie_in_berkeley]

My family has a long tradition of what my sister calls Greek grudges. Like when my mother was pregnant with me, her doctor prescribed rest, and so she missed her cousin’s funeral. The cousin’s mother wouldn’t speak to my mother, wouldn’t allow her in her house, didn’t come to our house for about 20 years. This is apparently common in the Balkan countries. Family feuds from 100 or more years ago still persist. I try to avoid them, except for what that so-and-so did to me that time.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Oh, my.

[Harters (John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)]

I see that Natascha and me joking with each other have offended the mods and our posts have ben removed. Season of goodwill over then?

[linguafood (Natascha)]

I missed the beginning, middle, and end of that season, apparently

[ChristinaM (Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))]

@Desert-Dan

I’m not going to give that person a chance to screw me over a second time. The whole Fool me once/twice thing.

Apparently the original quote is…
" ‘He that deceives me once, it’s his fault. He that deceives me twice, it’s my fault’" - Anthony Weldon

I hear ya. A one-off mistake with accountability taken is one thing; a consistent pattern of behavior is another.

[HubFlyer]

My SO says I have “Irish Alzheimer’s:” I forget everything but grudges.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Amazing how my post about celebrating new beginnings turned into a love fest of negativity and hard feelings.

Jan 1 isn’t even over yet and I’m already exhausted.

Lordt.

[kaleokahu (Kaleo)]

@ernie_in_berkeley

This is apparently common in the Balkan countries. Family feuds from 100 or more years ago still persist.

Try Appalachia…

[Amandarama (Amanda)]

Life is too short to hold grudges. You can live and let go. If someone is toxic, they don’t need to stay in your life, even if they are family. But, holding on to negative emotions is mental real estate I don’t want to yield to bad actors.

Now, getting back to NYE - BF and I managed to make it to midnight. He capped off with some Malort, because what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I killed two bottles of Sauvignon Blanc and poured a glass of Pinot Noir for bed at 12:30am. We watched Shadow of the Vampire and a bunch of YouTube videos, capping off with a feed of the ball dropping live in NYC about 2 minutes before on ABC.

I fell asleep to this video. It’s probably my favorite for sleeping:

Fall Asleep With Relaxing Wave Sounds at Night, Low Pitch Ocean Music for Deep Sleeping

[kaleokahu (Kaleo)]

Have you tried Green noise?

[Amandarama (Amanda)]

I have not!

[linguafood (Natascha)]

We always have our white noise app running on an ipad at night. I prefer the brown noise.

Also, lovely sounding NYE.

[Amandarama (Amanda)]

BF and I are split on night time sleep needs. He likes the TV on and fully running some program or another. I prefer no noise and no extraneous light (I also use ear plugs due to his sleep apnea). That video is what we’ve determined is a reasonable compromise!

[linguafood (Natascha)]

My ideal bedroom is pitch black and dead silent.

[Desert-Dan (Dan)]

Same here!!

[Phoenikia]

Might depend on the city or town’s by-laws.