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The “Perfect” New Year’s Eve
December 29th, 2010
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Author: During my single years, I always put a lot of pressure on myself to create the “perfect plan” for New Year’s Eve. I viewed that one night as a direct reflection of everything that had transpired over the entire past year. Worse yet, I thought that whatever happened, or didn’t happen on December 31, would be a premonition of what the new year would bring. That being said, my New Year’s Eve needed to be fabulous. Right party, right guy, right friends, right dress. Ok, but seriously, I am sure “right guy” is really the only factor that truly mattered…
However, my New Year’s Eves were always anything but… perfect. The years when I was dating someone with no formal “boyfriend” title, I was led to believe that we maybe, could and might be spending the sacred, “most important night of the year” together, subsequently solidifying our relationship to a higher ground. However, more often than I care to admit, this eager expectation was met by a “blow off,” on that very day, making it nearly impossible to reconstruct awesome plans in only three hours. Years when I had several “guys of interests,” but no one special, I made multiple plans as a sort of “safety net” for self-preservation in case one option fell through. However, at the end of the evening I was often left contemplating, “maybe I picked the wrong one,” as I was always glad, or shall we say, “relieved,” when the night was finally over. There was also the girls-night-out party consisting of dancing at loud, crowded clubs, and bar-hopping in the snowy, slushy weather. Regardless of which “plan,” I always found myself back in my apartment at 3:00am, exhausted, lonely and depressed, and with blistery feet. [ Read the full article ] »
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