Would you be sad to not spend New Year’s Eve with your husband?

Some context: my husband and I were invited to a New Years party at his friend’s house. The friend is moving across the country the week after New Years, so my husband (understandably) wants to spend time with him. My husband also has a few other friends going and is a huge social butterfly who loves any excuse for a party.

Me on the other hand, I’m super introverted and I’ve been even more lethargic and depressed than usual lately. I know what you’re thinking: force yourself to go out, that’s the best thing for your depression. But at this point for me, it’s really not. When I’ve been pushing myself to go out, I always come back feeling a million times worse. I’m ok with smaller gatherings but a party is going to hugely overwhelm me. Especially because I only know a couple people going (and they’re my husband’s friends) and I don’t know the majority of the people there.

I suggested that he just go and I’ll stay home. He got sad to not be spending New Years together but said alright if that’s what I want. I really didnt mind that idea when I suggested it... I mean, I have no problem spending 1 evening apart... but now it’s starting to make me sad. It’s our first New Years as a married couple and it would be the first New Years we haven’t spent together in the 4 years we’ve been together. And it’s 2020. I’m just worried when I think about our first New Years as a married couple or about New Years 2020 (which should be memorable, I guess) I’m just going to remember that we were apart.

But I really, really don’t want to go to this party, but I also don’t want my husband to miss it.

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