Sounds to me like you don't have an issue with New Year's Eve, more with the people around you and your husband.
I just to spend those nights with loads of people, drinking way too much, playing board games, having fun. These days I'll be lucky if two people show up and I don't have to wait for it to be over. I'd actually enjoy some pretentious get-together if maybe one of two of those people were mildly interesting.
Thing is, you gotta find a way to keep yourself entertained. Especially if you constantly keep getting dragged into pleasantries, it might be fun to do or say something they don't expect. I'm not saying punch people in the face or do anything slapstick comedy-like, but generally most people are sick of the same routine so doing anything out of the ordinary might be interesting to some. You'll find that those people have a different kind of attention for someone not trying too hard to follow etiquette or do mindless chit-chat about he weather or whatever.
Sounds to me like you don't have an issue with New Year's Eve, more with the people around you and your husband.
I just to spend those nights with loads of people, drinking way too much, playing board games, having fun. These days I'll be lucky if two people show up and I don't have to wait for it to be over. I'd actually enjoy some pretentious get-together if maybe one of two of those people were mildly interesting.
Thing is, you gotta find a way to keep yourself entertained. Especially if you constantly keep getting dragged into pleasantries, it might be fun to do or say something they don't expect. I'm not saying punch people in the face or do anything slapstick comedy-like, but generally most people are sick of the same routine so doing anything out of the ordinary might be interesting to some. You'll find that those people have a different kind of attention for someone not trying too hard to follow etiquette or do mindless chit-chat about he weather or whatever.