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Alone New Year's Eve - What To Do When You're Single and Home Alone

By
Relationship Advice Expert April Masini

Q: Dear April Masini,

New Year's Eve is the worst night of the year to be alone, and I don't have a date or a significant other. Do you have any tips for a single girl who's going to be all alone on New Year's Eve?

Signed,

Home Alone

A:

Dear Home Alone,

Indeed, New Year's Eve ranks up there as being one of the top three loneliest nights of the year if you are alone, and not by choice. But don't worry -- while it may be a well kept secret -- the truth is, most singles are either home alone or staying in with family. 

If you are home alone, don't despair; these tips are for you:

• Get your favorite pizza ordered in and commit to a night of DVD movies with peanut chocolate M&Ms for desert.
   
• Phone date. Call a friend in another part of the country or the world and drink wine while you chat and reminisce about the year past and the year to come.
   
• Buy a new book you've been dying to read and curl up on the sofa with a roaring fire, a glass of scotch or hot chocolate and your book. Better yet, give your love life a jump start for the New Year -- spend the night doing your homework -- studying Think & Date Like A Man (for women) or Date Out Of Your League (for men) .... In either case, this will very likely be the last New Years Eve you spend alone.
   
• Start writing that novel -- what better night to begin?
   
• Invite other singles over for a potluck or take-in dinner. The truth is you'll probably have more fun with these friends than you would at a big shebang with people you don't know well at all.
   
• Get online! Online dating makes sitting home alone on Saturday night a virtual impossibility -- or a literal virtual possibility -- whether you're chatting up a stranger on an online dating site or going out to dinner with someone you just met online, there are now infinite possibilities for love. The old advice on places to meet single men and women are now exponential thanks to the Internet. 

If you're newly single, after a break-up or a divorce, and you feel you want to (or have to) make an appearance, alert your friends to the fact that you're coming to their party by yourself and that you're a little unsettled about it. They'll be on the look out for you and can help you feel more comfortable while also introducing you to any other solo-ists. Who knows? You may not be solo for long.

April Masini -- nicknamed "the new millennium's Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books Date Out Of Your League and Think & Date Like A Man, the two (just released) step-by-step dating and relationship manuals, Ideas for a Fun Date and Romantic Date Ideas, and the critically acclaimed dating and relationship online magazine www.AskApril.com.

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