My girlfriend and I went to a New Years Eve party at a local restaurant. They had the usual buffet and DJ. The event started at 7 so I let her know I planned to leave at 6:30. She came over around 4:00. Was talking to her friend on the phone when she got there then for quite a while after that. Then talked to another friend for about 15 minutes later. At 5:30 I let her know I was going to shower and that we had an hour to get ready. She wasn’t close to being ready at 6:10 but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to rush/stress her. About 10 minutes later I put on my dress shirt, pants and shoes. She saw I was ready to go. I paced in the kitchen a little around 6:50. Still trying not to say anything but I was getting kind of aggravated. A few minutes later she asked me to pick out a necklace for her to wear. I asked which box. She told me to forget it. Then came out and threw some stuff on the dresser. We finally left at 7:10 and got there just after 7:30.

It was a quiet ride there but I could feel the tension. The place was packed so I had to find parking. Dropped her off at the door so she wouldn’t get wet. We finally made it to our table. I told her I’d get us drinks. Came back, put them down then got us some appetizers. Made some small talk after that then while we were in line for the main course. Back at the table I had some one sided conversation. Didn’t get much in the way of replies from her. She still had an attitude. About 30 minutes later she told me I hadn’t talked to her since we got there (huh?). A little while later she said something about going home. An hour later she left in an Uber.

My night started then. I wasn’t going to let her ruin my NYE. There was a woman in front of us in the food line earlier. Everyone was talking amongst themselves while we waited. Her and I introduced ourselves (she was in front of me). I had a feeling she wasn’t with anyone. I saw her sitting with people at a table so I asked her to dance to a slow song. She said yes so we danced to that and another then continued for about 45 minutes as the music moved to a faster pace. I found she has a boyfriend who couldn’t make it that night. So I enjoyed my time with her and other woman on the dance floor. Overall it wasn’t a wasted night but I feel that is very wrong to leave someone at an event, especially an important event like that.