Anyone else hate weekends?

I find if my weekend is not structured, I don't enjoy it as much.

I love the weekends get out of bed when i want plod around doing what i fancy.

I love them. I enjoy not getting up as early, meeting with a friend and having food and wine, or having a nice meal with the family.

I also love the weekends where I do very little except sit at home and do the hobbies I enjoy.

Sunday evenings are a lot nicer now that I don't work on Mondays.

You need to make plans! I loved weekends as a child, as a childfree adult and now as a parent. My DC are primary age so we have clubs every weekend, and in the free time I love making plans for fun outdoor things if it’s dry, or pottering/indoor plans if it’s wet. I just love weekends! I work 4 days a week and also hate getting up and rushing to do the school run etc.

For me, there is always a jumble sale, tabletop sale, flea market, car boot sale or just a potter around charity shops to look forward to at the weekend. I love waking my lot up with a cooked breakfast on Sunday. DH goes to Costa on Saturday mornings and brings me a decaf vanilla latte in bed. Weekends are bliss.

I agree with this. I can’t remember the last time I went to a city for ‘fun’ or went for a meal out that wasn’t a special occasion.

Yesterday we did park run which is free. Went for a bike ride with ds. Cleaned bikes and tidied a bit.

Today we had a lazy morn baking, took dogs to the beach then tidied a bit more.

Haven’t spent any money, which is nice 😀

When my kids were young we used to see other families at the weekends.

Crikey, I bloody love the weekend! Although I am one of those people that would quite work in a nano second if I won the lottery, and dream of retiring early (I'm mid 40s) so I suspect it's more a case of hating the working week rather than loving the weekends.
I do find satisfaction in having had a productive weekend though. Whether that's a clean house, catching up with friends, exercising or having crossed something off my to do list.
I've had a Netflix binge and an afternoon nap this weekend too, have loved it all

My favourite thing to do is make a few sandwiches and head off in to the countryside. You are never far from countryside in the UK and there are so many good places to walk. Just Google "walks near me" . I always feel so much better after a walk in nature.
I suppose not everyone enjoys it though.

If the kids are happy staying in with dad and you like sone free stuff, just take sone time for yourself and do it ?

Weekends don't have to be about doing nothing and having no plans. I love the weekend because I can do the things I love and I plan them in. It's a chance to visit interesting places, go out for lunch, go shopping, go walking, visit my parents, meet with a friend, go swimming, cook a lovely meal, do some work in my garden etc. They are far too short in my opinion!

I get you op. The things people have mentioned here are great if you have a big social circle and money but I don't and my children aren't interested in the free stuff anymore.

One is just about to give up his Saturday morning sport due to an injury and it feels like we'll have long weekends of nothing looming ahead of us.

We can afford maybe a meal out or a trip to the nearest city once a month, but certainly not every weekend.

I don't have a huge group of friends to arrange things with either. I love my own company but it can also get boring. DP fucks off to the gym but I don't like the gym, exercise classes, yoga etc. I like swimming but the local pool doesn't open to the public at weekends as it's booked for children's lessons.

Nope. Love weekends. Usually a bit chaotic tbh with different kids sports and our own hobbies. But love a lazy one

You need a hobby or two op. You would be prefect volunteering for kids sporting activity - having get up and go. Girls football teams are always struggling for female volunteers where I live.

I'm home most weekends (usually alone) and I definitely do not binge on Netflix! I never have the tv on during the day and not always in the evening.

I have various craft hobbies, I potter in the garden if the weather's ok, I read, I play online games, do jigsaws, spend time with my cats, might do some decluttering or DIY depending on what I have on the go. I'm learning a language and trying to teach myself piano. I don't actually have enough time to do everything I'd like to do!

Going out isn't always an option for numerous reasons. It's good to have some hobbies that you can do at home. Otherwise you do just end up watching TV or doom scrolling online.

Weekends are the best! I never watch TV during the day and I’m usually out of the house. Weekends are great if you spend them doing things that you like. Surely there’s something you like doing outside of work?

I really do not understand this at all.

I LOVE the weekends.

why do you find it weird to have two days free, nothing planned? What is weird about it? Weekends have been 'a thing' for a Very Long Time now.

if you don't like not having a schedule or things planned then make a schedule & plan things.

you sound like a small child whinging 'I'm bored', but not wanting to do anything people suggest.

people have suggested loads of things to improve your weekends.

'I can't just lay around all weekend watching 'Netflix' - no one suggested that, you think you're better than everyone else who can enjoy relaxing. But you're not.

if you have so much time you don't know what to do with yourself, volunteer at a couple of places & do something useful with your time to improve other people's/animals lives.

I love weekends and I am usually on the go. Woods or beach walks, coffee with friends, popping out to the city centre, little trips with my kids (10 and 14), sometimes some sports. I tend to sit down on the sofa in the evening. I very very rarely watch TV during the day.

I get it OP. Weekends usually turn out to be such a disappointment. I look forward to it but actually it’s just the same shit different day. I have a teen who needs taking to footie practice Saturday and a match on Sunday, so that’s half of both days. Dog needs walking twice a day, this winter that has been misery! There’s always loads of laundry and housework. I would love to arrange a day out, but Dh and Ds always find reasons why it’s not possible.

Come the summer things should hopefully be better (and the bloody football season should end!!)

Love weekends.

I am so busy weekdays that everything feels like a massive rush. I am not a slave to my watch on those two days of the week, have time for breakfast, time for laundry, time for board games with the kids, time to garden and get creative. I never get bored, either - there are so many nice-to-do-but-not-vital jobs around the house, so many little projects I haven't even started, my pets keep me busy, I can go for a walk. Weekends are too short, really, and I can't wait for my next annual leave where I can do all of the above, but for longer.

Can I please get your 2 weekend days if you don't want them? 😂

I love the weekends, I have a lie-in, sit in bed reading MN before going off to do my hobby (😉😁). The club I belong to only costs £110 for the year, so it's not busting the bank. Then home for a fry up before heading out to walk the dogs.

I also meet up with friends at the weekend, we go for long walks in the countryside (free) or go for lunch, or both. Or occasionally, the pub for a few drinks.Then I come home.and sit in the bath reading.

At this time of the year, I'm involved in the local amateurs dramatic production (also free), so that's a few hours taken up on Sundays too.

As we come into the better weather, I'll spend a few weekends going to watch DH doing his hobby too.

My main problem is there aren't enough hours in the weekend to do everything I want to or need to, as I also enjoy a bit of batch cooking when the urge takes me, and a bit of gardening, not to mention simply lying out in the sun with a book once the sun's warmed up.

Yes, I used to hate Sundays when I was a child in the 80s/90s too.

Some Sundays my parents planned a day out, but of course, not every Sunday. Nothing was open, there wasn't much to see on TV, and when it was raining you couldn't go outside to play.
It was just waiting around for Monday and school to come. A wasteland of a day. Dismal. Then tea time, a bath, Antiques Roadshow and bed.

😖

You need to embrace the "pottering about and doing not much".

It's a chance to recuperate, slow down and just calm your mind and soul from the busy week-days.

Maybe do a cross-word, go for a short walk, do any DIY jobs, find a great book to read, lay on the sofa listening to Classic FM.......whatever takes your fancy.

Plan something. Or plan to watch a film erc. You and the kids need down time roo

This is me too... And today in Ireland it's a bank holiday! Those without young children are rejoicing an extra long weekend! Not me, it's another day of putting their needs before mine for the WHOLE day