If you're single and childless what do you do at the weekend?

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By the way, solo travelling is wonderful. There's a group in Facebook with over 500k female solo travelers. It's inspiring to see the strength and determination of some women

Museums, craft hobbies, gym, exhibitions, theatre, films, travel, meet up with friends..., I'm never not busy. In fact, I'm so busy, I don't seem to have time for a relationship

This is me too… getting anxious about the bank holiday weekend as it’s a whole 3 days to fill with no plans ❤️‍🩹

I joined a choir alone and met my DH of 34 years.

Longterm single and childless here. I'm working pretty much full-time at the moment so sometimes weekends are just a time to flop/read a book, do some cleaning and cooking proper meals! But other things I do are: gardening, and also visiting garden centres or indeed nice gardens (sometimes with friends), walking (sometimes with friends, sometimes alone), going to London or other bigger cities to see art, see a play and wander around the shops. I also volunteer occasionally at a local art gallery - which I'd really recommend as it basically involves a lot of people watching and very little stress.

I know it doesn’t address the weekend problem but I had a really positive experience with Solos holidays.
I did a 4 day city break but they do all sorts. There was an itinerary but you could also go off and do your own thing a bit. I was v nervous but I’d definitely do it again

I've already posted here but I'd add that the worst, the very worst time of the year for me to be single and childless (when none of your friends are) was the Easter weekend. Finish work Thursday, fix a grin and wish everyone a good long weekend and then let yourself into your empty flat with 4 days to get through. Shops shut at weird times, public transport too, Easter Sunday was the nadir of despair for me some years.

Socialise socialise and socialise . Without a nuclear family it is really important to have friends otherwise you become isolated.

I think some people are just reading the thread title & plonking their memories in without bothering to get a sense of what it’s actually about. Which is pretty common, if annoying.

Quite. If you were last single in the era of Blockbuster Video...

Reading, running, cycling, swimming, sleeping, catching up with friends, concerts, cuppas, walks, the worlds your oyster, embrace it & enjoy your time doing whatever makes u smile🌞

Yes you have tried to make this point multiple times. Agree with both of you.

What people did in their 20s or what they do when their partner is away for one day of the week is not very helpful or relevant to this discussion 😬

exactly, that’s why if I don’t have a good experience or if I sense bad vibes the first time more often than not I’d rather move onto a new group completely rather than trying again with the previous one!

Yep - it’s a point I have made over and over again yet people keep telling us what they used to do.

I would love to hop in a Time Machine back to the days when I had four or five close, single fiends who went out every weekend, went to concerts, to the beach for the day, city breaks, etc etc. I had seen every movie in the cinema, visited every beer garden. Even a night infront of the telly involved a Chinese and three friend in face masks.

but they are now at kids parties, dinner at in laws, drinks with the ballet mums, school quiz, collecting teens from parties, nursing sick kids etc etc.

I am not sure why this is so hard for so many people on this thread to understand.

Meeting up with friends
rowing (or other sport / cycling)
join walking groups
weekends away to UK cities or overseas
take up hobbies ie crochet, art classes etc
volunteer with animal charities

I think some posters are missing the point entirely.

What you used to do when you were young, free and single and all your friends were also in the same position is not relevant to what the OP and others are feeling.

If all your friends are married with children, they will be busy with their own plans and lives. I'm sure if the OP could go for lunch/the theatre/a drink with friends she absolutely would. From my understanding the point in the post is that they do not have anyone to enjoy their weekends with and that's what is causing the upset.

Is this not what other people are getting from the thread or have I missed the point?

I’m not single, but my kids are adults. Gardening (admittedly with DH), walking the dog, sewing (dressmaking) whilst listening to podcasts, reading. Minimum domestic tasks.

Before I had kids/got married. This was my weekend.

Friday night-out with collegeues or mates to the pub. Or at home with mu sister. We used to go to.Blockbusters and buya kebab!

Saturdays were always clean/the ling gym sessuons/swimming/ then go out doe dinner snd drinks either mates.

Sundays lay in and do nothing. It was bliss.

When I was single I used to go theatre most weekends with a friend, not always expensive theatres with obvious plays/musicals but we saw some really good plays.

I do have dc but they go to their dads EOW. I work in a pub those weekends. I've made great friends, socialise and get paid too. I now meet up outside of work. It's been a great way to get out there.

Because it's shit doing it on your own maybe? Because it's more expensive on your own? Because people are different from you and not everyone has the confidence to do so? Maybe because people have got so lonely and depressed from their situation that going on a solo holiday seems like an insurmountable task that can't be achieved?
No need to be dumbfounded.

I'm dumbfounded that anyone in 2024 would as this.

But then I'm 61 and have been traveling solo ( including Europe and long haul) since age 18. I enjoy traveling with a man or other companion but traveling alone has definite upsides.

We only get one life. Why not spend a good chunk of it exploring our precious world?