What do people do at weekends?!

[puffyeyedsugarmonster]

This makes me sound ridiculous but DH & I are both mid & late thirties, no kids, reasonable income and hardly ever have anything to do at the weekend.

We normally just stay at home or in the garden, sometimes go for a wander to the local pub but I don't want to do that all the time. All our friends have young kids so they're always doing stuff with them, occasionally we'll join them but to be honest as we don't have kids fetes and fairs and things aren't really our thing.

I feel like we're wasting so much of our lives just staying at home but am a bit lost for ideas...?

I have teens so have more time to myself now. I do parkrun, work on my allotment or garden, do DIY with DH (there's a lot to do), see friends in the evening sometimes. Obviously there is kid stuff too but I'm pretty sure I'd be busy without them. Hopefully we'd go away more as we'd have lots more money too!

Mostly I just laze about (DP has various illnesses and and often can't do much which is my excuse). When he's well i like to go on day trips by train, or walking.

I'm early 30s, four kids. DH works some weekends. When he's off we'll usually either go into town shopping with the kids, have lunch then come home and go the park for a few hours. Then cook a meal at home.
When I'm on my own, I'll spend a lot of time doing housework and tidying up after them then either take them to see grandparents or go to the park.

DH took DS to go for a bike ride in the countryside this morning and Ive just been shopping. Tonight, it’s a date night so DH and I will go out for some drinks and dinner. Tomorrow morning we’re off to a spa and tomorrow afternoon we’ve got paperwork to do.

I went out in the city last night for dinner and a few drinks.

Did a park run this morning which nearly killed me🥵.

Hen went to he garden centre and bought some new plants for the now dead window boxes.

Also I have bought the new handmaidens book, so just sitting down with a cup of coffee to have a read.

Tomorrow I need to clean the house - it’s shamefully dirty.

Clean/garden, cycle, drive out to random cities and shop, plan holidays, cinema, lunch/dinner out, drink!

Could u go away for weekend every so often?
Sightseeing
Meal out
Drinks
Sex

Me and DP also have no kids and weekends are so easily wasted lazing on the couch... we try and go somewhere new once a month and have a night away. There are always deals! Exploring a new pub is always more fun than your local.

Also cinema or simple dinner and drinks in town? Last night we had a night in with bottle of wine takeaway and a movie. You could visit friends also childless?

Sundays are always for cleaning, doing the weekly shop, washings and preparing for the week ahead.

Read
Watch films
Go to the cinema
Go for walks
Visit museums / galleries
Have brunch
Visit friends
Write my book
Explore new villages
Go for a drive
Bake things
See family
Go for a run
Play board games

Go walking, learn a language, go sight seeing, baking/cooking?

Is there any volunteering opportunities that you could do together?

A thing I like doing with family or friends is just getting in the car and seeing where we end up, stopping at anything that looks interesting.

I don't have kids and I'm single, so it's just me at weekends! I spend quite a few weekends visiting friends (including hanging out with those with kids), or otherwise gaming, hiking, visiting nearby cities or towns for a tourist visit, National trust places, and cooking - I like to have the time to spend ages cooking something quite elaborate just for me (usually with leftovers).

I'm single no kids but tend to:
See family
Go shopping
Meet friends for bunch/lunch/dinner
National trusts
DIY
Watching box sets!

I do find some weekends I've got nobody to do something with. A bit depressing!

Tennis, coffee with tennis friends, garden centre/gardening, walks, galleries/museums, cinema, family visits, helping out elderly parents, trying out a new restaurant, supermarket shopping, taking stuff to the recycling centre or charity shop, reading, catch-up TV, catching up on sleep.

Thanks for all the suggestions, really interesting. I used to do much more at weekends when single but we've been married for 6 years and the last few it just seems to have got into a routine that we don't really do much together so particularly interested in the ideas for things to do as a couple.

That said, the have kids comments aren't helpful.

Volunteer. I do dog walking for the oldies, it normally leads to other jobs too like getting their shopping in, taking other pets to the vets etc. I also get a LOT of tea and biscuits.

I work 🤷‍♀️

National Trust!!

Maybe try and explore a new place/attraction/area together each weekend or every other weekend - some local and some further afield, so on foot, by bicycle, by public transport? It’s so easy to get into a rut and not see all of the interesting things even in the local area.

Lots of good suggestions for day time activities. We are in similar situation and meet often friends in the evenings (when kids have gone to bed) - at their houses mostly but sometimes they get a babysitter and we go out. Also, try to make other friends' that don't have kids :)

DH and I are mid 30s and child free. We went surfing this morning and then a long walk along the beach.

I always go for a long run and at least one walk. Also art galleries, lunch or dinner out, DIY, gardening, seeing family or friends, painting, sometimes babysit for our siblings.

And then the boring things like washing and cleaning the house...

We used to go gliding on a weekend. Fun but expensive and time consuming.

Meals out
Weekends away in UK or abroad (maybe not after brexit has broken it)
Cinema
Theme parks

Go for walks in the countryside or by the seaside
Cycle
Go to London to visit museums and art galleries
Theatre
Cinema
Read the weekend papers
And housework sadly

I’d be having a lie in at some point. And then I’d be doing one or more of the following; out cycling, running, swimming (preferably outdoor), walking, shopping, cinema, theatre, seeing family, doing some sort of triathlon, half marathon or similar. And so on and so forth! I have kids now though, so any of those things have to be squeezed in and are no where near as frequent or as long as I would like these days. So get out, find what you enjoy and make the most of it!

Oh how could I forget reading. The joy of getting lost in a good book.

Before DC we enjoyed pub lunches, long walks, going to stately homes, getting the train and going on mini-breaks, going to see local bands in the evening and the cinema. We also liked food fayres, Christmas markets, McDonald's breakfasts and watching box sets.