What do single people do on Friday evenings and the weekend?

[Sunflowers2047]

I find Friday evenings really difficult because once again I'm alone and I imagine everyone else having lovely times with their families or out at pubs with friends. I have a handful of friends but they have young children or live too far away to meet up for an evening. I'm working all weekend which means all that faces me this weekend is just work stress and then Saturday evening alone again. Makes me feel crap and lonely.

@Sunflowers2047 if you want to unwind after stressful day at work at the weekend can go to the cinema or even a show or comedy club? Gives you something to look forward to where you can unwind and you can do on your own.

I've had comments like a PP when I've tried to explain how sometimes, despite being an introvert, I feel really truly alone (and not in a good way), to a now ex friend and she responded - 'yeah I feel the same when I put x to bed'. Makes me so angry, it's not the same as being truly alone with a very small support network (she also had a huge support network too).

I've been single with and without DD, and whilst having a kid definitely makes a difference in many respects, once they are in bed you are stuck at home completely. No gym, walk, night classes, even going to the shops. It's a different kind of isolation, for me it felt worse because there was little I could do to help myself just sit in alone night after night with little adult company.

I'm single and tonight I am off to see a Nobel Prize winning author - by myself. I am fine with that. No friends interested in coming so I am going it alone. I have come to terms with being single and am mostly OK with it. But I still have my moments when I wish I had someone to go places with. But trying to challenge myself and get out there and enjoy life

When I was single I used to do a supermarket trip for the forthcoming week. I’d then go to the gym as it was always nice and quiet. Later on I would have something delicious to eat and maybe a glass of wine.

I think I used to do all my beauty treatments on a Friday too such as fake tanning, hair removal and dyeing my hair. If I left this for Saturday, then I would do the housework.

After a full week at work, I was always ready for a bit of peace and quiet. However, when bank holidays or full holidays loomed it would feel a bit daunting.

I think, the important thing is to try to see time alone as an opportunity to do things for you. It is difficult when you’re single and friends and family and busy though.

I'm normally exhausted by Friday so have a takeaway and nap.

If I'm in the office on a Friday I'll go to one of the bars on the way home and chat to neighbours (we all live in high rises and there are a couple of bars with outdoor seating at the bottom). Living where I do, there are lots of single people and wfh people who will chat to anyone. Doesn't matter that I'm usually pretty shy.

My ex never wanted to do anything at the weekend. To me that was more lonely than being by myself.
Sometimes I will meet friends for drinks/dinner/cinema/theatre.
Some weekends I will do absolutely nothing and just relax.

I'm good in my own company but I get the feeling of wanting weekends to be different.

When I lived alone if I had no plans, I would get home on a Friday and have a long soak with a glass of wine to 'wash the work off me' then have a nap on my bed til maybe 8pm. I'd then get back up and stay up late watching something good on TV.

Saturday, I'd have a lie in then go for a run or to the gym. Come back home, spend a bit of time doing my make up and hair then go into town for a mooch round the shops and listen to a podcast. Then i'd generally come home and cook a big portion of something for the week and look forward to my tea. More TV in the evening or a walk if it was summer.

On Sunday, I would get a Sunday paper delivered and stay in bed reading that, then get up and have a houseworky/laundry day. I'd generally see my parents at some point or just potter around. I really enjoyed it tbh.

I'm single with a teen ds.

I do park run on Saturday morning, quick coffee with fellow runners, then drop ds off at swimming. Food shop then collect him, and home.

Usually meet up with friends on Saturday afternoon or they come over for a coffee. Maybe someone will stay to supper or we might go out for a pizza.

Sunday, lazy morning, chores, homework, maybe cycling (blackberry picking this weekend) and then a shared martial arts class late afternoon.

I live in a village so there's usually stuff at the village hall as well, barbecues quiz nights etc.