Do You Go Out Less Now?

[Tsarevna]

I do, post pandemic. From 100% office based to about one day per week, voluntarily to avoid getting feral. CBA with a pub, was never a big drinker. Used to love going out shopping to a large city - only go for make up or JL for homeware.

Used to go out , pre-pandemic, way more, never gave it a thought.
Since then, I've become much more comfortable and happier, staying home.
I actually enjoy it.
I still go out, visiting friends, out for the odd meal/ pub / coffee , but don't stay out near as long, and actually don't mind going home.
I don't feel bad about it, but wonder how and why I changed from the way I was before.
One good thing: it's economical to stay home 🤷

No, not at all.

I need 'people' in my life.

Since perimeno, hardly ever. I can't tolerate people anymore.

Unfortunately not , I’m far too sociable and am barely home 🙄
I am going to try harder next year to rein it in and actually try to enjoy my house!

Kind of.

I gave up alcohol around 10 years ago, so pubs and clubs etc are definitely in my past.

I am definitely what you would describe as a "homebody", I am happy at home, and I dont particularly enjoy loud, crowded places.

However, some things I do need are walks outdoors, regular interaction with people such at parents at school, neighbours, local friends etc.

Love easy going informal coffee dates, or a lunch, or someone popping round for coffee.

But events planned in advance that require travel and nice clothes and make-up etc.....I just tend to not really do anymore.

I am a bit overweight these days which I imagine does play a part - I can't buy nice clothes etc as nothing looks good on me, so I don't feel good.

I think I would be a bit more social and go out more if I was comfortable with my weight. But I'd still be mostly a homebody.

Other than doing 3 days in the office instead of 5 days, I go out just as much if not more so now than pre-Covid.

Go to an exercise class every day and have a very active social life.

I also love walking and live centrally, so I will always go out and buy something from a physical store than order it online (if it's light enough to carry - I definitely ordered my sofa!)

I loved from London to a small town and I wfh. I went from being in an office in London 5d a week ten years ago, to sitting at home on my own and never seeing anyone. I hate it. I was thinking the other day about how I really really miss going for a few drinks on a Friday night with colleagues.

*moved, not loved

Given the option I would mostly stay at home. I love meeting a certain friend in a local pub, like me, she loves an early meet and an early night home. It's always such a lovely relaxing eve with her. I def do not want to go to rowdy pubs or clubs. I enjoy local exercise classes. There is always so much to do at home these days. I don't do shopping. We get a delivery. I cannot stand people in supermarkets or shops or queuing or traffic anymore. They are all triggers

I Iove going out. I've just got back from a gig. I've gone out 5 nights out the last 7 and out tomorrow and Friday.
Need to calm down in Jan as skint and more poor liver needs a rest!

Combination of things means I go out less now.

Getting older. Friends have families. I have a family. More comfortable in my own space. WFH most of the time now. DS able to get to and from school himself.

We mostly go out for DS participating in his hobbies.

As people get older they go out socialising less, it's not all about COVID which should have had us want to go out more after the various lockdowns were lifted.

I go out to work less but otherwise, I go out to the same extent.

I love meeting friends for coffee or lunch.

I'm not a big pub person but I enjoy the occasional night out. I like to be home by midnight though. And I don't like noisy clubs.

I love shopping in physical shops.

No, I go out all the time. Work in an office, go out most nights (pub with friends, gym, exercise classes, allotment in summer, shopping, volunteering). Do more of these on my day off and usually in and out all day at weekends. Stayed in on Sunday evening having been out last Thurs/Fri/Sat but was out last night and will be out every night this week. The pandemic has made me really appreciate it all.

I go out far more now. Up until two months before the first lockdown I was living in a village which essentially shut down for the night at 6 pm, and where the nearest city was a cultural desert. Then we moved countries, and now live close to the centre of a small city with lots of festivals, a vibrant arts/theatre/music/ cinema scene, excellent pubs, and I’ve made some interesting friends.

Yes. Can't be arsed with pubs. Food and service in restaurants are over-priced and shit (in fact, I hardly even get takeaways now for the same reason.) Towns are half derelict and full of rude idiots. Traffic is rammed everywhere and roadworks at every corner.

I'm firmly stuck in 2020 "just stay home".

The pandemic doesn't really come into it for me - as I have aged, I have felt less and less interest in going out in the evenings.

Day trips - if anything the pandemic taught me to value them more.

Your original typo sounded like the start of a very romantic memoir!

THIS. Totally this /\

No, I get out every day, perhaps even more since the pandemic as I want to see and do all the things out there. I have young dc and no evening childcare, so we don't go out to pubs etc, but we like to visit places as a family and try to go to as many places as we can. We are in the centre of London so we have things on our doorstep and we travel across town to visit places too. We go to lots of theatre shows and concerts, tourist attractions, museums, galleries and play areas.
I like the buzz of being around people, although we aren't really sociable and don't meet up with people to go out, we just hang out as a family of 4.

Haven't been one for pubs and clubs for a long time but have stopped going to the shops as much, just so used to ordering online now. We drastically cut back on kids hobbies, covid made us realise we spent way too much time running the kids from one place to another and how bad that was for all our healths (fast food on the way, exhausted etc). Eating out has become much more expensive, as has everything else so less disposable income has reduced that.

I always hated my own company and was out all the time. Pre-DC I was full time in the office and went out probably 3 nights a week after work plus most of the weekend. Post-DC I took them out for most of most days.

Now I need a lot more downtime due to ill health and I've learned to be happy at home with a good book or a puzzle. But when I'm feeling fairly ok I walk the dog daily, go to the gym 4x a week, do the school run and other errands 2 or 3 times a week, show my face in the office once a month and go out socially probably twice a week. I also average 2 medical appointments a week.

But when I have a bad patch I can stay home for days on end.

I enjoy going out (particularly for meals) but I begrudge paying well over the odds for a bang average experience, which is increasingly the case since Covid.

It’s now very difficult to get a decent, good value meal and a few drinks without spending a fortune. I therefore now go for a ‘quality over quantity’ approach and would rather spend a bit more to go to a really nice restaurant less often.

😆

I’m around the same.

Lunch out once a week, evening dinners out with friends around every 2 to 3 months. Meet up for coffee as and when can vary.

Go to a big out of town shopping centre twice a year with a mate. Wander round my local High St once a week. My mate runs a small independent shop on it so always pop in for a chat.

Belong to 2 hiking groups a very local easy short routes one and a jumping through streams, get covered in mud one where you need a map. In better weather I’m out most weeks with one or the other.

In this run up to Christmas I’m seeing 4 friends, another lot had to cancel due to illness. I may have an after works dinner as well.

I like company, DH is not quite as sociable as me but he has had two dinners this week. I really value my friendships with other women.