To dislike Sundays....

[AuntyJackiesBrothersSistersBoy]

The older I get, the more I have a kind of sinking feeling, on a Sunday. It’s like the weekend’s over, which obviously it is but it’s more than that. I have a real sense of doom in a “well, that’s that for another week”. And it happens every week. We don’t do much on a Sunday and it’s become a day of catching up on bed changing and ironing for me. I am old...nearly 56 so I’m not up for taking up skydiving or whatever. It’s just a sense of sadness.

Anyone else feel this way? Just me?

Be glad you’re not a teacher. I’m stuck in today planning lessons and doing paperwork.
Now stop complaining and change your Sundays so that you start to like them.

I hate them. I used to love them when the dcs were young and we’d plan fun stuff. Now they are older teens, one at university the other doesn’t come out of her bedroom. DH is a MAMIL, spends Sunday’s on his bike all day. Friends all with their own families. It’s a crap day.

I get it.
I have always hated sunday's too as i hated school and used to dread it around 7 when it was bath/ bedtime and i knew monday was looming.
always had a weird feel to it, hard to explain, but just the thought of another week of the same old. usually ok by tuesday though!

Sod the bed changing. Sunday's a mad day here, everyone's favourite, because we are either going to a match or a horse show.

My mother is like this. She hates Sundays, says she finds them depressing. 30 years I'm listening to that and it strikes me of an awful waste of life.

You need to change your perspective. Your stuck in the mindset of hating Sunday's. Change your routine. You don't have to go sky diving just do something you enjoy, spend time with loved ones. Make Sunday a day to look forward to.

It's funny I was just sat on toilet thinking the same thing before I read the OP.

I have a lot of energy and my weeks are busy, I work 8.30 - 5pm and then go to gym 6 -7pm. On a Wednesday I do karate after work 6-8pm.

Saturdays I do gym, swim, shop, yesterday I did a 5k obstacle course which was great fun and then it's Sunday. Boring depressing Sunday. I've been moping about the house all day bored. I could've gone to gym but I don't have the motivation on a Sunday for some reason. Hate it.

I was thinking on toilet maybe I should just give in, curl up on the sofa and watch a film ... I might just do that

It’s just an odd day - I can’t explain it.
I’m glad others feel the same though.

I have the same feeling and it's got worse as I've got older. I thought I'd be over it now that I'm no longer a school child. I'm prone to depression so maybe that's part of it. Maybe I need a new hobby but there is always some housework that needs to be done on a Sunday 🙁

Instead of wasting a day a week, plan brunch with friends or the cinema.....

We go to church in the mornings, I wash uniforms, snooze and then cook roast chicken.

I like Sundays.

I know what you mean but instead of hating them I try and plan nice things.
Meeting by friends for a drink, going for a long lazy walk ending in a pub/coffee shop.

Could you change your routine? Change the beds midweek for example - then you haven’t got to do them in a Sunday.

I love cooking so Sunday’s when I have no plans I usually bake - flapjacks today!! And I tend to make a big bolognaise or lasagne that can be for dinner and some for the freezer.

We always go for brunch on a Sunday, it’s such a nice treat. But Sunday evening I get the fear... YANBU OP!

I quite like Sundays, with working and commuting full time it out the house every weekday for 11 hours, I do my food shop in the week and a big clean on Saturday, so Sunday is the only day I put my feet up - watch Netflix, do my nails, have endless cups of tea, do something silly like a face mask, browse online shopping etc...I feel no guilt because I am so busy every other day so it’s nice to have a day to recharge. Occasionally the Sunday blues creep in but i keep them at bay by just doing nice, relaxing things.

Maybe you should try and do more things for yourself on a Sunday and see if that perks them up?

I agree about Sundays!

Change your habits & make it a day to enjoy

Sorry but you lost me at "I am old - 56"....ffs!! Thats not old, but your mindset is. You've had some really good advice here, I suggest you follow it instead of moping your life away.

I hated Sundays as a child, with school on Monday looming, and the boredom of having to go to chapel or Sunday School. I hated them when I was in jobs I hated. But I quite like my current job and like Sundays now. We spend the morning in bed reading the papers and erm attending to our marriage, and the rest of the day just chilling.

This sketch just about sums up Sundays...

I like to go out to our local pub quiz with girlfriends on a Sunday. We go every other week, and it gives me something to look forward to during the day and somehow extends the weekend. Sadly this week isn't our week...

Why not take up a new hobby on a Sunday? Or take on something voluntary?
Anything is better than moaning on here - I'm only putting off doing a VAT return.

Why don’t you try to plan nice things? I enjoy Sunday mornings as lazy time and used to feel like that late afternoon but now we do things like go for lunch, have a Sunday night take away or even a walk out

@Ariela, don't panic you have until 7th May :)

Well, if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.

What would improve your Sunday? How would you like it to be a little bit better? Not skydiving - but a small improvement.

I’m the same..it goes back to when I was a kid and as soon as the heartbeat theme tune came on I knew it was nearly school time!!

I don't like them either really. Just the drudgery of getting prepared for another week of school runs for the kids or uni and placement for me. Meh.

YANBU
That's why I always make roast dinners on Saturdays, not on Sundays. Sundays are far too miserable to do anything nice.

Firstly you are not old at 56!

I'm 52 and I like Sundays. I ring the bells at church in the morning, come back and have a coffee. Then I read, relax, maybe watch a film or go for a walk. Then make a roast dinner, watch telly and finish off with a nice bath or shower. What's not to like?

You need a plan for something different!!

I don't mind Sunday's. Some Sundays we don't do anything, just stay home and have a lazy day, other Sundays we go to a Sunday Market, Boot Sale, go out for roast dinner instead of cooking or take the dog over a country park, visit family, wash the car, etc every Sunday is different. I think it sounds like you're in a rut.