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What do adults without children do on weekends

254 replies

Curiousmum69 · 23/02/2019 12:41

I seem to have forgotten.

Other than shopping. Everything feels child orientated. Or I've just forgotten how to be an adult over the last 18 years.

OP posts:
StealthPolarBear · 23/02/2019 13:07

If you're over 70 you spend the day in sainsburys

StealthPolarBear · 23/02/2019 13:08

I can't imagine going to look round a castle without the dcs! When they're tiny you spend all your time thinking of things they'll enjoy that you can bear, it must take a brain shift to get out of that mindset

PenCreed · 23/02/2019 13:09

Sleep. Housework we’re not in to do during the week. Cook more elaborate meals (I like cooking). Catch up with friends and family. Read. Watch TV. Have sex. Garden. Lounge. Travel. Go to exhibitions and theatre when we’ve been organised.

ilovesooty · 23/02/2019 13:09

Football on TV
Batch cooking
Washing
Reading
Get on with a project
A walk
Trip away - to London for football tomorrow

PenCreed · 23/02/2019 13:09

I love weekends.

Missingstreetlife · 23/02/2019 13:11

Read the paper, housework, phone or meet friends, swim, catch up on emails, bills, go to the pub or a cafe, walk. Go to local event or show...

poppycity · 23/02/2019 13:13

Like others I can scarcely remember. And I think as other posters said you can get out of practice. But thinking of my childless friends they:

clean
cook
get takeaways
walk their dogs
go to the gym and relax in the hot tub
read papers
read books in cafes with lovely hot drinks and a sweet
see friends
netflix
watch tv
visit with parents/siblings

Dare I admit, I can't wait. Only another decade or so to go! Grin

Aaaahfuck · 23/02/2019 13:14

At the moment we're decorating the house every bloody weekend! So when we're bit doing that we do things like:
Lie in
Have a lazy cooked breakfast
Go out for coffee /breakfast /lunch/dinner
Go to museums and galleries (this is a big one for us as I work in the sector)
Cinema
Craftinh
Boxsets
Baking
See family
Day trips
Visit the coast
Markets
Swim/gym
Meet friends for drinks
Go away for the weekend
Hang out with my sister and niece
Also sometimes bugger all!

What do you enjoy doing? If you've not had much time to yourself while your kids have been growing up it's worth trying a few things to remember what you enjoy.

DarlingNikita · 23/02/2019 13:15

I go to the gym on a Saturday morning. After that, often I have to work (self-employed, so needs must).

If I don't have to work, on rainy weekend days I like nothing better than some tea and a pack of biscuits in my favourite chair by the window, with the radio burbling away quietly and a good book.

Or DP and I spend some time together –we'll often go to a gallery and have tea and cake, or lunch. If he's not around I meet a friend or take myself to a show or film that no one else would want to see.

Sunday mornings I like to spend hours reading the paper and drinking coffee.

In the evenings I like to cook something that takes a bit of time (never have the time or desire in the week), and then we trough in front of the telly.

amusedbush · 23/02/2019 13:15

Currently my weekends are taken up by weeping into my computer doing assignments for my masters degree and I'm dreaming of Saturdays spent being totally unproductive in front of Netflix.

Otherwise - seeing friends, going out somewhere with DH, shopping and taking myself off for coffee/lunch, housework, laundry, cooking a nice dinner...

Purplecatshopaholic · 23/02/2019 13:17

Walk the dog. Potter about my house (currently decorating is a 'thing' for me). Have a bloody lovely time...!

Aaaahfuck · 23/02/2019 13:17

We've just got an allotment too so looking forward to getting started with that.

Springwalk · 23/02/2019 13:18

Sounds a bit dull and grown up to me. I am worried after reading this thread about by children growing up now Confused
I like being a big kid with my little kids I have just realised.

Do you still go to funfairs? Crafts? Rolling on the grass? Jump on the bed? Hide in dens and eat sweets. I like reliving my childhood with the dc,

reluctantbrit · 23/02/2019 13:18

DD is a single child and a scout with lots of weekend activities plus she rides and often spen a Saturday/Sunday at the stable.

We love it. Just the peace of a silent house, DH tinkers around, I read/sleep/watch movies.

We go out for a leisury lunch, do shopping without her (blissful easy), go to a walk or seeing something DD doesn't like.

I think I also need to find a new hobby.

Cherrysoup · 23/02/2019 13:20

Leisurely dog walk, more socialising than walking. Tv. Lie in, late breakfast. Time at the stables. More coffee. Shopping, but not for food.

winsinbin · 23/02/2019 13:20

I’ve read the paper, mooched on MN and am about to go out to a 3 hour yoga workshop. Them when I get home I will have a glass or two of wine and prob watch a box set with DH.

reluctantbrit · 23/02/2019 13:20

Springwalk - yes, I liked that as well. But it also gets a bit old after 11 years.

I like that I can do both at the moment.

BlimeyCalmDown · 23/02/2019 13:23

kayaking, netflix, a date or pub with friends, read a whole book, mumsnet

WineGummyBear · 23/02/2019 13:23

Go on a massive bike ride.
Eat a big lunch
Back to bed for snooze/sex
Socialise in the evening

Mumof1andacat · 23/02/2019 13:23

Studying or working, house work, DIY projects, gardening, catching up with friends and family and actually talking to them, shopping, volunteering, hairdressers/beauty treatments, crafting, reading, watching or playing sport, meals out, visiting museums/galleries/ national trust places, food/music/drink festivals, sleeping, films. Most of this you can do by yourself, with dh or friends.

SeaOtterFluff · 23/02/2019 13:23

We're finally at that stage, after 18 years! Apart from the stuff already listed, we often stick a pin on Google maps at random, drive to wherever it is, have a look round and a spot of lunch. Mooch round the charity shops, find the town museum and have a look in estate agent windows. Some places are better than others but it's a nice adventure. If DH is working, I'll take the train to London and have a look round. I'll do National Trusts with or without DH. Nobody has ever pointed or laughed at the middle aged woman on her own... so far.

It's amazing how much you can get done without children in tow!

Loopytiles · 23/02/2019 13:24

Lie ins. Exercise. Cleaning and admin, local errands. Visit, host or meet up with friends or family. Meals out. Read.

CheddarAndCrackers · 23/02/2019 13:24

Leisurely breakfast, potter around, gardening, cooking, go for walks, visit friends, relax, have naps...

MsSquiz · 23/02/2019 13:24

We do some house work jobs (DH hoovers, I do laundry & kitchen tidy)

DH has a football season ticket so that's usually every other Saturday for him

We sometimes go into town to shop & have lunch (these can become boozy afternoons)

We go for a drive into the countryside or to the coast & go for a walk

We visit family - Sunday lunches with the in laws (at PILs or we go out)

I catch up with my crap tv that DH doesn't like

DH will often have a few games of FIFA

DH sometimes goes to the gym

Sometimes we just sit in the same room and don't interact, but enjoy the quiet

anniehm · 23/02/2019 13:25

Park run, breakfast, diy, caring for elderly relatives!