To no longer want my evening alone

[chellochello]

So this is probably the 1st weekend evening I've had alone in about a year - my 2 older kids are sleeping at friends, my youngest is fast asleep in bed and my DH is on a rare boys night out. I've been soo looking forward to this night thinking I'll have a little glass of wine and watch some grown up telly and enjoy me own company for a bit. However now I'm all on my own I don't know what to do with myself and find I'm sitting watching Ant and Dec feeling a bit sorry for myself with a cup of tea instead - anyone recommend anything I can watch to cheer myself up?

Oh definitely, our house is constant noise after school, I'm including the dog in this ha ha, so I don't even reach for the remote, plus I'm busy trying to get chores done.

Maybe the nasty types were all pissed, or frustrated. I missed seeing those posts.

@chellochello I suppose you've seen 'You' on Netflix? I'm late to the party with that one, but enjoyed.

Why on Earth was my message deleted?????

I wasn’t rude, I didn’t criticise anyone. I just wondered why op couldn’t manage one evening on her own, as an adult...

By the logic of some on here noone should complain about anything ever imcase there is someone worse off 🙄. The Split on bbciplayer might be a good one to catch up on when you next get some time alone. Hope you manages to enjoy it despite the pissing on your chips

yep what she said

My Message was deleted. I have no idea why. The OP posted saying she didn't want to spend an evening by herself, but really? Lots and lots of people spend the evenings by themselves.it's a world problem.

If OP can't spend an Evening by herself, and that's a sad state of affairs for an adult woman.

Your post was deleted because it was snarky and even vitriolic.

This is the second time you’ve posted about it being deleted. We’re not HQ so if you want to know why, ask them.

OP didn’t say she couldn’t spend an evening alone. You’re reaching to stick the knife in for some bizarre reason. She asked for tv suggestions.

It can be weird when your wired to be dealing with a full house and suddenly it's quiet. I like a bath without visitors. I generally binge on telly shows (no one asking questions about what's happening), films. Fav snacks and drinks with no one to have to "share". Not every one likes to be alone. I just like a break from persistent questions, singing, very long stories, and sibling arguments. When you know this is on the cards save up stuff to watch or try and organise meeting up with a friend. Go with what suits you.

I also found it strange the first time I was on my own. You'll adapt. My kids left a note saying don't be lonely and scared of the dark. I slept on the couch with all the lights on. Gin helps.

It's way late now and you're probably in bed but Love Is Blind on Netflix is so bad it's good. You'll start watching it thinking "This is shite, I'm not watching this", then get sucked in! Enjoy!

@chellochello, I'd like to apologise for being so rude last night. I have no excuse.

I hope you enjoyed your evening in the end.

Grace and Frankie on Netflix.

In a hopefully more positive spirit of taking the OP's comment and running wildly with it, perhaps an early warning about pre-preparing for an eventually empty nest?

Wewantsweet, exactly.