It’s 5.30 on the Sunday nights of our childhoods. AIBU to ask you what you are doing?

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It is 5.30 on any Sunday night of your childhood. For me it’s approximately 1997. I am having my hair nit combed in the front room, having been told off for not eating all my roast pork. Dad is messing around with the fire because it won’t draw properly. It’s all a bit tense.

What are you doing?

Possibly also nit combing. Watching the lion king for the 7th time that weekend? Watching stars in their eyes? Finders crispy pancakes for tea. Dad smoking in the kitchen with the window open 😂

Eating dippy eggs and soldiers and about to have a bath before Howard’s Way 😂

Playing either "1 2 3 the books are read" in the hall or jumping down the stairs, while DPs enjoy a G&T in the sitting room (door closed) and we wait for dinner.

sharing a bath with my brother and sister before going downstairs to sit in front of the fire with tea and biscuits. my dad would be watching telly in the armchair after he’d bathed us all and my mum would be getting ready for her weekly bingo outing. would also be the late 90s.

1980s for me. I'm shining my shoes for school after having packed my school bag and cut my nails for the Monday morning nail inspection. DF is next to me polishing his own shoes and DM is cooking dinner.

It's the 60's. I am putting on my coat and getting ready to go to church. Then home, a cup of tea and bed.

Playing backgammon or cards with my dad. Every Sunday end of the day. Good times.

Mine’s early 1970s. Likely to be a power cut at some time, so dad getting tense about candles and oil lamps. If all goes well, watching black and white tv maybe - some sort of Sunday night serial. On BBC as we didn’t have itv tuned in.

Late 80s, early 90s.
Roast dinner or seafood tea
Mum would be ironing
Maybe we’d play cards or board game
Homework as we got older
Bath and hair wash
Antiques roadshow

I'd be moaning that I didnt like my dinner. We always had some form if meat, boiled potatoes etc and I hated it. I'm still the same.

I'd have been in my room listening to the top 20.

In the 70s. Having tea which unlike the rest of the week was not the main meal of the day. Often ham sandwiches and cake. Occasionally watching Songs of Praise, sometimes dad went out for the evening service at the church he attended, in spring/summer perhaps outside.

Early 80's after tea, before bathtime and Bullseye. Lockdown is reminiscent of those long boring Sundays actually 😁

Recording the top 40 of course.

About 1988 for me.
I'm hovering over my tape player pressing record trying to record my favourite songs from the charts onto a tape.
Then I'm getting annoyed because I accidentally get Bruno Brookes voice in! 🤣

It's the 80s and I'm wondering what indescribably awful meal will be on the table tonight. I'll have a had a very boring weekend and I will be very much looking forward to school in the morning.

@User2378901 as soon as mum has nit combed my hair she’ll be ironing!

In the mid-late 70’s dancing round the living room to the Top 40 on the radio

Early 80’s at boarding school - taping the top 40 before supper at 6.45
Later 80’s at boarding school - hiding evidence of illicit smoking/drinking before supper at 6.45 ☺️

I'm either making a Bird's trifle from a box, and excited about adding the sachet of sprinkles, or a cheesecake from a box, and excited about squeezing the sachet of fruity gloop over the top.

Height of Sunday tea luxury in 1978.

It's 1992. I'm settling down at home to watch The Borrowers on BBC1. Mum made a roast for lunch and we went to Granny's house in the afternoon for tea and cake. I played with my cousins whilst the grownups talked about boring stuff-mortgages and politics. I was allowed a small glass of coke with my cake. We made dens and played spies. Great times.

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I'd be moaning that I didnt like my dinner. We always had some form if meat, boiled potatoes etc and I hated it. I'm still the same.

I'd have been in my room listening to the top 20.

Me too! Those bloody dinners. Put me off for life.

@NorthernNic you are so right!

Have had a bath and a hair wash and are eating our supper of cracker bread, cheese and apple whilst lining up for hair brushing/ nit check/ plaits putting in to prevent tangles.
We’re also waiting for The Muppet show to start.

We'd have had Sunday lunch at about 2 and now we'd be watching a bbc drama - I remember a lot of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe at one point. Or doctor who, and I'd be cowering behind the sofa 🤣

Late 90s listening to Radio 1 dance anthems with Dave Pearce on Sunday Eve, getting ready for school for Monday whilst trying to do half assed attempt on any home work just so it looked like I tried to do it.