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Does anyone else feel 'meh' on Sunday afternoons?

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ilovecarbs90 · 11/04/2021 16:36

It starts at around 4pm. That feeling of dread, that monday and the working week is around the corner - it's all going to start again.

The world feels shut down after the supermarkets shut at 4pm and the traffic gets quieter. It's like the atmosphere is subdued as it gets ready to reset.

I've felt like this on Sundays ever since school, and strangely I didn't feel it on Friday nights when I used to work weekends. It's only ever on Sundays. Is it just me?

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justiceleague · 11/04/2021 18:24

Yes absolutely! I feel markedly different on a Sunday morning compared to a Saturday morning and then get gradually worse through Sunday. Especially as it starts to get dark on a Sunday, I just feel an overwhelming sense of dread!

LoveFall · 11/04/2021 18:26

I call it Sunday nightitis. Suffered from it my entire working life.

supermoonrising · 11/04/2021 18:28

This is one benefit I always forget about of being work from home self employed. The Sunday Doom. Don't miss it!

GnomeDePlume · 11/04/2021 18:30

It is definitely a hangover from school days. Sunday tea then:

Poldark (1970s version), Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small.

Bath & weekly hairwash

Early bedtime (why early on a Sunday and not any other school day?)

It is better now, I WFH and DH & DS dont work on Mondays so there isnt that collective gloom.

Wineloffa · 11/04/2021 18:33

I felt like this on Sundays for years until I started practicing yoga and mindfulness. Now I barely give Monday a thought and I try to make the absolute best of the day as it’s still part of my weekend and a day off to be enjoyed.

Currently having a nice G&T, watching a movie while DH looks after the Sunday roast.

Monday can wait!

U2HasTheEdge · 11/04/2021 18:36

I have never met anyone who doesn't feel like this on a Sunday.

I felt this when I wasn't working, and when I was working most weekends and had Mondays off.

LadyLolaRuben · 11/04/2021 18:42

I've always hated the time between 4pm and 6pm on any day. Its not afternoon or evening. It feels a bit weird to me

RigaBalsam · 11/04/2021 18:46

My friend used to hate the sound of the Grand Prix just reminded her of boring Sundays and that everything is shut.

FangsForTheMemory · 11/04/2021 18:48

At least these days the pubs are (normally) open on a Sunday afternoon. In the days when they shut, and all the shops were shut, it was utterly bloody dire. We used to have a round of family/friends of my parents visiting, or we'd go on hikes in horrible weather.

I wouldn't have my childhood back for anything.

Vivi0 · 11/04/2021 18:50

This thread needs a trigger warning.

I was doing just fine tonight until you lot reminded me of Heartbeat and London’s Burning!

tappitytaptap · 11/04/2021 18:51

Yes!! And I quite like my job 😂 so not really sure why!

JorisBonson · 11/04/2021 18:53

Yep. Even worse since back in the office full time. Very depressing.

justiceleague · 11/04/2021 18:55

@Vivi0

This thread needs a trigger warning.

I was doing just fine tonight until you lot reminded me of Heartbeat and London’s Burning!

O m g the Heartbeat theme song.... absolute Sunday dread!!!
Powerof4 · 11/04/2021 19:05

these awful, Proustian, painful feelings attached to any Sunday stuff.

This cracked me up! Ive never had my Sunday feelings described so perfectly Grin

NeverDropYourMoonCup · 11/04/2021 19:14

For me, it was the interminable pause in life between 2.30pm and 6.30pm when

You weren't allowed any food because you'd had lunch,
The prospect of a single ham sandwich, only margarine, no pickle, no mustard, no salad, only the cheapest white sliced, when you eventually were permitted to eat.

Fuck all on TV.
Wasn't allowed to iron the school uniform because it would obstruct her view of the crap on TV.
Not allowed a bath yet as it was too early and somebody might want to go to the toilet.
Nothing on the radio to listen to.
Homework already done in school on the Friday at lunchtime - anything set after that point was done on Monday.
I'd been literally locked in the house since arriving home from school on Friday afternoon and had to spend even longer trapped at the end of the sofa within slapping and kicking distance or sat on the filthy floor with the animals (my preferred location).
I wasn't allowed in my room because it wasn't the evening yet/it was freezing up there anyhow.
It was too dark to read as the windows and nets were so filthy, hardly any light came through and only a 40w bulb in a lamp the other other side of the room was permitted after 5pm.

After about 6.30pm, I always began feeling better, though, as then I'd had a bath (and thereby avoided Songs of Praise/Highway/etc), felt clean for a change, was allowed to go upstairs, the charts were coming to the important bit, I could iron my school uniform, pack my bag and generally avoid downstairs as much as possible in the knowledge that I'd actually be outside in daylight the following morning.

These days, it's annoying because DP thinks Sunday Dinner should be at about 8pm and he's not a fan of eating before then at all, there's still fuck all on TV and everything is still fucking shut for Covid.

Except there is one positive for the morning. As I'm off this week, I'm going to be at the door of the salon at 9.59am when they are opening. At last.

lollipoprainbow · 11/04/2021 19:17

The only good thing about childhood Sunday's was Howard's way !

Arbadacarba · 11/04/2021 19:18

Yes, it's always overshadowed by work and this creates a penetrating apathy, especially if the weather is bad (it's been snowing on and off where I am). I used to have a couple of glasses of wine to cheer myself up on Sunday evenings, but a combination of this making me feel even worse on Monday morning and needing to lose weight has made me stop.

GnomeDePlume · 11/04/2021 19:41

For those of us who remember 1970s Sunday evening television any shop bar a newsagent being open was far off in the future!

Sunday trading only started in 1994.

mammmamia · 11/04/2021 19:47

I’ve always felt like this too but it hasn’t been as bad this year due to WFH. I hate the feeling of having to get stuff ready for work. Make sure my hair looking ok, clothes are pressed etc.
Since having DC Sundays are soo busy with their parties and sports etc. I hardly notice Sunday afternoons anymore.

We’ve had a fun afternoon today playing tennis at local courts, going to my mums for a cup of tea in the garden and doing an online cooking class for dinner. Get the DC in bed now and watch LOD. Not too bad if you fill the day up!

Once the DC are older I’d probably fill the afternoon with a book or meeting friends for coffee. Who can feel sad with cake and coffee?

Also online shopping always cheers me up Blush

user1471538283 · 11/04/2021 21:38

I love Sundays now but as a child I hated them. My DM always kept on every Sunday how much she hated them even though she never worked. She hated them because my DF and I were there and she couldnt see the latest shag. So sundays were miserable.

liverpoolgal82 · 11/04/2021 21:46

Watching Highway as there was nothing else to do. Hated the theme tune of it and Heartbeat etc... the dread of back to school next day . That feeling lasted years. Not had it for a long time now, think since started working for myself it lessened. Am 50 now and actually look forward to the start of the week now. Do t work on Mondays so maybe that helps.

OverByYer · 11/04/2021 21:51

I always try to make the most of Sundays but so hard to enjoy them knowing it’s back to work the next day. Usually end up with a few glasses of wine to take the edge off it

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 11/04/2021 21:54

I did pre kids. It’s just seeping back again now that my two are 12 and 7. I take that to be a good sign, that my time off feels like time off again!

whatisforteamum · 11/04/2021 22:02

I hated Sundays as a kid as it was boring. As a young adult I used to get fed up teatime thing about mon morning at work.
Then I found jobs I loved and worked all weekend.The weird thing is this last yr on and off furlough I have enjoyed them more.Even silly things like the bins going out and the start of a promising new week on Monday.
I love Mondays at work.so much to do.

Womencanlift · 11/04/2021 23:09

I like Sunday’s. In usual life I would be going to the gym in the morning, then meet up with friends in the afternoon. Right now I tend to go for a walk, then go to visit my mum in the afternoon (we are in a bubble) and then go to get my shopping for the week on way home. None of this closing at 4 here fortunately. Shops are quiet about 5 so ideal time to go

Get in and settled and feel ready for the week ahead. Right now Sunday is LOD night

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