To find evenings so boring

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What do you do on an evening?
We have dinner, one of us puts dd to bed while the other clears up.
Then my husband puts some rubbish on the TV - I might read or look at my phone.
I sometimes end up going to bed about 8:30 just because I’m so so bored.

What do you all do on an evening?

They are 100% boring. I call the time between 6pm - 9pm my witching hours. I hate those three hours of the day. Absolutely nothing to do almost like waiting for time to tick by just to be able to go to bed.

I used to drink away those hours. Nowadays it seems to be a repetitive cycle of Corrie/eastenders every single night. I could cry I'm so bored in the evenings.

I don't know how it's possible for an adult to be bored. Surely if you're bored with what you're doing, you find something else to do that isn't boring?

What do you like to do? Find a hobby, do a course, start a side hustle, meet a friend - there's always something.

I love the boring evening times! I try to get my exercise done part way through the day in the form of a movement break (wfh) so I can then relax in the evening and read/watch TV/scroll on phone after we've both cleaned up a bit. DH usually goes to the gym 2/3 times a week and I'll be starting the gym again soon so that'll take up 2 evenings probably, plus I usually end up seeing friends maybe 1/2 a week so that takes up the other evenings. Hence why a quiet eve is nice. Xo

This is exactly why I reach for a glass of wine!

Both my boys are in academy sports and a few other sports (9 in total ) so we run around after them, however we also eat out and visit family and friends. We work long hours as both of us are SLT.

When we do get down time, we go on walks, go to the cinema, read and have long baths with a glass of

We’re not really TV people however dh does love all sports.

I found that having a cheap chrome book and some headphones helped because I can browse the internet / watch Netflix etc while sitting on the sofa alongside dh watching tv if I’m not interested in what he’s watching. I’m just discovering finding new music that I enjoy on Spotify and online dance videos. Amazing!! Trouble is I stay up too late because I’m enjoying my ‘my time’ too much :-)

Love evenings. Especially at the moment. Much as I love the summer, I love being at home in the evenings at this time of year.

Usually knackered as teaching all day so cook, clear up, shower, chat to DDs and watch TV and read a book. Potter around. Never enough time before heading to bed before 10.

We watch TV but it’s together and usually only one episode of something. Then we go read the newspaper etc. Tbh with a toddler and early starts we are so tired that it feels like a welcome relief to sit down with a cup of tea without being hassled for a few hours. We can’t go out (no childcare) so we just try to enjoy what we are doign togetehr. Even if thats just netflix.

I love a chill in the evening! Do some yoga, game, watch tv, have a bath, read my book. Maybe it helps that DH works a lot of evenings, so I appreciate him when he’s here but get control of the telly when he’s not!

Also summer/winter surely doesn’t make much difference if you have small kids? It’s not like you can go out kayaking or whatever on a whim on a summer evening anyway

My husband and I cook dinner, eat together and watch whatever series we are currently binging. Sometimes we go to bed earlier and have chats in bed. We do look at our phones, etc. but after we've done all that. We have a vast collection of board games too but I'm pregnant and exhausted most of the time atm. Hoping when the little one is old enough to sleep at a regular time, we can fit in some board games too.

In the summer we are in the garden, at the beach, at the park, we might have a picnic tea or pizza on the beach. In the winter I just feel like I'm waiting to go to bed! Although I do love winter weekend evenings when I make the effort to light the candles etc so perhaps I need to make more effort on weeknights.

I'm always surprised how many men have control of the TV in households.

I love evenings, especially at this time of year. They are my time to rest. I light candles, get the blanket on my lap. Maybe have a glass of wine or cup of tea and watch something on TV or read. At the moment I am browsing Christmas magazines and writing Christmas lists. DH and I only watch things we both want to watch unless one of us says we are concentrating on something else - we usually have a box set on the go or choose a film if it's the weekend. I think I get so knackered during the day with work and housework and kids that I look forward to the peace and quiet of the evening.

Being bored is such a luxury! I don't ever have 5 minutes to myself let alone hours and hours to feel bored.

We’ve no kids and both busy jobs and like doing other things with our spare time too . But I quite like settling down on the couch with my partner for an hour or two watching netflix etc relaxing on an evening. So much choice and we have varied tastes. It’s nice just to zone out and also have catch up chats.

Loads of other things to do though. Open university has loads of free online courses if that’s your thing, take up arts/craft, go to a class or join a gym and do classes, read ( maybe start a book club via what’s app) maybe start researching a family tree for example, meet friends for a drink or even one of the above,

I play online poker (for fun not real money). It has various levels to complete with different challenges so am now on level 575
Currently I also have a 1000 piece jigsaw on the go. Or I might have a craft project I’m working on. I don’t watch tv every night but there are a few series I might watch an episode of. I tend to read in bed before sleeping so will go up to bed earlier than I plan to sleep.

However, I also get bored some evenings. I don’t have a partner and don’t really want one. But I do sometimes miss having someone to relax with. I do enjoy evenings most of the time, but then sometimes they do feel monotonous.

Pre covid when i used to live in London and had an actual life, several evenings a month would be spent on:
-going for dinner/drinks with different friends
-concerts/gigs/stand up comedy/theatre
-gym/ yoga class
-dance class
-working late
-cinema
-preparing some fancy recipe for a cosy candle lit dinner in (when cooking used to be enjoyable and not a boring chore)

Now that i moved out of London to the greener pastures i do what most of people on this thread do: watch tv and clean up after preparing yet another dinner. In words of Meghan ‘I am existing not thriving’ 😵‍💫

Gym. Community choir. Skateboarding lessons over the summer. Now I'm doing a once a week online class over Zoom. Watch lectures on historical topics I like, also Zoom. Read. Watch TV that I am interested in in another room.

The evenings after the best bit of the day - it's where you become You again.

I love it when my kids go to bed- time to myself. Usually watch something on Netflix or such,read a book,scroll the fb (member of several groups with my interests) UNINTERRUPTED.
Sometimes a couple of glasses of wine- once a week.
Bored? Only when have to watch some silly kids tv on request of DS to spend some time together (limited time)

I have no idea how anyone with kids can be bored in the evening. It's the highlight of my day!

Usually it goes - a bit of tidying up, shower/bath, life admin (food shop order, paying bills etc) watch something on Netflix with partner while messaging friends on my phone, bed with book then sleep.

Do you have a tablet in the house? If not get one, doesn't have to be pricey. You and your partner can take turns using the tablet while the other one watches TV if you can't agree on anything to watch. Or get a 2nd TV in the bedroom.