To think that Sunday is the most depressing day?

[notnowB]

I've never been a fan of Sundays, not even in childhood. Now that I'm an adult, I just can't see past all the chores that need doing and the blues of having work the next day.
I love Fridays and Saturdays, but can't seem to reframe the negative association I have with Sundays.

Just me?

Same, as someone born in the 80's is unreal now how much more there is to do on a Sunday. Back then everywhere was shut, naff all public transport and 4 channels of boredom on TV. Even homework was a welcome distraction after Football Italia finished...

London's Burning was good though

YABU
Monday is the most depressing day.

@ChateauxNeufDePoop

It definitely stems from childhood. At one point in the 80s I attended a primary school in a deprived area of Glasgow, and that was a challenge!

These days it isn't helped by having kids (sorry) and therefore a billion chores to do.

I've decided to plan something for next Sunday though, and hopefully have some positive connotations. Changing jobs will help but this feeling won't ever truly go away. At 48 years old, it's now too ingrained.

Hate Sunday's always have.

Good for you planning something to do. Even if only half of Sundays are meh, or one Sunday a month isn't meh, that's an improvement- I like your attitude OP!

Hold hard for the dawn, when you are retired every day is great.

The other day I asked DS if he was going to training he replied well.... I might be in twenty four hours, but today is Wednesday mother to which I replied ................oh yeah..... 😂

Sunday is a do your own thing day here.
DS plays football in the morning. DH takes him so I get to mooch about, today I watched last nights Strictly, did a wool wash (all my clothes), made some soup.
Lunch, watched some telly with DH, he went for a run. I sorted my wardrobe for winter.
DS has watched World Cup and done some homework.
Now I'm watching Strictly results with a spiced rum.
Dinner and more WC football shortly, washed down with a glass or 2 of red wine.

I find Sunday quite depressing too, always have. I remember as a child pre internet that sometimes Sunday’s felt like they’d gone on for a week. Surprise surprise, Howard’s way! Those theme tunes remind me of a depressing Sunday!

I used to really hate Sundays. As a kid, it inevitably meant finishing homework, or going back to a school I hated. As a young adult, no homework but still the prospect of going to a job I despise. Even the pub seemed to attract utter twats…

As I’ve got older it’s become my favourite day in someways. Kids football, Sunday dinners and long dog walks make for an active and rewarding family day.

I love Sundays now! Just not having to go to mass feels fabulous, and compared to Dublin in the 1980s there are so many fun things to do these days. It's like there are two Saturdays.

Howard’s way! Those theme tunes remind me of a depressing Sunday!

The music for Howard's Way was our signal to go to bed. We were allowed watch That's Life and then our time was up.

No , i hate Sundays.

I can't shop freely, usually at some point forget we have to do X by x.

Hate the lack of buzz and action.

I was hoping that Sunday open times would change with COVID.

I used to have that awful Sunday night empty feeling in the pit of the stomach of the weekend being over but don’t now that I WFH permanently.

I also have Tuesdays off so even better to start the week knowing I’ve got the next day off!

I'm with you @notnowB, anything nice on a Sunday is overshadowed by that feeling of doom that the next week starts tomorrow.

Sundays are great until about 1pm IMO..right around then you can see your weekend is basically over and there is a whole week of work ahead of you.

When we were on our twenties we used to go to the pub on Sunday night. Always the same place and we all just rocked up if we fancied it. Lovely catch up on everyone's weekend (goss if someone pulled) but it put Monday off for a bit longer

I think it reeeeally will make a difference when you change your job, OP! For me the intensity of the Sunday dread directly correlates to how much I dislike my job in that moment. I’ve done different things over the years to try to combat this feeling (pre-planning a film night and exciting accompanying snack for every Sunday evening, nice calming yoga class, swimming so I’m too tired to care) but the only time I’ve ever shaken off the feeling completely was when I finally got a job I really enjoyed! Now a couple of years in, I’m not enjoying it as much and I can feel the Sunday dread creeping back in! Time to look for a new job, then!

I really like my job but still hate them ! They have a definite different feel to any other day of the week.

I have always loved Sundays but have always been to Church. Quite a busy day. Church, Sunday lunch, visiting friends or entertaining friends, nice dog walk, sometimes an evening service or relax in front of telly.
I also love my job so don't mind the weekend ending.

I always got the Sunday night dread when I was working. It started around 3pm ugh. But I retired early thankfully and like another poster every day is Sunday. It's a seven day weekend!

Some Sundays can be a bit boring and long, but what the heck, it doesn't matter to me. Anyway I'm just back from Cadiz area and Malaga. NOTHING open on Sundays, it's like a black hole, but nice in its own way. No pressure to do anything.

I love Sundays

Sunday is nice. Plus all the shops are shut, so you can't get stuck in a queue for groceries even if you wanted to.

Really? Where do you live that all the shops are shut on a Sunday. I realise we in Scotland get longer supermarket opening hours on a Sunday than England, but they're open, and so are many other shops.

Sunday is the worst day of the week for me. I always end up wanting something from the shop then realise it's too late because they shut early, everyone drives slower, it always seems dull/ overcast. Then on top of that you remember you have work tomorrow when evening comes. I've always had a weird feeling towards Sundays, even as a child, to me it's the same feeling that wet play at school gave😂

No one mentioned Morrissey yet? Every day is like Sunday... every day is silent and grey! It certainly felt like that back in the 80s, but the UK is completely different now.

Shudder