Anyone else hate weekends?

[Busybee44]

I've never really enjoyed weekends, my kids are a bit older now but even when they were younger I felt the same. I find 2 whole days of nothing planned or somewhere to be just weird. I think Im the sort of person who loves the routine of the week, working, going shopping, dropping a child off somewhere, being busy! If I could, I'd go to hotels for weekend breaks every other weekend, or always be having a day out but isnt feasible.
I admit I do enjoy Sat and sun mornings, now the kids sleep till lunchtime I potter about with my coffee, watch tv, may do some work but by midday i am getting fed up (hence posting now!!)

Am I just strange or do others feel the same?? If you enjoy weekends, what do you do??

Coffee with friends
Drive to somewhere new and spend the day exploring
Drive to the coast
Make it your mission to try every cafe/bakery/whatever shop in your area over the next few months
Borrow a dog and go for a walk
Have a friend(s) over for dinner or drinks or takeaway and split the bill

I've spent the last 2.5 years worth of weekends writing a book. I have a routine. Run or practice sport at home. Write. Cook nice food. Throw in days out etc occasionally.

You have a life of weekends to fill. Make use of them as you see fit or waste your life dreading them. The choice is yours.

I find Sundays depressing

I love them! I love the fact it's my days off - even though I only work very part time I feel I can leave the adulting part of life (bills etc) til Monday. I don't care if I have anything planned or not - in fact nothing planned is ideal. Yesterday, for example, I walked the dogs, my DD asked for a lift to pick up her glasses, we ended up trying a new place for lunch then home to potter around til supper then a movie. Bliss!

Plan things to do with your weekends? It's not mandatory to sit around watching Netflix!

See friends
Do cleaning and organising bits you didn't have time for in the week - ie cleaning out the closet and putting stuff on Vinted
Big shop for the week
Run errands
Invite friends or family for dinner
Kids' playdates and birthday parties
Experiment with time-consuming recipes
Go to the library, museum, park etc
Get a babysitter and go out for an evening
Volunteer

...I never have a chilled weekend

I’m so sorry 😞… They are such beautifully natured dogs

I go to the library any Saturday we don’t have other plans. Arrange to have an hour long walk to a cafe with a friend (cost: a cup of tea each). Go swimming out to a yoga class. Read, knit, do a sewing project. Play piano.

Then I also batch cook, or take DS to scouts things. Plenty to do without it being a big trip!

I like weekends more now the kids are older. I get up when I want, laze around for a bit and go for walks, not much else. I generally catch up on much needed rest

Yabu. I'm up and out early each weekday, schedule a swim for 9 or 10am on a Saturday, then get all my errands done and then refuse to leave the house on Sundays. I love weekends ♥

I hate them - too many things to get done. Children’s activities, meals to cook, dogs still need to be walked, house is a tip.

Are you sure? Because obviously during the week you also have stuff planned (work, etc) and somewhere to be (work, dropping kids off) so why do you have a problem with it on weekends but not during the week? I think having more structure to your weekend will make you more busy.

I partly agree with you OP in that I love Friday night and Saturday but absolutely hate Sundays. Even when we’re away somewhere lovely I don’t like Sundays. I suspect it goes back to Sunday often being a miserable day for me when I was a child and I find it hard to lose that feeling.

I thought it was just me that wasn't keen on weekends. I like the structure of the week days. I do feel a bit better about them if I plan something and get out of the house. I feel rubbish if I lie in and shower later.

I hate them at the moment because it’s great swathes of time trying to avoid being treated like dirt by my STBXP or being reminded that all my friends have nice happy relationships and are unavailable to socialise.
my children hate me and pick up on the fact I’m depressed and that causes a strain.

I prefer weekdays when work takes up my mind

I would love to be left alone to do a jigsaw at a weekend. No such luck at the moment...

Do you work?
We both work full time, and the working week is a juggle with breakfast clubs/school/ after school clubs, alongside all our work commitments. By Friday I’m exhausted!

I love the weekends, whether busy and packed with plans, or less so. Although our kids do sports clubs on the weekends, and we usually have plans on top, or mountains of life admin.

Basically we are so busy, the weekends give a tiny bit of relief, and I dream of one day being bored!!

I think this is the craziest OP I've ever read, which is no mean feat

This is me too... And today in Ireland it's a bank holiday! Those without young children are rejoicing an extra long weekend! Not me, it's another day of putting their needs before mine for the WHOLE day

Plan something. Or plan to watch a film erc. You and the kids need down time roo

You need to embrace the "pottering about and doing not much".

It's a chance to recuperate, slow down and just calm your mind and soul from the busy week-days.

Maybe do a cross-word, go for a short walk, do any DIY jobs, find a great book to read, lay on the sofa listening to Classic FM.......whatever takes your fancy.

Yes, I used to hate Sundays when I was a child in the 80s/90s too.

Some Sundays my parents planned a day out, but of course, not every Sunday. Nothing was open, there wasn't much to see on TV, and when it was raining you couldn't go outside to play.
It was just waiting around for Monday and school to come. A wasteland of a day. Dismal. Then tea time, a bath, Antiques Roadshow and bed.

😖

I love the weekends, I have a lie-in, sit in bed reading MN before going off to do my hobby (😉😁). The club I belong to only costs £110 for the year, so it's not busting the bank. Then home for a fry up before heading out to walk the dogs.

I also meet up with friends at the weekend, we go for long walks in the countryside (free) or go for lunch, or both. Or occasionally, the pub for a few drinks.Then I come home.and sit in the bath reading.

At this time of the year, I'm involved in the local amateurs dramatic production (also free), so that's a few hours taken up on Sundays too.

As we come into the better weather, I'll spend a few weekends going to watch DH doing his hobby too.

My main problem is there aren't enough hours in the weekend to do everything I want to or need to, as I also enjoy a bit of batch cooking when the urge takes me, and a bit of gardening, not to mention simply lying out in the sun with a book once the sun's warmed up.

Can I please get your 2 weekend days if you don't want them? 😂

Love weekends.

I am so busy weekdays that everything feels like a massive rush. I am not a slave to my watch on those two days of the week, have time for breakfast, time for laundry, time for board games with the kids, time to garden and get creative. I never get bored, either - there are so many nice-to-do-but-not-vital jobs around the house, so many little projects I haven't even started, my pets keep me busy, I can go for a walk. Weekends are too short, really, and I can't wait for my next annual leave where I can do all of the above, but for longer.

I get it OP. Weekends usually turn out to be such a disappointment. I look forward to it but actually it’s just the same shit different day. I have a teen who needs taking to footie practice Saturday and a match on Sunday, so that’s half of both days. Dog needs walking twice a day, this winter that has been misery! There’s always loads of laundry and housework. I would love to arrange a day out, but Dh and Ds always find reasons why it’s not possible.

Come the summer things should hopefully be better (and the bloody football season should end!!)