If you're single and childless what do you do at the weekend?

[Britishsummertime22]

Finding weekends tough.

This is me too… getting anxious about the bank holiday weekend as it’s a whole 3 days to fill with no plans ❤️‍🩹

Museums, craft hobbies, gym, exhibitions, theatre, films, travel, meet up with friends..., I'm never not busy. In fact, I'm so busy, I don't seem to have time for a relationship

By the way, solo travelling is wonderful. There's a group in Facebook with over 500k female solo travelers. It's inspiring to see the strength and determination of some women

Can you share a link to the group, or PM it to me if you’d rather?

www.facebook.com/share/g/tWJiW8qAiy3UKUjS/?mibextid=K35XfP

I hope this works

If the link doesn't work, look for this

That's silly. It suggests that everyone out of their 20s has a partner and/or children and that, once they have them, they don't leave them. There's loads of other single people to hang out with abd most peoole regularly go out without their partners and kids.

Most of my theatre going is solo because I pick things last minuteand buy very cheap tickets. Most of my travel is solo because I don't like to conpromise and prefer to be on my own. But suggesting that other single people don't exist to do these things with is ridiculous. I know dozens of single people in their 30s, 50s, 50s, 60s, loads more who are child free but in couples and even more who do have a family but still socialise without them.

OP asked for activity ideas. Most 9f the things mentioned can be done either solo or with someone else, it doesn't make much difference.

I completely get what you're saying. The OP is not asking people how they used to spend their time before everyone got married! It's more like how on earth do you fill your weekends when everyone else is doing family stuff.

Yes - Easter, plus that weird week between Christmas and New Year. Grim.

Yeah I think so too and at least one poster has even listed activities they currently do now with their husband. I mean really 😵‍💫 read the room people!

Yes to solo traveling btw, it’s one of the best things I do tbh and no I don’t feel self conscious about it. I know it’s not for everyone but good to see so many others enjoy it too. And it is not even just a thing for singles.

The first person I met who spoke positively of it was an early 30s woman at work who was married with a young child. She said she makes sure she gets a weekend break to a new city once a year.

And it’s something a close friend of mine does at least once a year and she has been (happily )married with kids since she was in her early 20s. I’ve met many fellow solo travelers who have partners too.

I usually plan my own activities but last time I went to SE Asia myself I did join some tour groups while I was there for activities.

Pub?

I don't know any women who would happily have a night at the pub on their own.

But you're not single? You always have someone to do something with or talk to. It's very different if you don't have that. Even housework - you have to do the whole lot on your own and no sharing of tasks. Very boring and mundane I find.

You would have thought after 34 years, you would have learned how to communicate to each other where you were going on an evening...

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I'm childfree, but not single now

When i was, i was never bored, i have active hobbies and lots of friends. Most of my friends don't want children so always available to do fun things.
our group is 50% couples, 50% singletons. Every one is always involved.

Hobbies are the biggest part of my life outside of work, got me through some tough times!

My sister is single and child free. She probably works half the weekend, does the gym, quilts, sees friends, catches up on sleep (doctor who does 24 hour shifts), goes for walks, shops, reads, gardens...
I didn't get married til 40 and I do remember when much younger (20s) getting a bit bored on weekends - pre internet or TV streaming so even that wasn't available. So much of my social life was tied up with work the contrast at weekends was kinda odd.
Now my youngest is about to leave for uni and I've been a widow for years and no longer work - even though my child doesn't need 'caring' I am beginning to think about all the things I can do once she's off!

Yes what I did when I was single in my 20s, clubbing, drinking, sat watching tv with a hangover every weekend is so different to now because my friends are no longer single and I'm not going to find a new group of single friends (friendship doesn't work like that) to replace them with because we do do stuff just not every weekend (usually a couple of times a year). I also have responsibilities that mean I can't stay out all weekend (not sure the cats can open a sachet of food).

I'm finding the my husband is out all day on a Saturday, my kids go to their Dad, when I was single (30 years ago) or if I was single, this is what I'd do comments a little tone deaf.

Someone made a good point about solo travelling being more expensive, unless you can book a single room you end up paying for a 2nd person anyway. It puts me off going on holiday (am happy to go on my own), hotels over here don't really do that.

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My sister is single and childfree. She has a busy job that sometimes takes up her weekend. Outside of that, she spends weekends visiting our parents, occasionally seeing friends, shopping, reading, walking and binging tv shows and movies.

Someone made a good point about solo travelling being more expensive, unless you can book a single room you end up paying for a 2nd person anyway. It puts me off going on holiday (am happy to go on my own), hotels over here don't really do that.

It can unfortunately be super expensive. Often there’s not much difference in price between a single room and a double room. And in some instances on booking dot com , bizarrely I’ve seen the double room be the same price or even cheaper.

It’s not even just about holidays, living as a single adult is generally more expensive unfortunately. I sometimes think how much more disposable income I’d have if I lived with someone who paid 50/50.

And before anyone suggests it - no I don’t want a lodger. I’ve done my years of flatsharing and it was very difficult for me.

I wouldn’t want to live with anyone again unless it was a life partner.

Why have you no plans?

Blimey, you make it sound likes there no point in even having friends :(

If it makes you feel better my plans so far consist of go to Dreams with my mom because I need to buy a new bed. Well that’s one day down 🤣

Agreed

I don't think you have understood my post correctly as I don't get what you mean at all? Did you perhaps quote the wrong post?