Anyone else find weekends hard?

[SoRainbowRhythms]

I'm going back to work on Monday after being signed off for a couple of weeks so hopefully that routine will help, but damn I'm finding weekends a hard slog. I have wonderful friends popping in and out but I'm still in "our" home and feeling quite lonely. Trying to motivate myself to even go for a walk is hard.

I find Sundays into morning mornings the hardest- the knowledge of a whole week stretching ahead on my own perhaps. I have young children which so every weekend is busy but I found that slowly decorating each room and removing any trace of ex husband has made weekends actually more bearable enjoyable even as we can do what we want when we want how we want xx

I find I feel loneliest at a weekend. I have a 3 month old baby. Dad left when he was 4 weeks old after an 11 year relationship. To be with other woman. All my friends are with their partners at a weekend.

It's hard isn't it. I don't have children so just me and the cats rattling around "our" home (going on the market soon). Wish I was one of those people who are happy with their own company!

You just have to keep busy. I spend my weekends cleaning and sorting my house, gardening, yoga and cooking. I’ve a list as long as my arm of jobs I need to do. I don’t see anyone ever usually apart from my DS (teen) and have no family about as they all live 300 miles away. I broke up with most of my friendship group when I split with my X as they were more his friends and I didn’t like them much. But I honestly am knackered by the end of the weekend I’m glad for the solitude. Do not ‘give up’. You have to get off your arse and don’t sit down until you fall down. The more you do the more you’ll want to do. Look up ‘effort driven reward cycle’ and get involved.

I do! I'm one of those people who is okay with their own company but some day's just feel very long, drawn out and empty. I left the relationship but still difficult to adjust to but I am confident this will happen sometime.

I'm looking forward to meeting someone new. Just to have something to look forward to and make plans with. I don't mind mt own company but it's hard looking after a small baby alone.

I have the DC 50:50. I struggle after dropping them at school on Wed morning and not seeing them until I collect them from school Monday.
I try to do at least one thing on Saturday and Sunday just for me to make me smile. It's certainly tough though.
It's not how I envisaged my married life or my children's upbringing, on reflection It's terribly sad that on persons selfish behaviour affects so many.

If I can arrange a Friday night drink with someone I do, but have DS so usually we have Pizza night. Or I try a new recipe.

Saturday morning I do ParkRun because it gets me up and out and in company. Or ParkWalk if you don't run. Plenty of people take their dogs and combine the two. Normally cheerful & chatty. Then the normal Saturday rush of ds' swimming lessons, food shopping, any other shopping, haircuts etc. Then laundry, homework. I keep busy and am tired in the evening so usually a long bubbly bath with a glass of fizz.

Sunday is slower. Time with DS or friends popping in. Sometimes a day out or visiting family or further away friends. Bumbling around the garden centre this time of year. Or DIY. A gym class on Sunday evening and then getting ready for the coming week.

I know this sounds sad, but I used to draw up a schedule of activities to get me through the weekend, it gave empty days some structure