Friday Blues?

pa_jorg

Does anyone else get the Friday or weekend blues sometimes?

I've got great friends, lots of hobbies and a dog to keep me busy, but just can't shake the feeling that SOMEONE is missing to share it with. Today is just one of those days for me. So, tell me, how do you all deal when you're lonely?

AnnaPixie

I go out with my friends and get wasted!!! :laugh:

AnnaPixie

Or watch a movie with a box of chocolates

AllanMisner

*HUGS*

pkiesch

I usually immerse myself in homework to try to forget about how lonely I am at times! Or I'll go visit my parents and play with my dog, since I can't have him at my apartment

catherine4211

Well tonight I actually have plans so I don't have the blues today. Normally I get excited about going to the gym and it not being crowded and then waking up on Saturday and making my coffee and being able to sit on the couch in peace.

Steelheart7

I have them today too I think. More so when my son is at his dads for the weekend. I crank the music and clean the hell out of my house. lol. If it is really bad I will leave and shop or visit my mom. Otherwise I will just eat my sadness. lol.

pa_jorg

Thanks all. I have plenty of things to do, it's more just a feeling for me I guess. One I never had when I was in a relationship.

Learning2LuvLindsay

I get lonely as well......so I dont have much advice. Sorry! I'm workin on my masters degree so Friday nights are usually dedicated to homework. :grumble: I feel so lame staying in on a Friday night when I'm single, live alone, and have no children. I guess my only advice is try and stay busy. Tonight I'm going to a concert so I'm actually excited for a Friday night for once! Hugs!!! :flowerforyou:

MissingMinnesota

I usually don't have them on Friday as I go to the gym after work and don't get home until after 8 usually but Saturday nights when I have been sitting home alone for too many of them and want to go out I sure get them. I wish I had the ability to go out on my own and just go to a local bar and hang out or go to a movie on my own. I don't know if it is the stigmata of being out by myself in a social setting or what. It just doesn't feel comfortable to me and I become self-conscious which makes me appear to be intimating so I just end up leaving after a half hour.

99% of my friends that live anywhere near me are married or in relationships so it is very hard to just call them up and ask them to do something. If I am going out with someone it usually takes at least a week to plan just to get everything situated.

I have pretty much adopted one of my friends and her family as my pseudo family and will end up there just hanging out watching tv, etc. I will even take her kids to a movie just to get out of the house. Yes I borrower my friends kids.
Otherwise just to be around people I will go to the mall and window shop even if I am not really shopping.

jaxdiablo

I deal with this crap nightly, it's when I don't have anything going on, or anything to keep my brain occupied do I fall inside myself and start being really neurotic about what's going on with me. I just find something to do. I try to not make it expensive or addictive (i.e. drinking, adult dance establishments, or any of my other hobbies), I don't want to relate happiness with the spending of money. So I usually read, play video games, just randomly show up at my friends houses out of boredom, and/or watch tv.

I, like everyone else on here I'm sure, would love if I didn't do that, but it just happens, as long as we cope well it's what really matters. Good luck with it.

JanieJack

I generally *like* having a little bit of downtime, but for those empty nights when I feel down, I look to see if any events are going on in my town. If nothing (or if it's stuff I don't like/not kid friendly) I just spam my friends to see if they've got something going they didn't tell me about (since I have a kid, sometimes I get left off the distro).

It's very rare that I can't come up with *someone* to hang out with, but those nights become movie nights.

lacroyx

Does anyone else get the Friday or weekend blues sometimes?

I've got great friends, lots of hobbies and a dog to keep me busy, but just can't shake the feeling that SOMEONE is missing to share it with. Today is just one of those days for me. So, tell me, how do you all deal when you're lonely?

In the past it was video games, sci-fi tv and movies, comic books (yes I am a nerd/geek thanks for asking) it was all day though. It was a major factor to my weight gain. I still love that stuff but I don't do it as much as I used to. Before it was 6-8 hrs. a day everyday. Now it's 2-4 hrs. a week .

Now I stay busy at my YMCA working out, Zumba, lifting and also walking/jogging outside. 4-5x a week. Plus living in WA, we have lots of nature trails and hikes I sometimes go out on.

AnnaPixie

adult dance establishments, or any of my other hobbies),

Love how you just randomly put that in there!!!! :laugh:! :laugh:

Is that like lap dancing, or the burlesque stuff?? :flowerforyou:

MissingMinnesota

Btw it's not just single people that get these. My friend is a stay at home mom and feels all her friends she used to have that worked with her has ditched her. Her husband called me last night to see if I would make sure she got out the house this weekend.

AnnaPixie

Btw it's not just single people that get these. My friend is a stay at home mom and feels all her friends she used to have that worked with her has ditched her. Her husband called me last night to see if I would make sure she got out the house this weekend.

Good point hun, the amount of stories I read, and friends I've known that say they're more than lonely and they are IN a relationship!!

I know where I'd rather be! At least on my own I can whack the music up, colour my hair, light candles, run around naked and sing till dawn if I want to!! (just need to make sure the blinds are down!! :laugh: )

I think sometimes we romantisise the whole partner thing and how beautiful it would be if we were with our ideal person, but at moments like that I jump back to earth and remember what it was like being with an abusive jerk!! And how real life is seldom as wonderful as dreamland!

jenbit

Hmmmm nope not the Friday night blues but I have no problem going out on my own. I get the mid-week blues when all I want is someone to hango ut with and no ones around. The weekends are usually to full to be blue.....