Spending weekend alone

Sorry Knittingnovice but I think you need to speak to a Councellor. If you have work during the week you only have the weekends to contend with. If you don’t feel like knitting, reading or watching television then I would recommend
cleaning the house, decorating, gardening or washing the car.
If you’re outside people are bound to stop and chat. Try to stop thinking about how lonely you are. Maybe you’re talking yourself into it.

Knitting novice I hope you got through the weekend feeling less alone with all the kind and empathic replies.
We all have our vulnerable times and need lots of gentle care from ourselves and others.
Pity about the critical, unhelpful posts on here.
I think some posters jump in with their unwelcome judgements without thinking of the current fragile state of the original poster.
It comes across that its more important to these posters to be heard than to listen and help.
When I got the wonderful news that we were going to be grandparents I thought GN would be a source of sound, wise advice and to be honest I did get some of that.
However the amount of posters who chose to floor me with their judgements, criticism and alienating replies has put me off .
When you are already feeling unsure, down or worried that is NOT what you need.
Thankfully we're now grandparents to two beautiful healthy children and are enjoying finding our way in a wonderful relationship with both children and their parents.
If you can't say anything nice say nothing at all is my advice.

It comes across that its more important to these posters to be heard than to listen and help

Oh, yes - in a nutshell.

How on earth does someone get lonely on a weekend alone? I've lived alone for decades and I would find it difficult to share my house with anyone. Put some music on and dance like no-ones watching.

How does that stop someone feeling lonely?

I could spend the weekend pretending I'm Michael Flatley, but it doesnt mean I don't sometimes want to chat to someone.

effalump

How on earth does someone get lonely on a weekend alone? I've lived alone for decades and I would find it difficult to share my house with anyone. Put some music on and dance like no-ones watching.

Not much effort to try and understand there? There’s a big difference in being alone / feeling lonely. No-one, surely, would open their hearts to post something like this if they didn’t really feel sad or down.

Buffy

Sorry Knittingnovice but I think you need to speak to a Councellor. If you have work during the week you only have the weekends to contend with. If you don’t feel like knitting, reading or watching television then I would recommend
cleaning the house, decorating, gardening or washing the car.
If you’re outside people are bound to stop and chat. Try to stop thinking about how lonely you are. Maybe you’re talking yourself into it.

Sometimes being with people makes you feel more lonely. And loneliness in your home can be quite tangible. Unless you’ve experienced it it’s hard to understand. I don’t only like being on my own sometimes I actually need a certain amount of solitude. Which is why being overwhelmed by loneliness surprised me. I was ok at work during the week. I called it Eleanor Rigby syndrome. What a perceptively written song that was especially from someone so young at the time.