A perfect evening with yourself

a nice warm bath, pyjamas on, chilled cava in the fridge and a film to watch!

I'm also in a house of men. It does get a bit much sometimes, doesn't it?

ParlorGames

A bottle of red, a box of dark chocolates, some savoury nibbles and a good book.

this would result in me spending the following day alone in bed with a migraine

I’ve always loved my own company, I have a number of hobbies that keep me occupied 😊

The perfect evening would be a lovely bath, freshly made bed, a good book and a cup of milky coffee 😄

It is nice when being alone is a treat, you appreciate it so much more.

Curled up in a chair in front of the blazing stove with a new good book to read, having first spent a couple of hours in the garden

Freshly made beds are the best

I need to get on top of making it earlier though instead of the horrifying discovery it needs doing when I'm ready to sleep

School holidays just finishing here and last night I was alone.
Ate up all the leftovers and binge watched Big Bank Theory
even though I've seen it before, it was bliss.

or even the Big Bang Theory

I have been on my own since my divorce in 1988 and this evening will be perfect for me.

A warm house, a really nice supper about to be cooked by me and 2 programmes to watch on TV which I really enjoy. All that is missing is a glass or three of wine but I finished that bottle last night and that is enough alcohol for at least a week.

One of the few pros from being a widow living alone. Opera from the Met totally uninterrupted to know where something is, knowing that the special thing I have saved for lunch will still be in the fridge, being able to leave a job in the middle, to take a walk, and know that nothing will have been moved while I was out. But top choice will be to listen to wonderful J S Bach probably double violin concerto or st matthews passion and just be in the moment.

Marking and prep done. DGC back at home. An evening with a book by my current favourite author and an André Rieu concert in the background.
I could also binge watch the Big Bang Theory quite happily.

Personally, in your situation, I'd book into the nearest Premier Inn, have a long bath and order in a pizza and wine!

biglouis

I am always alone, being divorced and childfree by choice. Love it!

Ive just finished an incredibly busy period in one of my online shops. I had to stay up all night to pack parcels. This weekend I am spoiling myself. I went to bed at 2 pm (as soon as Royal Mail had collected) and got up at 8 and had a leasurely shower. Been binge watching a TV series and enjoying doing nothing much.

Tomorrow I will be bored with the TV and probably back to unpacking new stock.

Similar Louis = Until I was hospitalised with a life-threatening illness in 2021 I was much the same - alone for c. 23 years, self-employed and working online. (Though 3 x divorced and 2 sons and 2 grandchildren…. All living far away - one in Japan.)
I have recently started selling but in minimum again, the rest of my time being taken up with TRYING to sort/dispose of old stock and the house to de-clutter - not very successfully. Overall very happy to be alone and do what I want, when I want ALL the time!
I have friends here and away and am never lonely. Love it!

madeleine45

One of the few pros from being a widow living alone. Opera from the Met totally uninterrupted to know where something is, knowing that the special thing I have saved for lunch will still be in the fridge, being able to leave a job in the middle, to take a walk, and know that nothing will have been moved while I was out. But top choice will be to listen to wonderful J S Bach probably double violin concerto or st matthews passion and just be in the moment.

Ditto Madeline!!

I’m with poppyred love being on my own. Lockdown was even better. 🌸

A few episodes of a programme no-one else likes, chocolates and wine. Maybe a pizza if I'm eating on my own. Very predictable - nothing too adventurous! I would definitely prefer not to be on my own all the time I think - although it's heartening to hear from those who are alone but not lonely and have shared the benefits of being able to do what they want when they want .

Me too x

Yes Maw, I too used to crave solitude and I am managing after the death of my DH, but I am grateful for offers of company from friends and neighbours. For years we did pancakes with a younger couple and they've invited me for Shrove Tuesday tomorrow, kind people

Maybe it’s a question better answered on Mumsnet! Us grans tend to have enough ‘me’ time and, if they are anything like me, would consider an enjoyable evening as having all the family coming round to us for dinner!

I have been widowed for thirty five years so many lonely evenings. I have outlived all my friends and near neighbours and all my family live miles away and I have been housebound for the past four months.
The last evening that I had company was seven years ago when my daily help stayed with me because I was in terrible pain and waited seven hours for an ambulance. (That was before Covid)

My happy place is the garden and allotment . Recently got another dog and now have the joy of walking her through the woods before work with Andrea Bocelli in one ear absolute bliss

My perfect evening is being in charge of the remote control for the television for the evening and watching exactly what I want to watch.

Have a bath with a good book & a cup of tea,perfect.

Husband due to be away for a week for work. Teen off staying with a friend until Thursday. Bliss. I can watch TV during the day without headphones (husband works at home, I’m semi-retired), cook the food he doesn’t like and have a lie in on my days off.
But noooooo 😢
Teen’s driving lesson brought forward so I have to drive a two hour round trip on my day off tomorrow to get them home in time.
No worries I’ll have one night of alone time.

But noooooooooo😢😢
Husband’s train is cancelled and, to cut a long story short, he’s back home and not going away at all now 😭😭😭😭

DH died 3 years ago. Too fast and too young. So I try so hard to be ok with my own company but the evenings and Sundays for some reason are hard.
I hope eventually I'll get use to it.