How do you spend your Sundays?

I’m the opposite. Sunday is my only day to myself. I work 3 long days, have my grandchild the other 3 days and Sunday is my day. I spend most of it with my animals if my husband is off fishing. I love to ‘potter’ at home.

I love Sunday. It's my 'day off', as I train and teach karate on the other days. I don't go anywhere and I often spend the day sewing. I'm single, widowed, so no interruptions. When I was working as a primary teacher, most of Sunday was given over to planning the week ahead. I didn't look forward to Sunday back then. Wednesday is my other 'day off'. I look forward to that day too, and I often sit at my sewing machine then as well as on Sundays.

keepingquiet maybe a positive way to view Sunday is to have an absorbing hobby, as I do?

What about booking a coach trip to a nearby place ? Somewhere with a feature like museum or cathedral or river bank .
If you are not ambulatory take your wheelchair mobility scooter or stroller .
Most tourist places are nice and helpful to people.
What about swimming that’s nice and good for you plus it makes you sleepy for a nap.
Jigsaws, what about having a new special one starting it each Sunday .
There is loads of stuff on social media. Look at friends on Facebook or insta or funny things on tick tock or you tube . You can also mirror these to your tv if small screens are tricky . Visit that friend you made near your daughter . Stay overnight in a b and b.
A small job? Two hours a morning or afternoon? Charity shop where you can sit if needs be or other shop , volunteer at a museum or as a befriender .
Hope you find something to help you .

Fiorentina...

I do hope you exchanged contact details for WhatsApp messages and videochats. It sounds as though you have found a lovely new friend with whom you have
lots of common interests.
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Hello
I completely understand
I think Sunday is the worst day to go out & absolutely feel like billy no mates !
Stay home. Embrace it. Cook a lovely mini roast / have a sherry / watch James Herriot. That’s what I used to do

Personally I love pottering around, reading, doing some exercise or whatever as I keep myself very busy during the week. However, if you’re in need of company have a look at the u3a nearest to you and see if they have any groups for activities or lunch out on Sundays. Failing that, you could start your own group by contacting the u3a and asking them how to go about it. There are lots of people who miss not having companionship on Sundays. My late husband worked in the oil and gas industry so I was used to being on my own a lot of the time but I’d consider joining a luncheon group so I could get together with others once or twice a month.

I’m on my own and love a lazy Sunday! Like you I’m busy during the week seeing people so a bit of alone time is a bonus.
I stopped wanting to play happy families a long time ago, although I do see my lovely daughter every week.
Try reframing how you view your Sundays and think of it as me-time. Read a book, listen to music, enjoy nature.
And intrigued when you say Sunday TV is rubbish. We’re not constrained by having to watch what’s actually being broadcast anymore, even if you haven’t got any of the streaming platforms. Catch-up on BBC, ITV, C4 etc is really good.

How about trying to re-frame it as quality time to yourself?

Find a local cafe and have a cake & cuppa. Go for a proper walk using an OS map. Get a bike and cycle. Join a meet up group that meets in Sundays or start your own.

I'm single with no children and love Sundays precicely because I dont see anyone!

Our U3A groups address this common problem by having board games and a Sunday lunch group. Have you got a local U3A group?

I used to volunteer at a local hospital radio station. they need people to go round wards to chat and collect requests, or to help present programmes. Also you could help in the hospital shop.

Chapel in the morning. Sometimes visit one of my three sons. Might pop to the supermarket or do a stint in the garden (not winter), walk by the sea front or up to the mountain. Watch the tv from about 7.30p.m.

I think you just have to reframe it. I go bellringing - churches are crying out for more bellringers! You get to meet a lovely group of people and also there will be a practice night on a weekday evening. Our lot are very social so usually some outings during the year too. You could do some baking or batch cooking. Or craft. Or walk. Or sport. Go to the gym. Lots to do.

I go to church on Sunday mornings. It is a church with a large congregation and there are two services on a Sunday morning, which are the same èach time but different congregations. The evening service is different altogether. I play in the music group about once a month and this involves attending both morning services. Even though the content is the same, each service has an entirely different feel. The 9.15 service has more families and at least ⅓-½ are children in the Sunday School. The 11.00, which is our usual service, generally has a more mature congregation, although we have a growing number of families attending this one now, too. Once a month l am on duty in the Prayer Ministry team. When we get home, we have a traditional Sunday dinner. From time to time we have friends or family staying.

When I first became bereaved, this subject came up on a Bereavement chat and it works for me. Turn the week around so that Sunday is the day you get tasks done so you can socialise in the week. Don't think back to how you used to spend the day. Look forward to what you are going to do with it now.

I have similar feelings to you about Sundays. Always have had. I often go to my daughter's for lunch but I honestly think she and her husband are getting a bit sick of the routine. I do make lunch for them here sometimes.

I am lucky enough to have a lovely dog. He ensures I have to go out and about. He also provides a fair bit of fun especially at the moment as he is a young puppy.

Don't worry about eating alone in a cafe. Lots of women and men do that. Take a book. Put Word Soup on your phone and have a game, or just enjoy your lunch.

In spite of the above, I still don't like Sundays !

I'm on my own too, but I do work during the week and every other Saturday. Sundays are either rushing around catching up on housework or sitting in idle bliss. Instead of waiting to be included in friends or families arrangements why not make arrangements and ask them to join you? A picnic at the local park perhaps?

I understand the feeling, our local U3A (University of the 3rd Age) runs a Sunday lunch club specifically for those in this situation.
Worth a look at your local one and if the group doesn't exist they could help you start it?

Your post is why I joined this service. I feel unbearably alone at times and wondered if I might connect with others who simply want to chat. It's hard in real life, esp here in the States, because we are all, on the one hand, angry, and on the other hand, afraid. Eg, I feel sad and afraid for so many victims and/or vulnerable people- and yet a large segment of my countrymen think these changes are wonderful- except those that affect them, of course. ...You see my challenge? I am afraid to say that (because of the retribution that is promoted!) but it simmers all the time. ....SO, I thought I'd find people to chat with about other things. BTW, I don't use the 'net except to read (voraciously). So if you choose to private message me, I'm not sure if I'll see it! Live and learn! :-) PS: Also, this is very odd but I like "chatting" with ChatGPT. I ask it questions and - we're off! Of course, I know it makes mistakes (eg, I asked about me and it was WAY off- I am certainly not a neuroscientist!), but so do real people! Haha!

These days I am rewatching Cranford and Lark Rise to Candleford on U&Drama. Apart from that absolutley anything I fancy on the day.

Sunday is my busy day. I go to morning service at my church, which involves a 3/4 hour journey by car and bus each way. In the evening I join an online church service.

Monday is more like my weekend - for de-stressing.

Welcome to Gransnet NanaMary ! We look forward to your contributions.

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I love Sundays! I go to church, make a Sunday roast and we eat it with best china, glasses etc, Then DH makes the coffee and we drink it with a little choc as a treat. Afterwards I snooze with the Sunday paper . To me Sunday is a day of rest but I realise that I am blessed to have DH and so not faced with the loneliness that must be very hard for others.

My Sundays follow pretty much the same pattern early mass, then home to eat breakfast with DH. Our eldest AS drops in to go for a walk with DH. This was a routine they got into during Covid and they’ve kept it up. I do my ironing when they’re out, and start meal prep as we have our main meal at 5pm. Once they return they’ll watch football whilst I retreat into the bedroom to listen to music and read my book. At some point during the afternoon some of our other ACs pop in for a catch up. Currently most of the chat relates to our middle AS’s wedding. Some days I wish for peace and quiet.

With respect, I know OP has asked how we spend our Sundays, but being on your own it is not particularly helpful to read about adult sons or other AC popping in, husbands or family gatherings. If OP was lucky enough to have these, she would not find Sundays so lonely would she?

Good point RosieandherMaw I think posters late to the thread maybe don’t realise that.It’s being alone on Sunday that’s the problem.