Friday evening- fall asleep on the couch around 7pm and then go to bed at 8/9pm.
Saturday evening- maybe go out to dinner once every 5-6 weeks. Watch Netflix, etc. Go to bed by 10pm.


- a teacher, single mom, and empty nester

Plays, concerts, have friends over for dinner. Go see a Nats game. Read a good book

Anonymous wrote:I live alone in my 60s so I mostly get high (medical marijuana patient) or afternoon drunk (I have like 180 bottles of wine in house)

It's fun. I didn't get to do this a long time ago.

Too bad you don't need a friend. I could assist with those 180 bottles.

Anonymous wrote:Crafts, tv together. At least one Friday/Saturday is hanging out with friends. And we have little kids still. But they go to grandparents for a few weekend nights a month.

As someone who didn’t have that and plan to provide that for my daughter, I’m glad you get those respites. It’s SO important for mental health.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Astronomy. Admittedly this is something we did with the kids but it's a different vibe without. We are close to certified dark sky locations and I really love to go stargazing.

The availability of reasonably priced high power telescopes now is amazing.

Also, weekends away. It is so easy for us to pack and go now. We try to keep driving to three hours max each way so there is plenty of time to relax. We tried "staycations" but it wasn't for me. I need a little distance from the homestead to leave my worries behind!

I feel like the astronomy bug is wasted on me. I have a southern facing 3d floor finished attic with French doors and a balcony that looks out above most of our visible neighbors in town across minimum 4 acre lots and conservation woods. No light pollution. It’s enough to see flights left and right (east and west) from the local airports criss-crossing with flights descending from the north to our international airport 30m south from me as the crow flies.

Space movies scare me, and I have whatever the reverse is of claustrophobia. The limitlessness of space terrifies me

Do something else?

Anonymous wrote:Astronomy. Admittedly this is something we did with the kids but it's a different vibe without. We are close to certified dark sky locations and I really love to go stargazing.

The availability of reasonably priced high power telescopes now is amazing.

Also, weekends away. It is so easy for us to pack and go now. We try to keep driving to three hours max each way so there is plenty of time to relax. We tried "staycations" but it wasn't for me. I need a little distance from the homestead to leave my worries behind!

I feel like the astronomy bug is wasted on me. I have a southern facing 3d floor finished attic with French doors and a balcony that looks out above most of our visible neighbors in town across minimum 4 acre lots and conservation woods. No light pollution. It’s enough to see flights left and right (east and west) from the local airports criss-crossing with flights descending from the north to our international airport 30m south from me as the crow flies.

Space movies scare me, and I have whatever the reverse is of claustrophobia. The limitlessness of space terrifies me

See a play
See a concert
See a movie
Movie night at home
Scrabble
Bake a new dessert
Cook a special meal with your spouse
Visit a museum with extended hours
Sunset hikes
Go camping (with kid)
Crochet/knit/paint/draw/write
Night time photography
Star gazing

Anonymous wrote:I’m looking for ideas.

The last 20 years or so my weekends have been mainly filled by my kids, but my youngest is now driving and I’m finding myself without a lot to do on weekend evenings. DH and I will occasionally go out to dinner, and about once a month we get invited somewhere. But often we have nothing to do on a Friday or Saturday night.

I’m specifically looking for things to do that aren’t drinking based activities. We both drink, but in a one is enough sort of way.

Out to dinner or any events or parties we may invited to. If no plans we still go out to dinner.

Anonymous wrote:I live alone in my 60s so I mostly get high (medical marijuana patient) or afternoon drunk (I have like 180 bottles of wine in house)

It's fun. I didn't get to do this a long time ago.

That's either sad or pathetic I can't decide which. Maybe both.

Crafts, tv together. At least one Friday/Saturday is hanging out with friends. And we have little kids still. But they go to grandparents for a few weekend nights a month.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play scrabble, cards or dice
Comedy shows
Musicals
Concerts
Walks
Check out a new neighborhood or suburb
Out to dinner
Home improvements
Read
Get together with family or friends
Bonfires
Cook something new

We are almost never bored

No shaboinking?

What could be hotter than scrabble? The shaboinking is implied!

Anonymous wrote:Play scrabble, cards or dice
Comedy shows
Musicals
Concerts
Walks
Check out a new neighborhood or suburb
Out to dinner
Home improvements
Read
Get together with family or friends
Bonfires
Cook something new

We are almost never bored

No shaboinking?

I live alone in my 60s so I mostly get high (medical marijuana patient) or afternoon drunk (I have like 180 bottles of wine in house)

It's fun. I didn't get to do this a long time ago.

I do the following:

Play tennis or pickleball with friends
Have girlfriends over for game night
Go out to dinner with spouse or friends
Binge watch tv or binge read a book alone
Take my dog on a long walk
Have couples over for dinner (casual and probably 4x a year)
Go to friends' house for dinner (casual and usually 4-6x a year)
Go to the Tennis/Golf Club for various events (wine tasting, fundraisers etc,)
Go to Dark Sky parks like poster above
See a music concert
See a theater production
Go dancing

We don't do many weekends away because we're too tired to plan and don't love long drives but I'd like to add a couple more in each year. I also love the idea of going to HS and community theater productions

We either host friends for dinner (or go to their homes) or if we are just home alone we will watch a show or movie we’ve been wanting to see. We rotate through all the streaming services and always have a list of things we want to watch.