How many besides me, hate Sundays?

I hated Sundays as a kid because I had to go to school the next day. Once I got a job I had to work every other weekend so it didn't mean much. Now one day is like another. People don't visit like they use to on Sundays and make big dinners and have family gatherings. I miss that.
 
They all seem the same to me these days. When I was a kid, and then when we had kids, Sunday meant going to Church in the morning and a "special" dinner at home. That ended in the early 80s but we did continue to go to Church, but irregularly. Now, haven't been in a Church for 20 years.
 

AZ Jim said:
I always have, especially now...
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I used to, because the next day was back to work

Sorta learned to use it as a cool down day, putting everthing away from the day before, then settling in to sports on the tube, or romping with the kids…later grandkids

But after retirement? No difference than any other day

Why do you hate it, Jim?
 
Gary, to me it meant "back to work". My baby and I both used to consider it a blue day...
 
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Well, when I was a kid Sunday meant getting up at 6AM, going with my mother to first mass of day. Had to go because in those days first thing Monday morning at school. the teacher would check to see who didn't attend mass on Sunday....So, Sunday was NOT one of my favourite days. Listening to the priest talking in Latin...I usually drifted off to sleep.
 
Sundays used to be a chill day...

Mon- Fri was work ..Saturday was clean house day.

And like others.. it's just another day now..

Kinda takes away from it being special I suppose.

Although there was a time that it was gettin' the kids ready for church and such.

Now we just have church on our back porch..

Had quite a good discussion today..and it's Sunday.

So all is good........
 
Yikes, there are so many depressing threads on this website.

Used to get the “Sunday Blues” for the past 40 years while working. But now that I retired a few months ago..........when they start to come on I would have to tell myself....HEY!!!!!!! Stop!!! You are retired now!!!!!

I love Sundays! Love going to church, then to lunch, then hanging out with the grandkids....or hitting the tennis courts.....or relaxing on the couch in my man cave watching the Tennis channel or playing my guitars or reading my Kindle or surfing the web, whatever.......because........I don’t have to work anymore.

Get out there! Take up some new hobbies. Read. Walk. Go to a new restaurant. Got to a park, go fishing, go to Guitar Center and pick up a cheap acoustic guitar and learn to play. Go to a museum, check out the library. Go to a movie. Take a drive in the country, or desert.
 
Floridatennisplayer said:
Yikes, there are so many depressing threads on this website.

Used to get the “Sunday Blues” for the past 40 years while working. But now that I retired a few months ago..........when they start to come on I would have to tell myself....HEY!!!!!!! Stop!!! You are retired now!!!!!

I love Sundays! Love going to church, then to lunch, then hanging out with the grandkids....or hitting the tennis courts.....or relaxing on the couch in my man cave watching the Tennis channel or playing my guitars or reading my Kindle or surfing the web, whatever.......because........I don’t have to work anymore.

Get out there! Take up some new hobbies. Read. Walk. Go to a new restaurant. Got to a park, go fishing, go to Guitar Center and pick up a cheap acoustic guitar and learn to play. Go to a museum, check out the library. Go to a movie. Take a drive in the country, or desert.
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When I could walk without my walker I did some of those things but now I cannot. PS watching Tennis to me is like watching golf....boring, but to each his own...
 
I never liked Sundays either, and still don't even though I'm retired. As a kid I had to get dressed up for church and usually stay dressed for a Sunday dinner, in the back of my mind was always the dread of having to go to school the next day. Same thing while working, I did look forward to the weekends, but Sunday was always a drag, and work was the next day. Now, the grey cloud still hangs over me on Sundays, just was never one of my favorite days. Now that I'm retired, I actually like weekdays better than weekends, better shows on TV or radio, not endless infomercials or sports, less traffic on the roads and in stores, and at the park, just feels right during the week for me.
 
Sunday down here is rather full for hubby and I

We attend church at 9.30. Hubby stays in for the full service and I take the children out before the sermon for age appropriate activities.

Around 11 am we share a coffee and other refreshments after church and talk to other members of the congregation for about half an hour.

By 11.30 we head of with a small group of friends to a local licenced club for lunch. More chatting until about 1.30.

Then we have options - we can call in at the supermarket on the way home and top up our stores, we (as in I) can take an afternoon nap because talking to friends is so tiring (joking, of course) or we can visit our one remaining aunty in her nursing home.

Because we had something substantial for lunch, tea (in OZ this is what we mostly call the evening meal) can be something light like scrambled eggs or baked beans on toast.

After tea we watch TV and I catch up with forums etc on my lap top.

Jim, I suggest you find ways to connect with people, not just on Sundays but on any day of the week. It does make a tremendous difference to us to know other people and to be known by them in return.
 
Just another day for me also since retirement except The Walking Dead and the Talking Dead comes on at nite when in season....
my 12 y.o. gr'daughter always leaves early afternoons after visiting so it seems too soon for her to go :(
 
AZ Jim said:
I always have, especially now...
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I hated them as a kid because I was forced to go to church.

But I love them now, and have for a long time. In the winter it's a day to watch NFL games and make a big cold-weather meal -- which is something I enjoy doing.

In the summer it's a day to take a cruise with the Vette, maybe stopping somewhere and buying some seafood for dinner. And then to sit on the porch with cocktails. :)


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I used to dread Sunday’s, it was the loneliest day of the week for me so I found a Sunday morning job helping a lady suffering from MS

This poor woman could not even get out of bed without using a hoist, my main job was to fix her hair, using heated rollers and apply full make up to her face, she kept these standards up to the day she died

I was totally humbled, and meeting her changed my outlook on life, instead of hating Sundays, I thanked God I could get up out of bed and had the freedom to go out even for a walk in the park, an attitude I try to maintain
 
I wish we could go back to Sunday as it used to be...church in the morning, then Sunday dinner (roast beef and yorkshire pud), then a lazy afternoon. Now Sunday isn't much different from the rest of the week. Another of the modern changes which are not for the better.
 
When I was a kid I hated Sunday.

I grew up in a place that observed the blue laws so most everything was closed. We spent the morning in church and Sunday dinner took up the middle of the day. We usually stayed home or we took one of those dreadful Sunday drives to visit various relatives. The only fun I had was aggravating my older sister in the backseat of the car.:):playful::eek:nthego:

Since I've retired I try to stay out of the way on the weekends, I venture out into the world during the week when most people are at work or in school.
 
I hated Sundays too... like so many others, I hated getting forced to go to Sunday school and church. Having to get dressed up in my Sunday best etc... Scotland never had Sunday trading laws as such, but to keep the church happy, most things were closed. I remember many years later, taking my family round the Western Isles and on Harris, a rather apologetic gentleman said that his camping site was closed on the Sabbath. On Lewis, everything closed at 5 pm on Saturday and didn't open till 9am on Monday. Even the inter-island ferries didn't run.

Now, I'm a secular Humanist. Sunday here is just another day with the major supermarkets open from 8am till 10pm.
Even festivals like Easter are not really celebrated. However, for no religious reason, I think that a day off would be nice - why not make it Sunday?
 

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