Anyone Hate Weekends?

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I hate weekends because I like the weekday TV schedule. It's a routine for me, and when I don't have that TV schedule I don't really know what to do.

weekends are what I live for
I hate work a lot
anything I do sucks so weekends are my rest

I like weekends. I have my weekend routine.

That's my least favorite thing about weekends, that everything is closed. It's not so bad in the US, but other countries see weekends as a sacred obligation to shut everything down. I had the misfortune of passing through Vienna on a Sunday once, and desperately needed toiletries. Vienna is a rather large city, yet I did not find one open drug store.

I dislike the boredom I feel on saturdays.

But I like that I can run whatever distance I want to on saturdays.

I dislike that I cannot listen to anything but church music on sundays.

But I like the spirit I feel when I really pay attention in church on sundays.

I dislike that I have to clean on saturdays.

But I like that I can sleep in on saturdays.

I dislike that I have to wake-up at 9:00 (that is early for me) on sundays.

But I like the church choir I attend and feel happy at on sundays.

Most of my adult life I've operated on a 4-day cycle, so other people's weekends mean very little to me except that sometimes stores will seem unusually crowded and I'll remember, "Oh, yeah, it's Saturday". Three day weekends, however, are quite disruptive in terms of odd crowds and interrupted mail and package delivery.

Back when I was a student and operated on the usual 7-day schedule, I had mixed feelings about weekends. Saturdays were a welcome break, but Sundays were boring and went on and on. However, at that time Sundays were still considered "holy" and churches were pretty much the only things open.

It seems like the conclusion/lesson you can take of all this is to not care about what others are doing and what they are expecting you to do. I will certainly try to avoid that in the future, and "do my own thing".
I was looking up this topic because I dread weekends aswell.

During the summer I don't really look forward to weekends. I only like them during the school year because I can sleep in.

^^this^^ On both points.

When I had my son I didn't know he'd turn out to be even weirder than I am. I love spending time with him--until he flushes some random object down the toilet, or bolts at the library and I have to chase him all over the building, or he thinks it would be funny to head-butt me and hear me shout, "Ow! @#$^! !!" So weekends are stressful at my house, too.

During the summer I don't enjoy weekends that much because there isn't much for the lonely single guy to do. Besides, it seems like the entire world is out having fun. Once hockey season starts though (this week) I usually have plenty to do! This usually lasts well into April at which point the cycle repeats itself.

Yes. Weekend kid stress with the fighting, the bickering, the objection to every fun activity, my son having meltdowns because my daughter is 2 loud. My daughter having meltdowns from my son not listening to her endless monologues about her special interest. The not getting any private time on the toilet. This weekend is especially bad because of school closures and a sports day so for us it is 5 days long. I am on day 3 and still have all my marbles. Today we are off to the zoo and tomorrow we are going swimming and then on monday we are off to the museum.