Your typical weekend.

I can see where both you and the other poster are coming from. Like you said, even socially confident people feel alienated from society but not from their own often very large social networks. In fact if someone didn't feel alienated by "mainstream" society I think that's pretty pathetic and I wouldn't really want to be friends with them. But it's all a mater of the extent of the feeling of alienation. An avoidant feels alienated by almost literally the rest of humanity, and that's pretty much the epitome of lonliness.

Watch some anime
play some video games
do homework
Mow some yards
Yup, pretty exciting life.

This weekend i was gonna go to a movie with a girl but i canceled

The past few weekends I've been going to my one friend's apartment up at his college and getting drunk and doing drugs. He had a pretty big party a week or so ago. There was a fight and I had to bust some heads. Which was ######6 awesome, I haven't had a good adrenaline rush in a long time. Generally it is pretty uncomfortable with his room mates and his other friend's and his roommates' friends. Atleast untill I get really ###$ up then I can kind of talk to people. I even talked to a gir(lol)! I'm kind of getting to know his roommates slowly but I still don't particularly want to spend any time with them.

Surf internet
Play video games
Do homework
Wander aimlessly

yea, she is pretty hot. She hasn't texted me back so now i think she's angry at me.

Watch DVDs while drawing, knitting, or crocheting.
Surf the net
Write stories
Read
Catch up on chores


A thrill-a-minute.

My typical weekend activities:
- studying (yes, I'm such a Nerd, but I really love my study)
OR
- procrastinating studying (while surfing the net or daydreaming or cleaning my flat or doing my nails or cutting myself fringes cos I hate going to the hairdresser)

I prefer meeting with people during the week when I'm somehow in the social flow due to other chores. The weekend is mine. I also prefer going out on weekdays (if I ever happen to go out) as it's less crowded and without social pressure.

Do you find there are to many aggressive people out on the weekends?

No,not where I live. And as a girl I don't get involved with agressive people so easily. But I don't like being in crowds in general. And going out during weekends seems to be so meaningful to other people. Like if you are single and going out it means you're searching someone. During the week it's much more relaxed somehow. And it's good having an excuse for leaving early sometimes (I'm having a hard day tomorrow, bla bla...).

Going out on the weekdays does seem kind of easier than on the weekends. Especially because I'm typically by myself. If I'm out during the week by my self people think I've got errands to run and stuff to do, like I actually have a life. If I'm out by my self on the weekends people think I'm a loser with no friends.

Or atleast this is what I assume people think.

Asuka wrote:Typically how do you spend your weekend?

Currently what is typical is to take care of errands for my ailing parents, and for me there is work brought home from the office, yard work, and my laundry. It's not always limited to that, but that's typical.

I didn't grow up in a family that regularly did something recreational on the weekends. There were movies, camping, fishing, trips, but they were occasional. Most weekends were a combination of chores and watching TV.

When I get asked what I'm doing, or what I did, over the weekend. I always have this feeling that other people must regularly have exciting weekends devoted to recreation or pleasure of some sort. I struggle to find something other than a recitation of my usual activities, usually resorting to "went out for dinner," because people get tired of hearing you tell them that you don't do anything fun and mostly do some kind of work all the time. Do most people spend most weekends engaged in some recreation? Did they grow up doing that in their families? How could anyone have the time or money to live like that? It just makes me feel even more abnormal.