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No socialization per weekend is my ideal.

Leave me alone.

Matter of fact, I'm gonna have a charcuterie board for breakfast!

A couple of hours, once or twice a month, with one or two close friends.

I've got kids so my weekends are...well not mine. In the Before Time however, things were much different.

Typically we'd have a three day weekend (overnight work yay). The Sunday was a mess because we'd been working the previous night so we'd spend a lot of that day in bed napping and just chilling out. Monday was the day we'd usually give to seeing others and running errands so that Tuesday we could do as little as possible, play games, maybe go get food. Wednesday (before 3 when we'd go to bed before our shift) was usually just lounging around the house.

Our weekends were amazing....and now here I am being held hostage against my will by a 6 year old and a 2 year old. Help

depends on quality. socializing as obligation with people who suck your energy and slam your brain with garbage? minimal.

I just don't have the energy for people. I don't admit it to friends and family, but I enjoyed lockdown because I had zero social obligations. Unfortunately, I also lost a LOT of the coming mechanisms I've developed over my lifetime that allowed me to deal with people.

These days a single 2-3 hour social obligation in a weekend gives me anxiety. I enjoy hanging out with a few friends at a time (and my friends are very low maintenance) but even then after a few hours I need a week or two to recover.

I like doing techy home lab computer stuff on weekends... Don't really feel like meeting people most of the time. I meet people on office days at work. :)

I like to spend the weekend at home to rest, so the maximum I would spend time out with other people is one night (or day) out for 3-4 hours, preferably on a Friday so I technically keep my weekend intact. Going out on a Saturday means I’ll only have one more day to rest.

Little to none. I deal with people all week.

My ideal amount of socialization at any time is "as much as possible", but I'll take what I can get.

1 socialization per week.

Going out somewhere or having friends over. More than that is just too much for my energy levels.

During weekdays everyone is stressed and tired. During weekends I need some time to rest, preparing myself for next week.

It depends massively on what my week and previous/forthcoming weekends are like.

If I've got a lot on otherwise, I want nothing more than to sit alone watching something or playing single player games, ordering in some junk food, not leaving the house and basically ignoring my phone.

If I've had a relatively boring week, I may want to socialise as much as all day both days, maybe even at the expense of much sleep.

Or somewhere between the two extremes

My ideal is probably 1-2 events per weekend. Unfortunately I need time for chores and errands, and it inconveniences+stresses me out if they don't get done, otherwise I'd be up for more socializing

With me it depends on quality & depth.

If I socialize with a really good friend (or a romantic interest--which hasn't been for a while 🙁 ) every day, that invigorates me.

But if I drag myself out to even one hour long social event for a week I have to spend 8 weeks recovering. 🤣 (OK, maybe not that long, but you get the idea).

I absolutely don’t socialize that much. My job doesn’t have traditional weekends, though, so it helps. My “weekend” would be the equivalent of the weekend you just described (maybe one event). I found that I did more things when I was younger, but now I just don’t do something social unless I really think it’s going to bring me joy.