On the weekend people are busy with shopping and fixing leaky plumbing and cleaning house and a thousand other things they're too tired to do after a 9 hour day at work during the week.

hello, again, DemonPerchance,

it was a saturday night and i aint got nobody...as the song goes, so to bed around 8, up at 5 this morning for my 6 oclock walmart ride.

anyhow; i read a lot of kafka, albert camus, buddenbrooks by thomas mann enough of my life, the play/movie "long days journey into night" my life too. i like wagner's music, even if he was anti-semitic.

bank employess, welfare program workers, cops---none of them ever heard of kafka, though they should have, considering.

yes, my 2nd cat is fat and needs a diet too...sometimes cats can actually cure themselves of diabetes!

i hope you have a nice sunday.

for eyesalve and WetNoodle2,

if people are busy on weekends, then maybe they suffer from alienation--vs--people like myself who have have no family, friends, or extra money every day of the year.

yes, heretic, every day is same for me too....maybe sundays different, for bike ride to walmart with no traffic to kill me

I've noticed this too and it's not just the loneliness group...it is all of DS. The only explanation I have been able to come up with is that people go out and do the things they want on the weekends, so less time to spend on the internet. But on the weekdays when they are pretty much stuck being either at work or at home, then they want to spend time surfing the internet.

That explanation doesn't really make sense to me, but it's the best I can come up with.

I think many ppl get loneliness & boredom confused.

I should only speak for myself however. Even when I was working, I would go on a social network depending on my mood. To me, Facebook is largely for entertainment & can be a huge time-waster. I've decided to leave Facebook for the weekends only; specifically Fridays. The reason being is that ppl seem to have so much going for them (even if they fabricate their life story or exaggerate), it makes me feel less of a person, inadequate, sad & sometimes hopeless.

DS is my refuge & safe haven. When I come to DS, I emotionally NEED to. It comforts me mentally & emotionally. Even if it's a journal entry or giving someone advice on a discussion board or reading other people's advice. Coming on DS gives me a virtual stroke of comfort. So maybe, just maybe, if ppl are coming on DS during working hours, either they are bored or looking for a stroke of emotional comfort that they are not getting from their actual family & friends. A peace of mind is priceless.

I wouldn't judge one form of loneliness and better or worse than another. Sometimes it seems like one is better but, until you've lived that particular life in that person's shoes, you can never really know just how lonely they feel in their hearts.

Personally, I'd rather be totally alone than alone in a crowd. I would give up my last friend in the world if that person was using and abusing me.