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Bank Holidays Like them or not?

TheCatWoman

I'm not a huge fan, it feels like we've got 3 sundays this week and sunday has never been my favourite day. All the telly gets messed up, there feels like a lot of pressure "to do something". Most of the bank holidays are religious ones and many aren't Christian so have little attachment to them. There also seems to be a huge social divide, white collar workers get to have time off, blue collar ones don't, when I worked in a small independent shop, we closed for bank holidays, some of our customers would complain, they were off work and so were we, younger folks seemed to have no idea that shops might want to close that we workers had homes, families and stuff to do.

How about you, do you like them, or are they a bit blah?

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  • I don’t like bank holidays, probably because of the change to the weekly structure. Also, people expect that you will be out doing something special with family, and I am on my own.

    i would like to be a part of an Easter Sunday lunch or something like that, but I know it would be stressful trying to join in with everybody and that I would be relieved to get back home to my dog.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    This feels relateable. Wanting to be part of the gathering to feel accepted, but also not wanting to be there because of the social pressure, social rules and general overwhelm of everything.

    As a child and a young adult I often got told I was ruining everything because I wasn't joining in with the 'fun' and preferred quiet in a different room. How exactly is that ruining everything?

    I discovered last year that I can no longer handle busy house parties with 4-5 conversations happening all at once, and everyone shouting to be heard over everyone else. Just no! I'll be with you and the dog.Grin

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    This feels relateable. Wanting to be part of the gathering to feel accepted, but also not wanting to be there because of the social pressure, social rules and general overwhelm of everything.

    As a child and a young adult I often got told I was ruining everything because I wasn't joining in with the 'fun' and preferred quiet in a different room. How exactly is that ruining everything?

    I discovered last year that I can no longer handle busy house parties with 4-5 conversations happening all at once, and everyone shouting to be heard over everyone else. Just no! I'll be with you and the dog.Grin

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