What you do in the evenings if you don't have kids

Deep sigh..I turn 40 in 4 days time and although my situation is good here in Muc, i'm bored. Cinema seems too easy, theatre is ok but sometimes id like to be a bit more creative than doing sport or watching telly. I have no kids and spending time with friends who have kids seems like talking to people from another planet. i've tried cocktails with friends once a week, playing cards but its all come to nothing...any suggestions on what to do..
oh yes fed up of reading books too..i spend my day reading stuff for my work...

Go to Curry Night on Wednesdays.

Toilet snorkeling.

Don't be silly Yeti. I mean, it is just impossible to get past the U-bend with all that gear

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Get a massive dog. Sorts everything out.

make children

a vast book and dvd library.

@Crawlie

Ever wondered why a snorkel has a U-bend ? The Lord works in mysterious ways.

navel fluff examination ?

Stamp Collecting...

ferret-sexing?

Toilet snorkeling does sound interesting...dont tell me how to get round the U-bend though..i want to discover some things myself...a bit of mystery and excitment thats just what i need..

Learn a new language.

Take up a sport you've never tried before.

Read "War and peace" in Swahili.

Gain proficency in mobile phone throwing.

Yeti. My snorkel was a bit too straight (yes it had a bend but it was a touch too long for some of these modern U-Bends)..

I think you need to buy a TV chair with a built in fridge and remote control holder. THat should sort out your evenings. Oh yes and a PS2 or similar would be good

Learning a new language does sound like a good idea.

choir or music group
dance lessons
art lessons
write a novel

Find some hobbies, both ones that involve other people and ones you can do by yourself. What sort of things are you interested in? You could try and be creative and make some stuff, like DIY or model kits etc. But don't force yourself to do anything you don't enjoy.

the German English Association has loads of stuff going on. see their regular program. oh and take a look at this too.

DIY is ok..when you have a garden shed or garage or spare room to make mess in...my apt is just too small for metal work or woodwork or boat building. And I'm fed up of making petit fours and choux pastry too. Replaced all the SVHS cables with HDMI or RGB and updated cd and DVD players to 1 tbyte hard disk server. Run out of nerd stuff to do.

you don't say if you are single or in a relationship. I'm assuming single??

teach yourself some form of cookery, indian, thai, middle eastern, etc

Get out of the house. Take long walks.

Find something to sell on Ebay - hours of fun.

Join a gym. That keeps my evenings sorted. 3 hours for the workout and sauna gehen. Keeps me healthy and gives me time to relax (plus is a great opportunity to practive your German and meet new people).

find a lover or two

You could try this

Nah, that wouldn't keep him busy even for five minutes!

I know how you feel, same with my apt, no outdoor space at all. Although I am contemplating building something like this somehow in my apartment... Beat that for nerdyness

How long have you been here for? Have you visited everywhere to visit in Munich? How about further away? My problem is that I have loads of stuff I want to do but am too lazy.

Watch porn and eat cheesy Wotsits - watch your 'Uncle Bob turn orange!

Actually the punch line to a joke but hey...feck it!

I'd say the most rewarding at the end would be to: Look for God. ( if you already have not done this ).

This will keep you occupied, sharpen and activate your brain and emotions. This will give you the adventure you look for and a lot of books to read as well.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Don't joina gym, please, do NOT join a gym. If you wanna run, run somewhere; do not stand on a stationary fucking machine, clad in some god awful dayglo bright lycra bodysuit, in a line with other people doing the same. Particularly do not do this behind a massive glass window. You have a 75% higher chance of meeting complete fucking twats in a gym than you do in any other setting, other than a sales conference or course.
Get a dog. Walk dog. Calories burnt, no need for lycra, and minimal chance of contact with the type of twat who gets out piles of charts and documents on plane journeys to make themselves feel like an important champion of commerce.

Dammit, is he lost again? Someone should get that guy a map!

You could join NuWoman here and sing your little heart out. It's supposed to be good for the soul

Umm been here 16 years..sold car and just about visited everywhere..tried lots of lovers..they got boring (ha ha), yep very lazy and my religion is to avoid all other religions...As the devil once said "there is just enough religion in the world to make man hate himself and not enough to make him love himself"..still nothing causes a better argument/discussion than religion. perhaps we should arrange a cocktail u bend scubd diving religion conversation evening. Any lovers most welcome.

Idle time can be a bummer. Try to turn a hobby into an obligation. A pal of mine started woodworking; pretty soon he had a backlog of picture frames on request to fulfil. Another fellow, a photographer, started volunteering free photo shoots during Christmas at a local homeless shelter. A chance for seriously deprived people to get something they could send to their families, which showed them as humans, not bums (or "nutters" for the dispassionate crowd). A few years of that, it was no longer volunteerism, but expected.

At any rate, to make a crummy metaphor: obligations are your path through boredom, hopefully with some interesting rest stops.

Set up a troll Acc on TT

He did say he was bored, but undergoing a sex change to be able to join a female singing trio might be a bit too radical!

how about putting on a joe orton play...saw docu about k williams on beeb4 two nites ago...j orton liked to shock and no one seems to have done his plays in a while...
oh and i cant sing or dance

and a sex change is definatly out...but it would most definately cure the boredom...

LOL

true, Kay, true...looks like I missed that tiny detail...

And those ones who feel they must turn on their blackberry the nano-second the plane has stopped, just so they can start reading/writing emails again.

I always find it amusing to try and read/watch what the business types are doing on the plane quite obviously, and then see the look on their faces when they spot me looking at their presentation. Once watched a guy write a whole presentation about sales of CorelDraw or something, man I must have been bored. I think my boss would sack me if he caught me showing off company confidential information in public like that.

Get one of these:

40...hmmm...now is the time to think of the rest of your life...

You stand at the door of death! What do you do? Knowing nothing about the other side of the door...

Better be prepared no matter what comes...FEAR!

Be very scared!

Well, make some and you will never be bored again. I promise

@ psioni: huh?

@yeti: And follow this.

Gotcha!

10% of the internet is porn, and the internet is a big place - make it your mission to view every single porno page that there is.

Sounds like you need a girlfriend (or boyfriend).

I always knew they were for the over 40s!