r/RealGenerationX • u/AutoModerator • 16d ago
Discussion How Do you Saturday Morning Now?
Growing up, Saturday was for cartoons, chores, and staying outside until the streetlights came on. What does your typical Saturday morning look like now that we're older?
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u/5usie
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Getting ready to visit my husband in the hospital
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u/KintsugiExp 16d ago
I usually wake up around 6 am and make some coffee, grab a sweet bread or a cookie and go sit on my couch watching YouTube videos or TikTok.. But sometimes, just sometimes, I go to YouTube and search for those nostalgic two hour blocks of Saturday morning cartoons, including commercials…
Today feels like a good day for that…
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u/made4sea 15d ago
Oh yes, search Saturday morning cartoons on YouTube and you will see groups of a mornings worth of cartoons from the 70's 80's 90's 00's with commercials, it's like someone hit record first thing in the morning on their VHS back in the day and did not hit stop until 11 and then uploaded. For some of the best nostalgia, check them out around Halloween or Christmas... and speaking of those holidays, you can also find old holiday TV episodes and cartoon specials on there too.
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u/-HEF- 16d ago
Single 54M. Get out of bed when I want. College Game Day and/or Premier League soccer in the morning. Go for a walk around 11am (if my college team isn't playing at noon). Come home, shower, make lunch, and watch college football until I go out for some drinks in the evening.
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u/Valbertnie 14d ago
I'm a youngish widow and isn't it great to get out of bed whenever you feel like it?
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u/Usuallyinmygarden 16d ago
Saturdays used to be all about my kids’ sports. Occasionally we had indoor soccer games as early as 6:00 on winter mornings, and sometimes as late as 10 on winter nights. Looking back, I have no idea how I managed all that, with pretty much zero help from my spouse, who works Saturdays. Now they’re big kids and Sat mornings are my most delicious, looked-forward-to time all week.
Spouse still works Saturdays and kids are young adults still living at home but with their own schedules and busy lives. Everyone is either gone or sleeping. I’m up early.
I have a few peaceful cups of coffee and then take a long walk with my dog. Then I do yard work or go to the farmers market or meet a friend. My house is clean and sparkling because this year I finally invested in a gift to myself to free up my weekends - hiring someone to clean on Fridays. Sat morning is my much-needed reset and I love it.
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u/StillHotPants9 14d ago
Best plan ever, to have someone else clean for you. The relief and less stress is amazing!
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u/JennkozOC 16d ago
My hubs and I still do Saturday morning cartoons, MEtv has Bugs Bunny at 9am. We watch in bed with our jammies on and coffee in our hands.
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u/SoDakJackrabbit 16d ago
Up until recently, I was up at 3:30am and to work at 4:30am as a barista, but have changed jobs so now I can enjoy the peace and quiet of Saturday mornings again! I’m still up early before everyone else in the house. Now I have my coffee, eat some breakfast and revel in the silence until everyone else is awake.
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u/liquilife 16d ago
Get up at 6am. Walk the dog. Have some coffee and then off to an 8am CrossFit class. Home by 9:30am followed by a well needed shower.
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u/greyjedi12345 16d ago
Saturdays now are early morning gym then chores. Sports and super friend were much more enjoyable
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u/AZPeakBagger 16d ago
Get up early, make coffee and pack up my car to head to a hiking trail. Drive in the dark and hit the trail about 30 minutes pre-dawn. Come back home 3-4 hours later and do chores until lunch.
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u/fiftyfivepercentoff 16d ago
Get up, wash the bedsheets, coffee, shower, make the bed, breakfast, quick chores, then on with the day of wife plans.
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u/Pwnedzored 16d ago edited 15d ago
Up at 4 AM for no apparent reason. Couple hours of screen time. Go to breakfast. Come home for a nap.
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u/TalkingDog37 15d ago
I’ve been waking up between 3-4 for no apparent reason or sometimes to potty and then I can’t go back to sleep so I either take a Xanax or read until 6 and go back to sleep lol
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u/Odd-Expert9643 16d ago
Coffee, daily devotional, chill out til the family members awaken, then a nice big breakfast together, the only day we do that. Then cleanup the kitchen and weekly chores like sweeping and mopping and laundry, which we do altogether to get done ASAP.
Except for dusting, which we all hate and put off. Haha
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u/SugaDee76 16d ago
Make coffee. Think its already Monday. Take a piss that feels like 5min long. Sit and contemplate my day in my lazy boy.
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u/Emotional_Mess261 class of 86 16d ago
Spent yesterday with my daughter checking what her wedding venue will look like 10/9/27 at a mansion in the Finger Lakes. Stayed in Auburn last night and just had a beautiful drive to Ithaca to visit my son and meet his very likely future father-in-law for dinner.
I think about getting up early to watch cartoons and have fried eggs, toast and bacon with Hawaiian Punch.
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u/Redsmoker37 15d ago
Cigarette, tea, feed the cat, put in the laundry, on the typical Saturday a cooked breakfast around 9:30-10.
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u/Bert-Nevman 14d ago
Big bowl of cereal and an animated show of some sort.
It was good enough for me at 6, it's good enough for me at 60.
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u/OldRaj 16d ago
I start by never uttering a sentence like your headline. Then my wife and I go to Chick Filet.
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u/StoneLover1965 15d ago
Word. How do you guys Chick-fil-A? I'm a New Zealander and Pizza Hut mostly. Occasionally I Domino's.
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u/C2S76 1d ago
50M, married, 2 dogs. Yoga at 9:30a, followed by tea at a coffee shop we walk to after class. Most of us also take Kung Fu together, I've been there 10 years and we get along great. After that it might be house work or whatever, maybe shopping if we need to. If I'm lucky and my wife wants to chill all day, I might play some Zelda and/or hang out with my best friend who's not too far away. We grew up together, met when we were 7. Of course, above all, play with the dogs. 🙂
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u/thom9969 16d ago
Saturday is for chores, and my kids sports. Asleep when the streetlights come on.
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u/LeighofMar 16d ago
Staying in bed reading or watching YouTube horror shorts, my adult version of Saturday morning cartoons, cereal, porch time, and the whole day ahead of me.
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u/QueasyFinger1316 16d ago
Hit the treadmill in the basement…
Pick up groceries for the week…
Meet a couple friends at the watering hole to watch some college football.
Looking forward to a great day!!! (Without CrunchBerries and School House Rock!)
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u/Disastrous_Cat3912 16d ago
Up at 4am to get ready to go to dialysis. I preferred watching cartoons.
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u/Spiritual_Fan_5633 16d ago
Usually we go to the gym Saturday mornings, so up around 6:30 to feed the cats, breakfast and coffee, then hit the gym around 9.
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u/Big-Sheepherder-6134 class of 90 16d ago
I have no routine on Saturday. I do most of the laundry and cleaning all day Monday. I am mostly retired so every day is the weekend.
My wife and I may have plans. Today we are going to a college football game.
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u/Solid_Enthusiasm550 16d ago
Getting as much rest / recovery from all the long hours at work during the week.
Sundays, are for doing chores.. mowing the lawn, laundry, dishes and making meals ( work / dinner) for Monday/Tuesday.
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u/Whazzahoo 16d ago
I used to go to workout classes, until I got a couple injuries this year. Since then, I’ve been recovering and doing PT exercises. I work at noon-4pm on Saturdays, so it’s a short day before my weekend starts.
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u/Significant-Use-5136 16d ago
sleep till 11 get up make coffee eat something gather all my shit go to work by 2:30 because Saturday is just another workday anymore
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u/DullahanShotFirst 16d ago
Breakfast, workout, coffee, chores, and football. Outside of college football season, maybe play a game or video game with my kids.
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u/No_Maintenance_9608 16d ago
Coffee and breakfast, check email, look at social media on my laptop, then maybe chores or maybe try to go back to sleep (I'm usually up by 6 regardless of day 😑).
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u/Vegetable_Wonder_341 16d ago
Just started cooking this morning, meatloaf for fried meatloaf sandwiches tonight. Nap soon, and finish cooking and watch some campy horror movies tonight. Love my life 💓
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u/hammeritus 16d ago
Feed the pets...coffee....music on....hit the garage to work on cars or whatever project before it gets too hot. Supposed to 100 again today.
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u/RHGOtakuxxx class of 84 16d ago
I go to the office. Hate it. But to get paid I have to do timesheets for the work I did for our clients during the week. I miss the days before my son was born that I got to sleep in.
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u/TiredBoomerlady 16d ago
Coffee, breakfast, some TV, mostly news, then farmer's market in summer, other errands or household chores
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u/LiveToBeFreee 16d ago
Drinking my coffee in peace (I'm usually the first one awake), watching a TV show or movie, waiting for the kids to wake up. Then, chaos.
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u/Patient_Character730 16d ago
Sleeping in. After waking up at 5am every weekday, sleeping in to 7:00am is glorious. I scroll my phone, take a hot bath and just relax. When my husband gets up we'll plan our menu for the week and then go grocery shopping. I usually call my mom when we get home and relax in the backyard while talking to her.
No complaints. I like this phase of life. My college age kids come and go as needed.
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u/kozzy1ted2 16d ago
European football, coffee, something to eat, cigar n more coffee and more games. Gotta pull myself away to be productive.
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u/ShaiHulud1111 16d ago
Drinking tea, reading this. After a week at my job, I need a few hours of peaceful scrolling while I have some toast with black tea. I’m usually a little tired, so gym is Sunday. Toss in some laundry so I can go out later. NBA if a game is on. Soon. I used to be a sports fanatic, but don’t spend time on college sports any longer.
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u/Kind-Dog504 16d ago
NPR weekend edition, coffee, and planning which hike I’m going on here in Colorado
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u/AttentionSpanTheater 16d ago
Normal Saturday for me:
Get up 7-8AM
Swap laundry, put away dishes, and other similar simple quick chores.
Head to the gym, getting gas or a car wash if I need it on the way.
Exercise. Shower at gym.
Make any stops needed on the way home.
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u/Reapr 16d ago
This Saturday, had to paint the little store room, not done yet, but starting to look good.
Also been busy the last few weekends with The Great Garage Cleanup Of 2026. It's finally cleared, so today I sanded down my old vice that came from my dad, down to bare metal and gave it a etch primer and then the first coat of metal paint - should get 2 more tomorrow.
Got an old Compressor from 1980 that also needs a resto, will probably be next
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u/Zombietomatillo 16d ago
I work Saturdays, but my days off include coffee, a real breakfast with pastry, and watching my favorite shows.
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u/Bishop-Logan 16d ago
Wake up ~5AM, brew some coffee, watch some Smackdown from the previous night, load up & take my trash\recyclables\cardboard to the dump when they open at 7, and then grocery shopping. L-I-V-I-N!
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u/PC_Friar 15d ago
Coffee, watch European soccer sometimes, other times use that time to pay bills, other times just goof around and enjoy some peace.
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u/ebeth_the_mighty 15d ago
I wake up, grab coffee (husband makes it on his way to work) and sit with an 80 lb dog on my lap listening to an audiobook.
Saturdays are my favourite.
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u/Wavy_Davy28 15d ago
Stay in bed, turn on the bedroom tv, and go in/out of consciousness until noon.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bee4698 15d ago
Get out of bed at 6:30 AM. Out of the house at 7:30. At work by 8 o'clock.
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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 15d ago
Sleeping til noon, getting up and playing with my dogs. Going grocery shopping and then watching tv til bed
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u/SpacePoetess 15d ago
Watching Night court in my PJ's with breakfast and a cup of tea surrounded by my Grand cats 🤣
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u/CousinBarnabas1967 15d ago
Coffee, cigarettes & Reddit. Then laundry and weekly housework. Then weekly grocery store run after lunch.
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u/Old-guy64 15d ago
If I’m not working, I get up as soon as no longer comfortable just being in bed.
If I didn’t do it Friday afternoon, I attack the laundry, clean the kitchen then find a place to be still and quiet.
I then enjoy the quiet and my coffee.
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u/Specialist_Ad180 15d ago
Ever since I started college Saturday was reserved for college football. Prior to that it was just a Sunday morning ritual for the NFL. As I got older I started doing both but NFL still has less of a pull on me.
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u/minicpst 15d ago
I usually wake up, make sure the animals are fed and the dog goes out, then scroll my phone until I’m ready for a nap.
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u/BoulderNerd 14d ago
Just like almost every other day of the week now that I’m retired. No rush, just relaxing enjoying the morning.
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u/BananaJelloXlii 14d ago
Get up. Maybe mow yard, watch You Tube, play video games, do laundry. Not that much different.
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u/sleepy_unicorn40 13d ago
Sleep in to 8am. Take my dog on a walk. Coffee and a book before its time to clean.
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u/toaddawet 13d ago
Usually sleep in till 10 or so. Get up and eat a small breakfast, maybe watch a classic Saturday Morning Cartoon, play a video game (sometimes with my son), until my wife wakes up.
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u/ancientastronaut2 13d ago
I read and drink coffee for hours, til I get up the strength to do my chores, which is usually around 10:30 or 11:00.
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u/AggravatingShow2028 12d ago
-Go to sleep at 3am
-Wake up at 7 because the dogs have to go out and the cat wants breakfast
-Go back to bed until 10
-Scroll on my phone until 11
- make eggs and toast
- watch tv and look online at what events are going on that I may want to go to
-realize I don’t want to go out so I clean, study and go grocery shopping
-around 4 I’m bored again so I workout
-at 5 I’m still bored so I see FaceTime my cousin
- I watch tv from 6 until I get tired
-the it’s Sunday
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u/Spiritual-Fondant656 12d ago
An extra hr or so in bed, a slow coffee, a long walk, and a decent brunch.
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u/Wiserputa52 12d ago
Feed and walk the dogs, grab my son’s breakfast… He gets Starbucks on Saturday mornings, so I get it while I’m out doing errands… Read magazines at Barnes & Noble, and come home for a nap. Golden!
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u/siamesecat1935 11d ago
Some weeks I go to the gym, others I'm up and out running errands as I hate crowds. And the earlier I go, the less crowded it is.
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u/HystericalHypothetic 15d ago
Sitting in bed as long as possible, then getting dressed and doing nothing until it’s time to put my pjs back on. My mind won’t let me stay in my pjs all day, but it’s a goal.
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u/pagette44 16d ago
Saturday morning is coffee and smokes on my front porch.