"Have any fun plans this weekend?"

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I really hate when people ask me this. And I hear it constantly, like there is no other possible way to make conversation with someone.

I don't want to admit to my total lack of social life. It's getting to the point where I feel like maybe I should to start making stuff up. I feel like a total loser every time I say "oh, no plans yet, just going to relax this weekend", or "Yeah, I'm working all weekend, what a drag".

Just wanted to see if I'm alone...or if anyone knows a good way out of actually answering this question.

I do the same thing-I just tell them I have to work -I have no life compared to people I know-----my life is pathetic

i didn't bother trying to hide my me-ness, in fact i could not hide it as it was tatooed on my sleeve, so to speak. but at least now [since feb. 2011] i can say i found a wonderful square pegs aspie meetup group to attend every other saturday, which is enough for me. google is your friend, in this case. keep googling "aspie meetup group" [or something like that] until you find one.

It's perfectly fine not to have plans. Say something like "Nah, just chillin', how about you?" It's really just a small talk thing to open a conversation or keep one going.

One thing it may be sometimes though, is a lead up to asking you somewhere. They may ask if you have plans because they want to invite you to something with them.

I'd say just keep it casual when you answer. Lots of people, even very popular people, don't make plans until near about the last minute, so don't worry about seemng like you don't have a social life when you say you don't have plans.

Or you can say something like "Not yet, what are you doing?" to put the ball back in their court and also give them an opening to invite you if they want to.

"oh yeah, i have some fun plans for the weekend; i got this book i'm dying to read"

most of the time, that question is just out of common curtesy or as a conversational starter; kind of like "how are you doing" or "crazy weather right?"

on the off-chance that the person is genuinely interested, it is usually becouse the asker doesn't have plans himself and is hoping you are going to do something he can join in on.

next time, just say you got no plans (yet) and leave it there; they dont have to know why you dont have plans.

I hate it because I have very few friend's to hang out with on the weekend. But I usually answer with "just reading, and maybe a movie"

Dreadful question, depending on whose mouth it's coming out of.

I usually do nerdy stuff in the weekends (just like I do in all my off-hours), and when you're working with co-workers that don't 'get' it, it's difficult to explain how you could prefer to spend a weekend camping and spotting birds and tracking bugs, or maybe enjoy a game of chess at your friend's, better than... you know, dancing, drinking, dining, and dating.

With my current co-workers, I just stopped altogether telling them sbout my weekend plans. Even if I do have plans, I usually say I'm not doing anything special, because they're gonna yell NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRDD!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! and I wish to avoid that.

I hate this question too. I also hate the similar question asking what I have done. Sometimes I reply with exactly what I really did.

For example, for the extended weekend, I watched It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia for 5-10 hours every day, except for when Steve Wilkos or The Price is Right was on, I didn't go out for New Years, I didn't watch the ball drop, and I power drank 7-11 coffee several times a day. People were like, "...oh...I'm...sorry..." But that's exactly what I wanted to do and I had a good time.

But "just chillin" is really the best answer.

I always say, I missed my bed so much!! !
If ppl tease me?
I would simply say:oh! I am used to be teased. So what?

These types of questions used to bother me but as I'm starting college in a few days it bothers me less. Weekends will be filled with homework rather then sitting around. People seem to ask these types of questions for one of two reasons.

1) They are just trying to make small talk and don't exactly care what you're doing

or

2) They want to see if you're available to do something with them

I just tell them that I'll be visiting my parents, listening to The Kinks and getting high on energy drinks....that's fun.

The Kinks ... this is a good plan!

I'm just pretty honest when people ask me. I tell them that I'll be reading, writing books, listening to good music, perhaps watching a few films, and increasing my knowledge. They generally don't really comment on it. Occasionally, someone (whether through feeling bad or really being interested) will invite me to do something with them. More often, though, they don't invite me. haha

What are you doing for new years? me: "oh nothing, staying home" them: *gasp*

Family calls always go this way:

Mum (after going on with unwanted details of all the exciting activity others in family are doing): "So, what have you been up to? You been doing anything fun?"

Me: "........."

Mum: "Well, I'll let you go then..."

Me: "Okloveyoubye!"

I'm gonna finish Bioshock 2.

Lol thought of this thread again.

Stayed up late on a Saturday night trying to secure Ubuntu Server and scan it for vulnerabilities with Nessus/Backtrack for a college project.