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Hot and bored on holiday

386 replies

olympicsrock · 24/07/2023 13:09

So I’m definitely being a bit unreasonable . We are lucky enough to have a holiday house in Spain- sports resort . Golf/ cycling max DH loves it. We have a pool and aircon.

I’m perimenopausal with heat intolerance and overweight. We’ve been here 5 days now. I’ve read 3 books , bored of lying on a sun bed reading. It’s too hot to eat out in the evening . Even DH and the kids were hot and sticky in the evening at a restaurant. After an hour we were all keen to come home.

It’s too hot to go anywhere and do anything. The kids are happy in the pool.
I’m too old to be in a nightclub, I don’t want to watch sport or Jeremy Fucking Clarkson …

I hate cards and board games. Might have to resort to a jigsaw….

So i’m grumpy and drinking cold rose wine on the patio…… Cheer me up mumsnet please !

OP posts:
Dixiechickonhols · 24/07/2023 13:26

Are you in villa with kids while he does what he fancies for hours (golf/cycle)?
Say tomorrow you are off out sightseeing.
If type of holiday isn’t working for you then don’t do it again.
I know someone who does the wife and kids in nice villa and he cycles for hours then all have dinner out at night.
It wouldn’t suit me but then my holiday wouldn’t suit them.

BlondeFool · 24/07/2023 13:26

Moaning from your holiday home! Get a grip.

Bonfire23 · 24/07/2023 13:26

mainbrochus · 24/07/2023 13:15

You have a holiday home in a sports complex but are overweight. That’s quite amusing.

Ridiculous comment
I have a well used spin bike and exercise most days but I'm overweight
Because exercise and fitness doesn't = thin

Humidititties · 24/07/2023 13:25

mainbrochus · 24/07/2023 13:15

You have a holiday home in a sports complex but are overweight. That’s quite amusing.

Dick comment

goingslightlyinsane · 24/07/2023 13:24

Why don't you go for a swim? Do some laps??? Would be good exercise for you. Then read another book.

minipie · 24/07/2023 13:24

Is there an air conditioned gym in the complex?

BarbaraofSeville · 24/07/2023 13:24

I suppose trailing after DH to a sports resort when you're not sporty yourself gets old very quickly. I hope this isn't your only holiday. I'd probably rather stay at home tbh.

But can you make things better by keeping Spanish hours? Have a proper siesta and don't go out to dinner until 10/11 pm.

We were in Andalucia one August and decided to go to a Flamenco Festival. The posters said it started at 11 pm, but it was well after midnight before anything really happened and I think we had to give up and go home at 3 am, before the main act came on because the friends we had gone with had work the next day.

But if you're on holiday, if you are out and about at night, and sleep in the daytime, you'll probably find that there's quite a lot going on.

AlisonDonut · 24/07/2023 13:22

Maaaaaaate

NotHooray · 24/07/2023 13:21

Goodness me, you poor thing! Hmm

Loveys · 24/07/2023 13:21

Thoughts and prayers

doroda · 24/07/2023 13:20

You should brave going out for dinner tonight OP, I hear a string quartet with the world's tiniest violins will be there to serenade you

WorkCleanRepeat · 24/07/2023 13:20

You need a better book 😉

strongcupofTea · 24/07/2023 13:20

Wow I'm so sorry for what you're going through Hmm

Maybe you need to get off the patio and go and see actual Spain. I'd be bored too just sat by a pool. I prefer to see the actual country.
Maybe that holiday home is wasted on you lot.

Flisss · 24/07/2023 13:19

What was it you thought you were getting from a week in the sun?

StillWantingADog · 24/07/2023 13:19

Tbh if my kids were happy and DH wasn’t whining that would be good enough for me.

honestly it’s cold and miserable here so I don’t think you’ll get much sympathy. We have booked a UK hol and it seems unlikely the weather will improve.

hamstersarse · 24/07/2023 13:18

It amuses me that people buy a holiday home in such places - it is designed to be boring.

Maybe your menopausal self is highlighting that the capitalist 'success factors are actually pretty underwhelming when you do achieve them

I can't think of much worse that sitting by a pool for 2 weeks

grayhairdontcare · 24/07/2023 13:17

Stop whining and put the air con on

kitsuneghost · 24/07/2023 13:16

Why don't you go down the beach and do some water activities.
Is there a water park nearby?

But honestly, chuck the alcohol. you know that isn't going to help and will just make you feel worse.

SoYoung · 24/07/2023 13:16

One of the most heartbreaking things I've read on here.

longestlurkerever · 24/07/2023 13:16

Nah I'm with you OP, it sounds a bit rubbish and I'd be looking forward to coming home too. Hate being too hot.

Sweetashunni · 24/07/2023 13:15

Yeah. It’s in a heat wave because climate change. Caused by people consuming more than they need. Flying abroad, owning multiple houses, I mean you’re only one person but aren’t we all?

Greensleevevssnotnose · 24/07/2023 13:15

Tragic let's start a go fund me

mainbrochus · 24/07/2023 13:15

You have a holiday home in a sports complex but are overweight. That’s quite amusing.

skippy67 · 24/07/2023 13:15

Sending thoughts and prayers to you at this difficult time OP.

FunnysInLaJardin · 24/07/2023 13:14

and this is why we don't go to Europe in the summer anymore - too hot!