To not like being outdoors

This is how I feel exactly.

Not unreasonable, we all like and dislike different things.

I love being outdoors, but when it's too hot for me, I stay in as much as possible with the air con on and don't feel any guilt at all. Once it's cooler, I'm out with the dogs, running, hiking etc.

Don't worry about what others are doing.

I love plants, flowers, gardens to visit, so on. However am not the type of person who understands serial barbecuers. Like, you cannot cook anything else?????

I think this can be generational- I grew up in the 70s when being topless on a beach was pretty normal so it does not bother me. I do see that younger people can be less at ease .

My husband is like this, he'll quite happily sit in the darkest room in the house (which is beautiful and cosy in winter) watching TV, when it's a gorgeous evening outside...

I'm the exact opposite and feel guilty for being inside when it's sunny as it's so rarely sunny and lovely and feel like I should be up a hill or something.

Screened porch… best of both worlds. I get the fresh air and feeling of being outside without the bugs and hot sun beating down on me. Since it’s semi enclosed I don’t need ‘outside furniture’ and can have a comfy couch and chair. It’s honestly we’re I spend most of my summer home hours.

I also find that there's nothing much I want to do that's an outdoor activity. I have absolutely no interest in sport, either watching or participating, or picnics or outdoor performances. I am no longer able to go for long walks. If I'm going to knit, I'd rather do it on comfortable chairs indoors than on a park bench, where I'll have to be sure of shade (Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world). I loathe the beach and don't swim anyway, so going there has nothing to offer me. I might go to a Sunday market on occasion, but that's about it.

Totally get you, OP - I hate that weird guilt that comes in the summer where you feel like you have to be outside constantly!

I just tell myself it's my life and if I wanna be inside then that's my prerogative. 😌 you do what you want - life's too short!

We never eat outdoors, cannot see the fascination of it.🪰

V.warm here this week, too hot for me so have been doing the gardening in the shady spots or waiting until the sun moves around.🥵
Nice to get up v.early (in the cool) to get the bird feeders ready and the birds coming down for breakfast, also some of them love the sun and actually sunbathe in the sun traps after a good splash in the birdbath (which I have to fill half a dozen times a day).🐦

Walking Ddogs has to be done with care as our old chap can't stand too much heat, we go through the woods where there is lots of shade. The pup is different though, loves sunbathing and even in the house can usually be found relaxing in a sunbeam.🌞

Spring & autumn are my favourites, shame spring was a tad wet to enjoy it to the full.

Someone having an off day.
Every one is different you know.
I love winter time.

Im an odd one i love being outside if it's winter im not a summer fan at all.
My neighbours were having dinner outside last night while i was indoors killing bugs that kept flying in.
Autumn time winter time love it.
Rain/thunderstorms/rough winds/ fog/ frost /chilly days/ getting dark early all the weather MN hates i love.

Who the hell was eating their dinner outdoors tonight?

@SabreIsMyFave me! And Wednesday. Weather was glorious. HTH.

Dh is very much like this.
I’m the opposite, out in all weathers.

It’s mostly that he can’t watch tv outside imo!

I feel like people are really overstating the number of flies. They're really not a problem when I go outside!

Don't worry about it. Each to their own, OP.

I love being outdoors and regularly take picnics out with ds, but I don't share people's enthusiasm for barbecues. Why bother with all the faff of lighting and waiting for hot coals, then cooking endless meat that is eaten messily with fingers. All the carrying stuff back and forth. Beer bottles on the lawn next day.

I don't see the point. I can cook the exact same meal (properly cooked through) in my kitchen, eat comfortably and have the whole lot cleared away and clean in a third of the time.with a third of the effort.

On the other hand, I have a bench in my garden, west facing, in the last patch of sunshine of the day. After supper I take a drink and a book and sit watching the sun go down. No mess, no discomfort, no inconvenience, sheltered and still warm from the brickwork behind.

Everyone has their preferences. 😊

I totally understand this. I love the warm weather and being outside in the day but I wish it would get dark at like 7 so I could watch tv in my dressing gown and not feel like I should be doing something productive.

Summer nights always make me feel like that.

I agree, OP. I can’t abide Australian summers and stay indoors except for going to somewhere in the car. Even in beautiful autumn weather, when walking outside is much more enjoyable, I don’t eat outside except for the occasional sandwich when I’m out and about. Sweat and sunburn aren’t for me. I’ve never eaten a main meal outside and wouldn’t want to.

The whole Great Australian Outdoors thing makes me feel like a foreigner sometimes!

Eating a main evening meal outside has to be very special circumstances. Very few days in the year when we can do this. Mainly because our garden faces East so it is lovely and sunny in the morning and early afternoon but in shade later.

However, we like walking so our ideal day in nice weather means we are in a wood, or half way up a hill, or somewhere else similarly nice where we can sit on a bench, or a log, or any suitable surface to eat our sandwiches

Anyone who sits stuck in the house (when it's light) in this weather must have rocks in their head. Get outside FFS! We have summery weather at LAST.

People like different things. Shocker.

I hate eating outside. Wasps seem to follow me everywhere. YANBU, OP.

I like being outside until the temperature hits about 23/24 degrees and then I hate it. I walk my dogs early morning and late evening and happily stay inside with the air conditioning units on as much as possible. No guilt at all here. Do what suits you.

Anyone who sits stuck in the house (when it's light) in this weather must have rocks in their head. Get outside FFS! We have summery weather at LAST.

How bizarre. I prefer cooler weather, it’s just personal preference. It’s so weird when people can’t seem to grasp that.

Not just you. I love the benefits to my mental health that come from being outdoors and I force myself out because of that, and because I have kids and it's so good for them to be out. But given the choice I'd be at home on the sofa where it's comfy and there's tv and snacks and I can wear no bra.

Not just you! I like being outside in warm weather as long as I'm not sitting in direct sunlight as I burn easily. But I really dislike eating outside. There's flies and wasps,plus I always seem to end up sitting with the sun glaring in my eyes. My parents were never fans of outdoor eating either. Think it must run in the family. 😂

I have a phobia of wasps/bees I know it's irrational but I always feel alert outside so I definitely prefer being indoors.

Who the hell was eating their dinner outdoors tonight? Not happening where I live. Never does. Yeah people are out in the garden in the day when it's nice, because why the F would you be stuck indoors after we have been trapped in for 9 months by rain, winds, cold, frost, and generally miserable weather?

Anyone who sits stuck in the house (when it's light) in this weather must have rocks in their head. Get outside FFS! We have summery weather at LAST.

Bet you are one of those people who moaned when it was cold and wet. 🙄