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To find August( especially mid-August) a sad affair?

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rewilded · 17/08/2024 19:13

I can't put my finger on it but I always feel depressed in August. June on the other hand is the perfect month.Grin

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SilentWords · 17/08/2024 19:35

It’s the golden hour of the year!

LonelyInDville · 17/08/2024 19:35

I’m the opposite I love the end of August and hate hate hate June and July. I start getting sad around April, i dread the summer 😂

Nourishinghandcream · 17/08/2024 19:34

Although spring is definitely my favourite time of year (gentle warmth, evenings starting to draw out, garden & countryside coming into leaf etc), late August is ok as we can start planning to go to all those places that we avoid during the summer.
Come the first day of term we are away in the moho making up for lost time.😆

Summertimer · 17/08/2024 19:34

yesornothatisthequestion · 17/08/2024 19:32

We have our holiday the last week of August which for me makes it still feel like there's plenty of the six weeks holiday left. But if I didn't I think I'd be thinking more about start of school etc and probably would be starting to feel a bit blue.

We are back to this next year, A Level results timing meant we went early in July.

Cheepcheepcheep · 17/08/2024 19:33

It was DD’s 4th birthday today, so I am very happy!!

I love summer but not when it’s too hot. Summer rain is like my favourite thing in the world. So no complaints here.

Lampzade · 17/08/2024 19:33

Toomanysquishmallows · 17/08/2024 19:23

Like others , I get a strange , sad feeling at this time of year , I think it’s the “ back to school “ feeling , even though I’m 51 .

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HighlandCow78 · 17/08/2024 19:33

AdviceNeeded2024 · 17/08/2024 19:32

YABU for describing June as the perfect month, I hate it 😂😂

I know what you mean I always feel a bit in limbo second half of August, it’s muggy and my garden looks a bit limp.

I like Autumn and Spring. Love October.

I adore October, the chill in the air, autumn leaves, Halloween - only dampener is the winter that arrives after it!

Summertimer · 17/08/2024 19:32

rewilded · 17/08/2024 19:28

If it was a time in the day, it would be dusk.

I like dusk 😀

June is my birthday time of year but actually can’t stand all that light at nighttime. Much prefer autumn

yesornothatisthequestion · 17/08/2024 19:32

We have our holiday the last week of August which for me makes it still feel like there's plenty of the six weeks holiday left. But if I didn't I think I'd be thinking more about start of school etc and probably would be starting to feel a bit blue.

AdviceNeeded2024 · 17/08/2024 19:32

YABU for describing June as the perfect month, I hate it 😂😂

I know what you mean I always feel a bit in limbo second half of August, it’s muggy and my garden looks a bit limp.

I like Autumn and Spring. Love October.

Missingpate · 17/08/2024 19:32

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 19:23

There are no wasps, hadn't you noticed? This is not good

Oh wow, there really aren’t! 😮

DistressedDamson · 17/08/2024 19:31

Funny you should say about this OP, This is the first year where I’ve really noticed this. As a PP said, there’s a definite touch of autumn in the air and the light has changed. Mention of the Sunday evening feeling is right as well!

GoodVibesHere · 17/08/2024 19:31

I absolutely love it. As a child I loved the back to school feeling, and I still love it now. The slight chill in the air, the fading sunlight and the browning leaves. It's perfect!

lissie123 · 17/08/2024 19:31

We definitely have wasps and bees here in the south west. Had three wasps to chase out of the house this morning. It’s feeling autumnal in our garden now. Feeling we have been short changed with the summer though.

HighlandCow78 · 17/08/2024 19:30

Gone12 · 17/08/2024 19:28

I feel sad that the nights are rapidly drawing in and that autumn is nearly here, in fact there's a definite touch of it in the air already and leaves starting to change colour.

This summer has been and gone too quickly.

This summer never happened!

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rewilded · 17/08/2024 19:30

cadburyegg · 17/08/2024 19:26

I love it! Best month of the year

Tempted to report this post! Hmm

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rewilded · 17/08/2024 19:28

If it was a time in the day, it would be dusk.

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Gone12 · 17/08/2024 19:28

I feel sad that the nights are rapidly drawing in and that autumn is nearly here, in fact there's a definite touch of it in the air already and leaves starting to change colour.

This summer has been and gone too quickly.

Toomanysquishmallows · 17/08/2024 19:26

@HighlandCow78 , Sunday night feeling is a perfect description.

cadburyegg · 17/08/2024 19:26

I love it! Best month of the year

Suzuki70 · 17/08/2024 19:24

I love autumn/September and always liked going back to school, so this last 2 weeks is always draggy. I'd rather have an extra week of October Half Term.

HighlandCow78 · 17/08/2024 19:24

I agree. Always feels so melancholy - the end of summer, nights drawing in, kids going back to school etc. It gives me a ‘Sunday night’ sort of feeling - anxiety almost?

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 19:23

There are no wasps, hadn't you noticed? This is not good

Toomanysquishmallows · 17/08/2024 19:23

Like others , I get a strange , sad feeling at this time of year , I think it’s the “ back to school “ feeling , even though I’m 51 .

Summertimer · 17/08/2024 19:23

June weather is always a bit uncertain. July is only 1/2 school hols. August - except in those weird years where school goes back v early - is all hols. I love September, even when DS was at crappy, moany school we moved him from, September was too early for moaning to start.