Page 9 | To find August( especially mid-August) a sad affair?

HarperSabrina · 17/08/2024 20:43

Erm the weather here is delightful, my son is off school, we have spent the day at the beach and will tomorrow which means only have to spend money on a picnic… we have nice healthy sun tans… not sure what there is to be depressed about!

GrandHighPoohbah · 17/08/2024 20:41

I think it's more noticeable this year because we haven't really enjoyed lovely June/July evenings much, so August feels like it's come too soon. We seem to go from enjoying the summer holidays to thinking about September very quickly, people are posting "last hurrah to the summer" type things on social media and all the school shoes are out of stock!

loulouljh · 17/08/2024 20:41

I agree,,,want to move on now.

Justrelax · 17/08/2024 20:41

I wish all the wasps were dead!

I don't mind August (and I LOVE when my colleagues are on holiday - yippee!) but I do feel sad that September is approaching as I don't feel we've had enough of a summer. For various personal reasons, I really needed this summer and although it's been lovely, my cup isn't filled yet.

I'm trying to make myself get excited about cosy evenings and hot chcolate and things. Planning Christmas shopping and markets with my friends.

VivaVivaa · 17/08/2024 20:35

I have started feeling quite sad over the last few days. I wish I could be one of those people who sees beauty in all seasons but I just about tolerate Autumn and I positively hate winter. I adore spring and summer. I think it’s the dread of the next 6 months beginning to creep in.

DonnaBanana · 17/08/2024 20:35

August is always crap. The best weather is always in June and July. I think they should move the school holidays back to July like in Scotland.

midlifeattheoasis · 17/08/2024 20:35

drang246 · 17/08/2024 19:15

The nights are drawing in for sure, the garden is past its best, and the start of another school year is hurtling towards us.

This

BettyBardMacDonald · 17/08/2024 20:34

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.

Agree. Summer is dying and we have a long a long slog ahead until spring. Depressing.

ChishiyaBat · 17/08/2024 20:33

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 19:23

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

Tell that to the stripy,stingy fucker who stuck his stinger in me the other day😂. I know what you mean though I haven't seen many bees or wasps and the dragonflies were few up the lake this year too.

BeyondMyWits · 17/08/2024 20:32

GoTigers · 17/08/2024 20:22

August is the sexiest month
Warm skin
French doors open
Light clothing revealing comfortable and hot summer body shapes.
Straps falling off shoulders.
Late night drinks in gardens with failing light.
Jasmin.
The capturing of ‘now’ as the dark of tomorrow approaches.
The most louche of months - 31 days of feeling like you’ve woken after a mid week, off work, afternoon nap. In dappled sun.

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Hahaha... in an attic flat between the tannery and sweet factory... not so much...

5128gap · 17/08/2024 20:32

I don't mind the month, the season or the weather, but I loathe the nights drawing in. I associate dark evenings with a very traumatic time and have to work very hard not to get anxious and melancholy as each day gets shorter.

hazandduck · 17/08/2024 20:29

Saturdayafternoons · 17/08/2024 20:27

Definitely wasps inside my kitchen window this last heatwave in Hampshire. I've had to catch them and shoo them out.

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Yep I can vouch for this as a fellow Hampshire dweller! Garden full of them (a nest actually!)

Newsenmum · 17/08/2024 20:29

excesssoil · 17/08/2024 20:03

I love spring and early summer. As someone further up said, I feel like it's all downhill from August. I didn't like school and hated going back in September and still get that weird anxious feeling in my stomach, along with the Sunday Night Fear.

I also think I’ve retained that from childhood! I’m in my thirties and only now have I started enjoying September. I think it’s because I can now go ahhh I’m not a school. Ooh this is fun.

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rewilded · 17/08/2024 20:28

GoTigers · 17/08/2024 20:22

August is the sexiest month
Warm skin
French doors open
Light clothing revealing comfortable and hot summer body shapes.
Straps falling off shoulders.
Late night drinks in gardens with failing light.
Jasmin.
The capturing of ‘now’ as the dark of tomorrow approaches.
The most louche of months - 31 days of feeling like you’ve woken after a mid week, off work, afternoon nap. In dappled sun.

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Feeling a bit hot under the collar!

OP posts:

Stickytoffeepudding6 · 17/08/2024 20:28

Defo feeling this esp the comments about Sunday night feels.

This Summer gone tok quick with no good weather. All my Summer outfits unworn.

Saturdayafternoons · 17/08/2024 20:27

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 20:22

Yes I hate wasps but I literally haven't seen a single one and this is my birthday so I really do notice. It's calamitous for the environment if you imagine how all these things fit together. Very worried 🙁

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Definitely wasps inside my kitchen window this last heatwave in Hampshire. I've had to catch them and shoo them out.

hazandduck · 17/08/2024 20:26

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?

Nail on the head.

February - July everywhere feels so full of promise. And then suddenly it’s August and you notice everything is raggedy and there is a slight change to the air. I always hated going back to school and I hate my kids going back (my youngest is actually starting in September and I feel like I’m grieving; stupid I know 😭)

HashtagShitShop · 17/08/2024 20:22

I don't like August because of the heat and the summer holidays etc. I do like it because it's one step closer to September and autumn/winter and cooler temps, next doors teen back at school so she can stop booming music nightly till 3/4am as she has since May because of study leave, Halloween, Christmas etc. I have a medical condition which means I overheat quickly so summer makes me feel even rougher.

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 20:22

BitOutOfPractice · 17/08/2024 20:19

I know. It’s been really noticeable. And worrying even Though I hate wasps.

I love August. Quiet at work. Weather is glorious where I am. Light in the morning, light when I walk home.

love it!

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Yes I hate wasps but I literally haven't seen a single one and this is my birthday so I really do notice. It's calamitous for the environment if you imagine how all these things fit together. Very worried 🙁

GoTigers · 17/08/2024 20:22

August is the sexiest month
Warm skin
French doors open
Light clothing revealing comfortable and hot summer body shapes.
Straps falling off shoulders.
Late night drinks in gardens with failing light.
Jasmin.
The capturing of ‘now’ as the dark of tomorrow approaches.
The most louche of months - 31 days of feeling like you’ve woken after a mid week, off work, afternoon nap. In dappled sun.

BitOutOfPractice · 17/08/2024 20:19

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 19:23

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

I know. It’s been really noticeable. And worrying even Though I hate wasps.

I love August. Quiet at work. Weather is glorious where I am. Light in the morning, light when I walk home.

love it!

EmeraldRoulette · 17/08/2024 20:19

@HeliotropePJs your name is one of my favourite summer scents. Used to have a perfume. Not including the PJs 😂

Summertimer · 17/08/2024 20:17

GreenTeaLikesMe · 17/08/2024 19:58

August is actually quite a wet month in the UK. May and June are the driest months.

Not this year

LaurieFairyCake · 17/08/2024 20:16

Been warm for weeks in London, but only stupidly hot for a few days

So perfect for me to take the dogs out to the park

Probably best summer I've ever had with them

Existingbudhet · 17/08/2024 20:16

SE here and this August has been gorgeous after a miserable spring and not great June/July.