It feels like autumn!

I wear glasses all the time, but have something similar to this with magnetic clip on sunglasses.

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I keep my magnetic clip ons in the car and another clip on in my handbag, and that is where they stay unless I am wearing them.

If I had 5 pairs I wouldn’t have a problem leaving one pair in the car at all times knowing there were 4 other pairs in the house, particularly if I was disorganised to that degree.

I'm disorganised! That's what I mean about them not being where I need them to be most of the time. Obviously this is what I meant by saying "I try".

Not sure where you got the idea I drive without the prescription I need. I said it was annoying having to wear two pairs of glasses. I meant at the same time. I.e. if I've not got lenses in I have to put sunglasses (should I be in a rare time Ive remembered to keep them where I need them) over the top of my glasses. Which is annoying.

This is bizarre. You do know you’re in charge of your sunglasses and not the other way around don’t you! 🤣 If you need prescription glasses/sunglasses for driving, you shouldn’t be driving without them.

Just got back from walking the dog. It's grey and drizzly and there's a nice breeze but it still feels like summer mugginess. Nothing like the same kind of weather will feel in a couple of months when it's actually Autumn

I try! But then I get somewhere and find I need them so they come out and don't find their way back. And sometimes I wear lenses, sometimes glasses but I don't have any prescription sunglasses so occasionally have to wear two pairs of glasses which makes summer driving even more annoying.

It smelled like autumn this morning, the air was cooler, it was cloudy and damp. I was chilly last night when sat watching TV. We’ve just had a burst or torrential rain in Yorkshire but now it’s blue skies and sunny but only about 21. We’ve had some lovely weather in June and July so the last few days have been disappointing and looks set to continue like this for the rest of the week.

Honestly this thread! People complaining about normal seasonal variation. Too light, too dark, too warm, too cold, too humid, too this, too that.

Maybe you should pray you reincarnate as a seabird. They can fly all round the world and follow the seasons. Did you know Arctic terns and Manx shearwaters never get a winter for example?

Keep some in the car?

I keep a spare pair in the car for that very reason. I struggle to drive in bright sunlight without sunglasses as well.

Not that I ever remembered to have with me! There's probably 5 pairs knocking the house somewhere. I only allow myself to buy cheap ones as I can't be trusted to not lose them.

At least when it's properly dark you know what to expect. Never know with a sunny day which bend you are going to go round and be suddenly dazzled

You must have better eyesight than me as I prefer not to drive in the dark. Do you not own any sunglasses?

I find it annoying. I have to shut the lounge curtains by about 8 even in the height of summer because I've had enough of the bright sunlight which just makes me feel hotter. It feels oppressive.

Entirely personal though. I appreciate why plenty of others (the majority) like extra daylight. It's just not for me. Not that I'm a cosy lamp person either. I detest lamps and own none. I like the big light on. It's just that after about 8 if it's still light outside I don't feel like it's properly evening and it's harder to relax.

I also hate driving at any time when the sun might be right in my eyes. Driving in the dark is far preferable.

I’ve been sweating a load this year when out for walks. Also menopausal. I think it’s the clamminess and lack of a breeze that’s the worst as the sweat has nowhere to evaporate to. I took to dipping a scarf in cold water and wearing it wet!

I also don’t understand why being light until 10 is a negative.

Neither do I. The nights are definitely cutting in now. Six weeks ago the sun was still shining at 9.30. Last night it was dark at the same time.

I sweat a lot due to menopause (even treated). I’ve just walked a massive chunk of the Camino, so it’s not to do with fitness.
I experience none of the rest of the things you complain about there in a British summer, not even in a heatwave. Fans make air cold, but I’ve used mine precisely twice this year. Ice melting makes your drink colder, that’s just physics, but how about keep the liquid in the fridge as well if you are so wedded to cold drinks? I also don’t understand why being light until 10 is a negative. I walk rescue dogs. They’ve been stopping walking at 10 for heat and only stopped it completely once so you don’t need to go before 7.
In the cold, though, I am miserable. No, I can’t put more clothes on. It doesn’t help - I’m just uncomfortable as well as cold. My face is still cold. My hands are still cold (even in gloves and I refuse to wear them indoors). I do put the heating on but it’s expensive to make me feel just barely ok. Hot drinks and ‘hearty food’ dont make me warmer. It’s dark and cold and wet and miserable and it pitches me to the edge of depression every year. I can barely make myself leave the house even for stuff I love doing.
And off mumsnet I meet many, many people who share at least part of my feelings about winter and very, very few who feel as you do about summer. MN is weird about it.

It’s just started to rain here and I was about to go out 🌧️🌧️
Hopefully after today it should start to get a bit nicer again, though it is the North Devon Show on Wednesday, so I’m not holding my breath 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

Don't forget the hot choc, fairy lights and blankies on the sofa by crackling log burners.

Right you are then. Whatever you say.

And thanks for correcting my stupid, dumb, and completely incorrect description of my description of autumnal feeling.

Jeez.

This year the cliche about summer ending in the day that the schools break up for the summer holidays was literally true. We had a glorious (unreasonably hot) June and July which ended ten days ago ready for a humid, damp “British summer” where all the swings are wet as it rained sometime in the last hour. :-/

It's not just sweating though?

Its endless days where it's still light at 10pm, it's having next to no sleep even having a fan pointed at you all night, it's the complete lack of routine because you have to wake up at 5am because from 7am onwards it's too hot to walk the dog, it's the complete lack of breeze or any air, it's being unable to cool down no matter what you try, it's not being "sweaty" it's being wet and sticky within 5 seconds of walking out the door, showering multiple times a day just to feel somewhat clean, feeling completely drained and devoid of any energy after being awake for two hours or having to sit with the car door open for ages before you go anywhere because its like sitting in an oven. I can't think of a single positive of Summer.

This summer has been horrific especially if you have SAD, I've been horrifically depressed for weeks and it's finally starting to fade.

I typically walk 5 miles a day, I never break a sweat, I don't feel like people who exercise regularly would be sweating whilst out on a walk.

and before you ask, I was clinically obese last year. Summer was horrific. I've now lost half of my body weight and am in the middle of a healthy weight. This year was even worse. Yes some people struggle more with the cold than others but when you're cold there is at least things you can do to mitigate it, layer up, hot drinks, hearty food, you can take hand warmers on walks with you, have a hot bath and worst case stick the heating on.
When you're too hot you...sit in front of a fan that's blowing warm air at you? Ice in water melts almost instantly and doesn't do anything, cotton/linen clothing doesn't help. You can't exactly peel off your skin can you ?

We have had lots of great weather recently. I’m glad of the break. Though it’s been fairly warm here anyway