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Am I the only one sick of the sun?

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smileymylie25 · 08/09/2025 13:07

Just that really. Am I the only one sick of the heat and the sunshine now? I just want to put my leggings and jumpers on and get my boots out! Absolutely love a dark evening with the lamp and candles on snuggled under a blanket.

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Allbacktoschool · 08/09/2025 14:50

Me too, I have loved the endless summer but I am so over it now. Bring on Autumn.

knittings · 08/09/2025 14:48

Hi op i too hate the sun im not a fan of summer,
I love the winter i love the dark the cold frost rough winds and rain just all the weather mumsnet hates.

nomas · 08/09/2025 14:48

placemats · 08/09/2025 14:13

I look forward to apricity during the dark winter months. Usually end of December/beginning of January. Such a lovely hopeful feeling.

I read that as apricots and was thinking December isn't apricot season!

Nice word!

AnonKat · 08/09/2025 14:47

South West is storming! Lots of thunder and lightening. Was beautiful earlier.

Catpiece · 08/09/2025 14:46

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 08/09/2025 13:44

I’m not sure where you are where it’s “beating down”. I’m in South London and it hasn’t been “beating down” since early August. It’s just mild.

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I’m also in South London and it’s beating down.

Catpiece · 08/09/2025 14:43

Utterly sick of it. When I wake up and see it’s beating onto my blind again my heart sinks. It can fuck right off

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smileymylie25 · 08/09/2025 14:42

BitOutOfPractice · 08/09/2025 14:07

You’re touchy for someone who has started a controversial op aren’t you? Not everyone agrees with you!

The word snuggle makes my flesh creep. It’s in the same bracket as non-nom and moist for me. And it is always ALWAYS used on threads like this (which are almost daily from May to September) to justify why some people can’t wait for the weather to get cold and damp and grey.

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Please explain where I was touchy? Also where on any of my replies or the op have I once said everyone needs to agree with me?

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CircusofPuffins · 08/09/2025 14:40

Yes.

I'm going through a bit of a tough time right now and have taken today off work as an MH day. This afternoon I'm going to walk up to my favourite seat and sit in the sun for a while and hope that it makes me feel a bit better.

If I was currently feeling as I do now on a typical grey, dark, cold, miserable autunn/winter day, I don't know what I'd do.

knittings · 08/09/2025 14:40

TheClaaaw · 08/09/2025 13:10

Well, you wouldn’t be alive without it. So yes, you’re being unreasonable unless you are a nihilist.

Some people cant go out in the sun.
Its called photosensitivity also xp some have it from mild to server i know because i have it mildly.
When your day is coming to an end a lot of other peoples days just starting.

coxesorangepippin · 08/09/2025 14:34

Oh yeah

I wore my boots yesterday, heaven

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 08/09/2025 14:21

I'll put my hands up and admit I'm the first to complain about the sun, and equally the first person to complain about the bloody cold too.

I get really bad migraines from the sun, but having some transitions lenses put in my glasses has been an absolute game changer this year and now I'm a bit gutted about the change in seasons.

ilovesooty · 08/09/2025 14:15

Well never mind. You'll soon be able to do snuggling and cosy to your heart's content. Meanwhile some of us are enjoying the last bit of summer. It's quite nice here today but it was dull and rainy yesterday, which I fully expect to continue from tomorrow. I hate Autumn and winter.

placemats · 08/09/2025 14:13

I look forward to apricity during the dark winter months. Usually end of December/beginning of January. Such a lovely hopeful feeling.

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 08/09/2025 14:13

I could never be sick of the sun. Who enjoys being freezing bloody cold. Makes no sense to me.

nomas · 08/09/2025 14:12

BitOutOfPractice · 08/09/2025 14:07

You’re touchy for someone who has started a controversial op aren’t you? Not everyone agrees with you!

The word snuggle makes my flesh creep. It’s in the same bracket as non-nom and moist for me. And it is always ALWAYS used on threads like this (which are almost daily from May to September) to justify why some people can’t wait for the weather to get cold and damp and grey.

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I agree on the word 'snuggle'.

Yesterday was beach weather though.

Flakey99 · 08/09/2025 14:11

It’s been a nice summer here but temperatures haven’t gone above 24°c and mostly averaged around 19°c. We’ve still had a fair amount of rain as usual.

I’m desperate for it to not rain too much over the next couple of weeks as I want the outside of my house painting.

nomas · 08/09/2025 14:11

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 08/09/2025 13:55

Because unless you’re in Seville or something it seems unlikely that “beating down” is an accurate description!

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I agree with OP on the weather, the sun certainly was beating down for a few hours yesterday, I was glad I slapped the factor 50 on my mug.

jettisoned · 08/09/2025 14:10

It's warm here but not hot in the southwest, good for drying clothes but... it's not even autumn yet 🤷🏼‍♀️

DinoLil · 08/09/2025 14:10

I'm with you, @smileymylie25!

Doggo and I snuggled under a throw last night, watching TV. Incense stick on the go, candles lit. I was in my happiest of happy places!

TheDandyLion · 08/09/2025 14:08

What sun? We've had thunder and lightening all afternoon and it rained most of last week.

nomas · 08/09/2025 14:08

Macaroni46 · 08/09/2025 13:56

I’m in the south too and yesterday was warm. It was not boiling. Cars often show higher temps initially.

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Temperatures differ, even in the South. Where I am was hot yesterday, not just warm.

BitOutOfPractice · 08/09/2025 14:07

smileymylie25 · 08/09/2025 13:53

Yea I do like to snuggle under a blanket with my children, is that ok? Sorry I didn’t realise I’d used such an insulting word.

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You’re touchy for someone who has started a controversial op aren’t you? Not everyone agrees with you!

The word snuggle makes my flesh creep. It’s in the same bracket as non-nom and moist for me. And it is always ALWAYS used on threads like this (which are almost daily from May to September) to justify why some people can’t wait for the weather to get cold and damp and grey.

MaryGreenhill · 08/09/2025 14:03

Yes

Macaroni46 · 08/09/2025 13:56

nomas · 08/09/2025 13:52

It was boiling yesterday in the south, my car temperature said 29 degrees.

Even my mum who has the gas fire on in May was boiling yesterday.

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I’m in the south too and yesterday was warm. It was not boiling. Cars often show higher temps initially.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 08/09/2025 13:55

smileymylie25 · 08/09/2025 13:48

Exactly you don’t know where I am so putting beating down in inverted commas twice, insinuating that I’m exaggerating is a bit much don’t you think?
enjoy your mild sunshine.

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Because unless you’re in Seville or something it seems unlikely that “beating down” is an accurate description!

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