Page 4 | To hate it when the clocks go forward!

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 2026-03-29T08:58:44+00:00

Not helped by the fact that I stupidly arranged an activity this morning at 11 a bit of a drive away, so we’re all on a schedule. I’m going to feel out of sorts until October. I’m a natural night owl and the sense that we’re on the wrong time never really leaves me. I’d so love if we had a period of time when the clocks go back an extra hour, where we’re an hour behind GMT rather than either on it or ahead of it. I don’t really care if I am BU tbh!

mycatwearsahat · 29/03/2026 14:09

I m the opposite, I’ve been waking very early the last few weeks due to the lighter mornings as my body clock seems to adjust to the new time a few weeks before the clocks change. I’d rather we stayed on BST all year round.

user1476613140 · 29/03/2026 14:00

roseymoira · 29/03/2026 13:18

If she’s in nursery, then surely the neighbour is enjoying time with her daughter in the mornings. Early mornings at nursery are if you are rushing off to work. Why would you take them to nursery for 9am if you didn’t have to?

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She wakes her up at 10am. Can hear her through the wall. So up and straight out to nursery. Her dd sleeping isn't what I would call quality time with her....

Sunnydaylightwind · 29/03/2026 13:56

I stupidly went to a gig last night and got to bed at 1am. Up at 8, so less than 6 hours sleep.

Ginmonkeyagain · 29/03/2026 13:56

Still, I get over the clock changes after a day or so and I love the lighter evenings.

Ginmonkeyagain · 29/03/2026 13:55

Night owl/lark? Meh. Try living with a brain that says "why not both?" - I was awake when the clocks changed and up at 6.30am 😆

HattiesBag · 29/03/2026 13:54

Hardly noticed it to be honest

Riapia · 29/03/2026 13:53

When I go on holiday to Greece their time is 2 hours ahead. A couple of weeks there would fuck you up for life OP.

Heyhelga · 29/03/2026 13:46

Least the clocks didn't go forward on Mother's Day this year ha.

Clearinguptheclutter · 29/03/2026 13:42

I’ m definitely feeling a bit out of sorts with it today, the dreary weather doesn’t help

but I love the lighter evenings so much so overall it’s a great thing

I have lived abroad in places much further south which didn’t get nearly as much light in summer (admittedly they got a fair bit more in winter) and it was the one thing I missed most about the uk.

TheKittenswithMittens · 29/03/2026 13:41

It's always cold when the clocks go forward and still warm when the clocks go back. So its pointless?

Morepositivemum · 29/03/2026 13:41

I hate this one!!! The other clock change I feel like I’ve slept! My mum keeps saying how great it is because of brightness but I’m not convinced!!

Femalemachinest · 29/03/2026 13:40

I completely forgot. I wondered why i woke up so late today 😂

Duckgate · 29/03/2026 13:39

I agree OP.

I feel the effects of it for the full 6 months until they change back.

The winter clock is the one my body feels best with.

Having an early night doesn't change the fact that my internal clock has been set to sleep for an extra hour all winter. I never fully adjust to BST.

Netcurtainnelly · 29/03/2026 13:39

No love it. Goodbye Winter. Good riddance.

Caterina99 · 29/03/2026 13:30

Doesn’t really bother me now that my kids are older, the baby and toddler years were a pain though.

This morning I had something on so the morning felt a bit weird and rushed, and it’ll probably be a bit of a shock to the system getting up Monday morning, but it’s school holidays so that will help a lot. By Tuesday I’m sure we’ll all be completely back to normal!

6 months to adjust seems a bit excessive OP!

Also yay my car clock is now back at the right time

DustyOmelette · 29/03/2026 13:28

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 29/03/2026 12:01

You sound much more upset by it than I am by the clock change tbh 😂

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Well at least mine won’t last 6 months 🤣

OriginalUsername2 · 29/03/2026 13:23

FruAashild · 29/03/2026 10:12

Hannah Fry posted a reel yesterday basically saying all the clock change does is cause accidents and health issues. We should stay at GMT all year round.

I just googled this - heart attacks and strokes rise by 24% in the week following the clock change - that’s shocking!

MrsMop2026 · 29/03/2026 13:22

I woke up feeling great but I was asleep by 8pm last night! I am grumbling though as we’ve lost a hour, think the daylight savings needs to removed.

AgnesMcDoo · 29/03/2026 13:19

I’m excited for the extra daylight in the evening.

roseymoira · 29/03/2026 13:18

user1476613140 · 29/03/2026 12:56

When I see my neighbour leaving her house at 10.30am with her 4yo on a regular weekday yes I do judge. Most days nursery opens 9am, so the little one misses nursery hours because of the mum who can't be arsed with getting her to nursery when she doesn't have her older three DC to take to school (shared custody with the dad). Yet when she has the older three too she somehow manages to get our before 9am to drive them to school. Night owl or not, you have to keep to the schedule for the sake of others.

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If she’s in nursery, then surely the neighbour is enjoying time with her daughter in the mornings. Early mornings at nursery are if you are rushing off to work. Why would you take them to nursery for 9am if you didn’t have to?

SilverPink · 29/03/2026 13:17

It doesn’t bother me either way clocks changing, a day or so and I’m back to normal. Also doesn’t phase me going abroad with different time changes, I might not sleep so well if there’s a several hour difference but that doesn’t bother me, I don’t like sleeping on holiday anyway 😆

1000StrawberryLollies · 29/03/2026 13:01

It's fascinating how it affects people differently! The clocks going forward or back puts dh out of sorts for days or a week. I'm totally unbothered by it. I just wake up, change the time on the analogue clocks and carry on as normal!

Spidey66 · 29/03/2026 12:56

I’m the opposite. I literally count the days till they go forward. I love the longer evenings.

I seriously can’t understand how it affects people past the first day.

user1476613140 · 29/03/2026 12:56

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 29/03/2026 11:34

Obviously I’d only say it if it’s relevant! 😂

But - larks don’t need to mention it- everything is set up for them - the way the typical working day is structured. The way getting up early is seen as virtuous, in a way that being productive in the evening never is. Wanting to sleep later is seen as lazy etc

People might mention being a night owl more just to get to get a bit less judgment.

Idk, maybe I need melatonin or something.

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When I see my neighbour leaving her house at 10.30am with her 4yo on a regular weekday yes I do judge. Most days nursery opens 9am, so the little one misses nursery hours because of the mum who can't be arsed with getting her to nursery when she doesn't have her older three DC to take to school (shared custody with the dad). Yet when she has the older three too she somehow manages to get our before 9am to drive them to school. Night owl or not, you have to keep to the schedule for the sake of others.

DappledThings · 29/03/2026 12:51

I don't know why we bother with it. GMT year round would be fine. There would still be plenty of the year when it's light past 7.30pm which. It's a pointless exercise.