To absolutely hate winter?

[millefeuille1]

I don't mind the run up to Christmas as the lights and anticipation make it bearable, but January and February?? No! I have no energy and no mojo to make it better. I try so hard to make resolutions - read lots, go to the gym, declutter, plan new menus etc. but it never happens. All I want to do is hibernate.
I do love seeing snow fall (and then hate all the stress of driving in it), but mostly it is damp, dark, grey and cold.
It can't be right to hate a good chunk of the year? What is good about it?

The fact that it is different? I always think it must be dull as shit to live somewhere without proper seasons where says are the same every day.

In this day of central heating and cheap clothes winter ismtp be enjoyed.

YANBU

I hate it. Hate snow as is turns to slush and ice. It all sucks.

Well today was good.

Blue skies, sunshine - it was gorgeous.

We walked to a dog friendly pub and had a couple of drinks in front of their fire. You can't do that in summer.

Now our fire is blazing and candles are lit and we're waiting for our Indian delivery

I rather like the winter.

November and December I like.
But you're right, January and February are utterly miserable.

I'm also not looking forward to defrosting the car early in the morning.

Winter isn't too bad if you never have to go out. Doesn't matter how many clothes I have on, when I'm out in the winter I'm cold and feel like shit.

I agree. Hate it, hate the cold & dark. If I could move somewhere else for 3 months I would, like a bird :D

January is v.e.r.y.l.o.n..g. OP, I agree. Cold, dark and just February to look forward to!

YANBU,

In nearly 40 years I havent managed to get used to it. I love the other three seasons, but I cannot do proper cold, especially when you know its not going to pass for months.

I havent managed to warm up for days. Ive got thermals on, fleece pyjamas, slippers AND the heating on, and I cant seem to get warm

Cold and dry I can do but freezing and wet (like it usually is here in west Scotland) I can't abide. I hate January and Febrauary to. Scraping the car for ages in the morning in the dark, the battle to get out if my road if it's freezing and then driving in all conditions home from work, again in the dark....I holidayed in California this year and made the fatal mistake of looking at the weather on the app on my phone today of all the places I had been!

I love it - all of it. I like the cold, the wet, the darkness and the grey days. It makes me feel all safe, like this is how it's meant to be. Maybe because I was born in February

Love winter clothes, too.

I do sympathise, though, because I feel about July / August the way you do about Jan / Feb. It's a slog and it gets me down.

I do get that one long similar season would be boring (maybe I appreciate the summer more after winter?) but I agree if I could stay in for two months it would be better. Unforunately, work calls....
The evenings get me the most. Long and dark.

YANBU, see user name . I prefer January and February because Spring is round the corner.
I hate the short, dark days, worrying about icy roads and the general gloominess about this time of year.
I hold onto the thought it's only a month until the shortest day then it'll get better.

winter is hard isn't it but:

open fires
furry throws
woolly socks and tights and hats and jumpers
roasted root vegetables
mulled wine
CHRISTMAS
there might be proper snow
can get to sunnier places outside UK quite cheaply for short breaks
roast pumpkin and red peppers made into spicy golden soup
hot chocolate
gloves
frost
mist
pale wintry sun
the sheer fucking joy of getting into bed each night
it's what makes spring so wonderful when it finally gets here, especially April and May
striped knitted dresses
boots
baked apples with nutmeg, cinnamon and dried fruit and sugar and Greek yoghurt
Central heating
winter sports
sleeping more

it is the relentlessly grinding greyness I hate

YANBU.
i hate it too. i hate the endless dark, wind, cold and rain.
i hate snow too.
my feet are like two ice blocks. they're only warm when i'm in bed.
i wish i lived somewhere warmer.

Some of that is nice the devil, but I don't like pumpkin, "proper snow" (driving!), gloves (cold hands), mist, boots (I'm a sandals person). I'm a grump.

open fires sound nice. Theyre all blocked up in my old victorian rented house though, and its all single glazed bay windows that clatter and the wind whistles through. Fuckin miserable

I'm a warm climate person too but my pathological positivity forces me to make lists of Nice Things

yeah i see what you mean. I think that would sound like a lovely short winter holiday for a couple of weeks, and then back to a more civilised climate

sometimes I would trade my fireplaces for a triple glazed fully insulated modern flat in a small Mediterranean city, south east Sicily where it might get as chilly as 12c but the sun keeps shining

open fires - not in our house
furry throws - no way
woolly socks and tights and hats and jumpers - I would rather wear summer clothes
roasted root vegetables - OK, but no parsnips
mulled wine - This I like
CHRISTMAS - meh
there might be proper snow - even more meh
can get to sunnier places outside UK quite cheaply for short breaks - GCSE year so can't do this
roast pumpkin and red peppers made into spicy golden soup - OK
hot chocolate - - not fussed
gloves - would rather not need them
frost - it's cold and I have to defrost the car
mist - hate it
pale wintry sun - It's better than mist
the sheer fucking joy of getting into bed each night - I don't find getting into bed that joyous
it's what makes spring so wonderful when it finally gets here, especially April and May - Agreed
striped knitted dresses - OK, but no stripes pease
boots - would rather not
baked apples with nutmeg, cinnamon and dried fruit and sugar and Greek yoghurt - Not for me
Central heating - A necessity
winter sports - yawn
sleeping more - no

I hate winter. I hate the cold and I hate driving in the dark.

I like this end of winter - the weather is shite, but it was nice recently and Christmas is on the way and I LOVE Christmas.

Once we're into January I hate it. Hate the cold and dreariness and long wait for Spring.

Take up skiing. Or if you really don't fancy it X country skiing or snowshoeing and gave a week in the Alps or Pyrenees sunshine in February. Honestly it's the best tonic. The cold and sun and fresh mountain air makes you feel so alive!

Yanbu I completely agree with you. Up to new year I can tolerate it but by January I've had a guts full. I feel more sorry for the dc as the dark nights and cold mean they can't play out. Yuck!