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To absolutely hate winter?

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millefeuille1 · 22/11/2015 18:57

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?

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lorelei9 · 01/12/2015 15:10

G1Vemestrength "I bought vitamin D tablets yesterday instead of a chocolate advent calendar!!

Apparently you should take a dose of at least 700."
damn it, for a minute there I thought you meant 700 chocolates a day. Grin

do give it a bash. I've upped from 1000 to 5000 this year. Bizarrely I am not sure if it helps but my perception is off because I was really ill for a chunk of autumn/winter last year and actually couldn't go out. Weirdly it appears to have knocked my memory of the previous winter!! Anyhoo, at least it was winter so I wasn't ill and missing summer - that would be sad.

G1veMeStrength · 01/12/2015 15:30

Mmmm that would cheer me up. Momentarily until I felt sick I suppose.

It says nothing on the packet about children taking it, I am not sure if I should get a separate version for them but as it was on 3 for 2 I have sooooo much standard stuff it seems a bit wasteful to buy one 'for kids' if I don't need to.

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 01/12/2015 16:21

Not sure what bit of Canada toffee lives in, but -10 is quite warm in this bit. Winter is arriving late this year. We've had a couple of inches of snow. The sky is blue and I can see the sun, but it's currently -18 with the wind chill.
Schools don't close although outside play stops. Traffic doesn't grind to a halt (although some idiots still can't drive in it).
Usual temperatures in Jan/Feb are -30. Got to -48 at one point with the wind chill. My DH still goes out running!

lorelei9 · 02/12/2015 19:27

I always feel like I'm about 103 in winter
I was meant to be out tonight but cancelled. I feel bad because I said wasn't feeling well, which is sort of true in that I had to take paracetamol etc, but it was partly because the event wasn't starting till 8.30, I finish work at 6 and couldn't even face reading in my office while waiting and then couldn't face getting home late.... Just needed to get home, feel downright shattered for no reason.

Lilifer · 02/12/2015 21:49

I bloody hate winter, which lasts about 6 months here in northern ireland.

Grey grey grey, wet days for months on fucking end.

There should be a support group on here for all of us.

Would leave this country in an instant but not an option for me, for a long long time, if ever.

lorelei9 · 02/12/2015 22:07

Lilifer, I'm treating this as the support group, you have my sympathies
it's so useful to have a moan!

G1veMeStrength · 02/12/2015 22:15

I've had 2 days of vitamin D. I feel very cheerful but that might be the wine I've opened! (Not used to midweek drinking but DS struck lucky on the school Christmas fair tombola. Cheers)

OfficeGirl1969 · 02/12/2015 22:28

I'm definitely buying vitamin D tomorrow, it's gotta be worth a try! I did make myself go straight to the gym after work/chores, instead of dithering about though. I feel much better for it!

Lilifer · 03/12/2015 11:35

Thanks Lorelei is good to know im not alone in this winter misery!

I will try this vitaminD thing but have my doubts.

Also, i love to go out for a walk every day but the lashing rain and driving wind has meant no walks for me this last 3 weeks which probably doesnt help the mood.

And i really really hate people who say there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad/not enough warm clothing. Bollocks to that! How many layers can one person be expected to wear? I refuse to force myself outdoors for exercise when to struggle against the elements which clearly have it in for me.

Im just not cut out for this climate.

lorelei9 · 03/12/2015 11:54

Lilifer "And i really really hate people who say there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad/not enough warm clothing. Bollocks to that! How many layers can one person be expected to wear? "

are you referring back to my comment earlier or did you just say that naturally? In which case, we're meant to be friends Grin

I even had one remarkably stupid person tell me that if I went out in really shitty weather, for a walk, I was bound to feel better when I got home because I'd be so relieved.

Dowser · 05/12/2015 20:50

It's not cold as such but blooming windy. I wore a pinafore dress with jumper underneath, cardi on top and a down jacket. Sometimes I put acoat ontop of that lot.

Aslip and a dress and boots and 100 den stockings. When it's really bad I wear the primark plush ones.

lorelei9 · 06/12/2015 13:02

Revolting weather
Had to resist urge to go back to bed and I only got up at ten
Solid grey.....

Dowser · 19/12/2015 12:11

Hey support group! I don't think we are doing too badly at the moment. Temps have been an encouraging 12-15 degrees this week.
I can cope with that.

Apart from the people who were flooded out of their homes, which is an ongoing nightmare for them , I could cope with a winter no worse than this.

Dowser · 20/12/2015 10:56

Loving the fact that it's so mild on a night the bedroom temp only dropped by one degree this morning.

Lilifer · 26/12/2015 01:32

lorelei you are obv a kindred spirit. There IS such a thing as bad weather and it's called the British and irish climate (and I suspect we irish have it even worse her than in England, possibly the scots weather is even worse than ours God help em!

ladybird69 · 26/12/2015 01:48

I haven't read the rest of the thread but I used to absolutely hate winter but now after hitting the menopause I LOVE IT. I'm even £100+ in credit with my energy suppliers thanks to hot flushes Grin and the fact that I can't bear to have the heating on.

toffeeboffin · 27/12/2015 02:18

We're in Québec, Moose, it's positively bloody tropical at the moment!

Snow tomorrow though, then well below zero next week. Never seen it less than around minus 30 though.

Rachyjo77 · 10/09/2018 19:55

I dont like winter not one part of it I actually get anxiety now as it approaches 😢😢

Sandbrook · 10/09/2018 20:12

Zombie?

ForalltheSaints · 10/09/2018 20:17

It's not the cold I hate as heating indoors and warm coats outside can protect you to a large extent. What I dislike about winter is the early darkness- going home in the dark from work especially.

Always have a trip somewhere in January or February, even if only for three or four days, as something to look forward to. Growing up I was very fortunate to have a grandmother who lived a distance away and so had school half-term visiting her.

givemesteel · 10/09/2018 20:32

Zombie thread

JaneJeffer · 10/09/2018 20:59

AIBU to get pissed off with all the Autumn and Winter "cosy" people
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3339949-aibu-to-get-pissed-off-with-all-the-autumn-and-winter-cosy-people this year's version

soberexpat · 07/10/2018 12:01

YANBU it's why I left the Uk and moved to a hot sunny country!

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