I’ve actually liked the weather recently

[TooInvested]

I’m in the south east. Anyone else or am I crazy? I don’t have young kids so not had to entertain them in parks etc which I can imagine has been hard.
I love the sound of rain on the windows/roof and find the heavy monsoon-like but not that cold rain really cosy/relaxing. I went for a run in the pouring rain the other day listening to Purple Rain and other dramatic songs and I loved it so much-so many endorphins. My dogs don’t mind it and I like walking them when there’s less “fair weather walkers” around. There have been some lovely dramatic rainclouds/skies and rainbows too. It’s also so nice when you get back to get dry and snuggle down and not feel like I have to leave the house again.
I’ve actually been relieved to cancel meeting friends in the park (think the novelty of this ran out last summer) and pub gardens (I know it’s been awful for the pub owners). I’m not a big fan of summer (pale redhead) and spend the whole time sweating, feeling uncomfortable in summer clothes, dodging the sun and getting too hot/worrying about when to walk the dogs and feeling like I should be making the most of the weather having bbqs with people I don’t even like that much if it’s over 20 degrees like it should be this time of year.
Just wondered if anyone is similar or if you’re all depressed by the rain and love a hot summer?

Love it too! Living where people descend on us when its nice, they cant cope with bad weather.

More rain please!

@JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil

I don’t think the people disagreeing with the OP are being weird at all. That’s not how I’m reading them. Some people are more blunt than others but nobody is being rude or sweary. They are just stating their situation and telling the OP they think she’s being unreasonable which is what this section is for?

I think some people are reading too much into peoples posts and seeing sentiments which may not be there. Written comms can lack nuance.

In regards to the post I think your living situation would impact how you feel about the current weather. If you’ve got a nice home, expensive socks, have time to sit and read with your Labrador at your feet, have time to run in the rain and don’t have to worry about heating bills then this works for you. However, if this is month 9 in a row of your alarm clock going off at 5.30am in your cold flat, then having to trudge down and stand at the bus stop in the wind and rain to go to your supermarket cleaning shift, then at the weekend the kids are stuck in the flat because of poor weather, you’d probably feel differently.

And no I’m not being ‘emotional’ before anyone says it. Just showing how things are for some.

There’s disagreeing though (which is fine of course) and there are some personal attacks. One saying OP must be a hermit with no social life. The way that post was written was meant to be taken exactly how I read it, a mean jibe at the OP. Someone can say they don’t like rain because xyz without a personal attack.

@TooInvested Oh hell no!

YABVVVU. I am SICK of the rain and the cold and the bastard February-type weather. SICK OF IT!

Roll on summer!

I love the sun, when I can do nothing but laze around in it. Doing a manual job, currently in full PPE so this weather has been a gift. I quite like the rain too though.

Nope

This damp cold weather is making my arthritis play up. I have been really stuggling to function over the past few weeks since it went all rainy. I am in the NW and it is 8 degrees I have my heating on. Cannot wait for some dry warmer weather and then I might be able to make a cup of tea without dropping everything!

YABVU. shit weather throughout May means we get maximum a couple of months of sunshine before it all starts again. It’s fucking depressing.

I have joint problems and the weather is certainly having an adverse effect. I can't get appropriate ongoing medication until the latest attack subsides and the constant damp makes that unlikely.

I am utterly sick of it.

I've known warmer Decembers.

The weather has been cold and/ or wet since June 2020. I've had more than enough of this depressing shit, and it's not even practical to fly off in search of some light, warmth and vitamin D.

Even on a decent year the heat-hating winter lovers get 9+ months of the gloom to keep them happy. People that need sunshine to fill their soul get far less of what they need.

@BogRollBOGOF

I've known warmer Decembers.

The weather has been cold and/ or wet since June 2020. I've had more than enough of this depressing shit, and it's not even practical to fly off in search of some light, warmth and vitamin D.

Even on a decent year the heat-hating winter lovers get 9+ months of the gloom to keep them happy. People that need sunshine to fill their soul get far less of what they need.

Well said.

It is slightly warmer here in South Yorkshire today - 11 degrees.

Eleven measly degrees

When I’m on my own I prefer it like this as I’m a bit of a hermit home bird and love lots of cosy days in front of the telly or reading my book.
When my DP is here I prefer it to be warm and sunny though or he moans constantly about being bored. Having one sunny day every weekend and rainy the rest of the time would be ideal for me

Me too!

If you’ve got a nice home, expensive socks
Ooh, I feel a bit told-off

Crikey, don’t say cosy! It’s triggering 😑

I like sleeping with the rain coming down, but the rest of the mad rain can do one as we're trying to still keep outdoors rather than indoors. Plus DC play sports which mean a lot of standing around by the side of pitches!

I don't mind the rain but I do wish it would lay off for a couple of days to allow me to cut the grass, the rain's causing it to grow so quickly.

I'm loving it because people kept on having long chats outside my window when I'm trying to work.

I want to put shorts and t shirt on, sit outside and have my morning coffee, lunch, or dinner, put my sun glasses on and potter in the garden. I don’t want to be squelching round, in a big jumper, feeling cold, having the heating on, clearing up the leaves and seeds that are blowing off the trees like an avalanche due to heavy winds.

It’s supposed to start getting better from tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

I'm dreading a hot spell of weather as I hate it so much. Only thing it's good for is getting the washing dry.
I always dread the summer time.
I know others love it.

Me too...

I hear you OP, and others, and do agree to some extent... But it's May, very almost June and I've had enough rain to get my fix of it. Now my garden is ruined, everything looks battered. The kids come home from school covered in mud every day (their route involves walking over playing fields and through the wood to our house). I went running on Sunday with DH and we had to abandon our route because SO MUCH MUD, too many waterlogged sections and there were ducks swimming on what should have been the path 😄
Even my lunchtime walk is now a trudge in the mud, and the poor bluebells have been flattened by the downpours!

I’m not too keen on the amount of rain we’ve had but the cooler temperatures have been ideal for me. I really dislike warm weather and always dread Summer.

It's cloudy and damp most of the year and I hate it (so does my asthma).

I can't wait for some warm and sunny weather for

@Happycat1212

Can’t believe the amount of people getting annoyed because not everyone enjoys the hot weather

But it's the bloody rain all the time. Miserable going for a walk, dog gets wet and muddy, can't even sit in a pub or cafe, washing hanging up in the house, heating on. It doesn't have to be hot, but just DRY would be nice.

I can understand being happy with the temperature (and object to weather presenters assuming everyone likes or hates a particular pattern of weather), but not the level and unpredictability of the time of rain.