Hot and bored on holiday

[olympicsrock]

So I’m definitely being a bit unreasonable . We are lucky enough to have a holiday house in Spain- sports resort . Golf/ cycling max DH loves it. We have a pool and aircon.

I’m perimenopausal with heat intolerance and overweight. We’ve been here 5 days now. I’ve read 3 books , bored of lying on a sun bed reading. It’s too hot to eat out in the evening . Even DH and the kids were hot and sticky in the evening at a restaurant. After an hour we were all keen to come home.

It’s too hot to go anywhere and do anything. The kids are happy in the pool.
I’m too old to be in a nightclub, I don’t want to watch sport or Jeremy Fucking Clarkson …

I hate cards and board games. Might have to resort to a jigsaw….

So i’m grumpy and drinking cold rose wine on the patio…… Cheer me up mumsnet please !

I hate beach type / sunbathing holidays. Always have and always will. That would be my idea of hell tbh

I'm glad this thread's got less sarcastic. Just because the OP has enough money to afford an abroad holiday doesn't mean her life is perfect. It can be pretty lonely when you feel you're in sole charge of the kids away from your usual options to seek out adult company and a golf resort is not my idea of a fun holiday either. If you have a car OP can you seek out any cooler places in the mountains? Evening and early morning swims also a plan.

I can’t even muster up a witty reply. Thoughts and prayers are with you at such a difficult time.

If your kids are old enough to entertain themselves then you’re currently living my dream. I would be immobile with my Kindle for large periods of time, then in and out of the pool when hot.

I'm perimenopausal, overweight, and yep get a bit grumpy too. However, I'd be delighted to be relaxing and reading, I'd be hitting book number 4 sharpish. Also, I'd be in the pool playing with my kids and indulging in board games whether you like them or not. Stop being a spolit grumpy mare and how bout contributing to some awesome family memories you will have forever. You are bloody lucky, and tomorrow is never guaranteed. Try enjoying yourself.

Why go to the Med end of July / early Aug?? Especially of you aer heat intolerant! We all know it's unbearably hot there now (and has been for a few years).

So OP... you're posting this in the last week of the month where most of us are waiting to get paid to afford the usual... bills. Not holidays. Completely tone deaf

And the sarcasm is strong again on this thread.

Poor OP, stuck with a selfish DH in an unpleasantly hot country and people can't see past their own jealously to see why you're rightly pissed off with the situation.

How about cooking? Or find some new stuff to watch on You Tube.

You probably need a better resort? One with street life, shops, Roman ruins and castles to visit? Flamenco, fiestas, outdoor music? Try Cataluña and watch them build human towers? That's riveting! Sports resorts are bound to be beyond boring for the non-sporty. Leave them be and find yourself somewhere entertaining...

Which could be the reply to any post….

Jeez, is this a genuine post or do you just like to brag? Get a grip woman.

OP has money, time and a smartphone.
Plenty of means to find something to do.

OP has money, time and a smartphone.
Plenty of means to find something to do.

Oh @olympicsrock you have made my year. DH wants to get a holiday home in Europe where he's from and for all the reasons you have said I have always refused for fear of being bored out of my mind quickly. I like camping in the uk with long walks lol. I'm using this thread to back up my holiday home refusal

I’m DREADING my holiday next week - we don’t even have a pool, I just don’t know why I agreed to it! I hate swimming in the sea and will be a nervous wreck when kids do. I just really really don’t want to go but I’ve agreed and DH and kids are looking forward. I KNOW 100% it will be too hot, DH will have us off on long hikes to somewhere full and kids will be bored nightmares. Give me a week here in Blighty in the rain with kids booked into football club anytime.

If you have a Kindle read the Pucking Around series by Emily Rath if you haven't already that will definitely entertain you for a few days 🥵 (might make you even hotter though 😂)

Shame sorry you having to endure this !!!!!

😂😂😂

I would play my miniature violin for you but I can’t because Im swimming down my local high street in this glorious July we are having, my menopausal overheating is working for me as it’s so fucking cold and windy. Poor you it must be awful though having to eat out and come back to your villa and watch your kids having a great time. Count your blessings and get yourself in a better frame of mind.

Champagne Problems!

If you read full thread I think she was lacking any adult company.
In same way lonely pensioners ask the time etc.

Just eat, drink, swim repeat

sounds ideal to me

I’m m also in Spain but on my own. It’s hot but I’m walking around seeing stuff then occasionally sitting down to read/ have a drink/stare at the scenery.
listen to a podcast maybe??

Are you in a city? Could you join the local
Facebook page and find some compatriots?