To find this time of year really sad

[Beverlysparty]

The schools will be re opening soon, the mornings already have that cool damp feel, it's dark at about 8.30, there's Halloween stuff in Tesco and winter clothes starting to appear in shops.
AIBU to feel really miserable at this time of year? I just hate the end of the long, carefree days and the return to bloody boring routine.

I love it to be honest. I'm self employed so it's really difficult getting work done while DD is home from school - certainly not long carefree days! I'm not a fan of heat in the summer (luckily not too much of that this year!) and love Autumn and the Halloween and Christmas things appearing in the shops. The only thing I really don't like is the days getting shorter. I hate getting up in the dark! Every season is what you make it though - it doesn't have to all be about the boring routine.

Not on this thread, no. But I've seen it over and over again on Christmas threads, a general intolerance of people who, for myriad reasons, find it a difficult time of year; or who do actually like Christmas but dislike the way Autumn seems to have been turned into a runway into the festive season rather than a season in it's own right. They're just rudely told they're 'miserable' or that it's 'none of their business' etc

I mean, I find this time of year a bit of a downer but accept that for many it's a welcome return to routine, a reassuring reminder of the rhythm of the year, a new start etc. I don't dismiss that or call them names. We all have different reactions to different times of the year.

Yep.

I’m always a bit sad about the end of summer, but I do like autumn..

But this year we haven’t HAD a summer, so it is fully rubbish

I feel the same @Beverlysparty Kids are grown up now so I feel I can drag summer out a bit longer as we don’t have that September milestone. We are just finishing 2 weeks of travelling but have next weekend away and another week in late September so I am hoping for a bit of late Summer sun (in the UK)!

I don’t mind autumn but I hate the Winter. All the pumpkin spiced everything and Halloween/Christmas stuff popping up way too early.

I’m clinging on to my Summer mindset as long as possible!

Won’t miss the summer at all, bar a few weeks in May and June it’s been awful weather.

I love the Autumn/Winter period. Holidays to look forward to. Nicer clothes to wear. Kids are back to nursery/school.

It’s the January-February period I always dread every year. It’s shitty weather and nothing to look forward to until Spring breaks through.

I love this time of year.

September is usually warm during the day, reminds me of the excitement of my DC starting and also going back to uni after the summer. The nights are cooler and it’s darker in a morning so I sleep so much better. It’s January that I hate, cold, dark, Christmas over, snow very likely, my dad died in January in the middle of Covid 2021, the despair I felt then seems to carry on that month, every year.

autumn and spring are my favourite seasons.

I love the holidays, the lack of the morning deadline/stress, the long days and lack of structure and the light (even if not the warmth). In England there's 2 and a half weeks before school starts and we will make the most of them.

I go all out to enjoy autumn now, I get outside as much as possible. Do garden jobs, one nighters in youth hostels in countryside etc.

i get that but there is so much to life about Autumn. The colours of the leaves, the feel of them crunching in your feet. The smell in the air of bonfires and the beautiful misty mornings. There are lots of occasional days and half term to enjoy spontaneous moments too.

I like all the seasons but summer is my favourite as I like spending more time in the garden with all the summer flowers and shrubs.

I like winter but it's the Christmas stuff that seems to be the be all and end all if the season. If you're not hysterical with excitement about the festive season then you are a miserable, joyless whinge bag.

I love it too. I also have blood pressure on the lower-end of healthy, run warm, and have light and heat-sensitivity (carry an umbrella for automatic shade) so summers can be difficult for me too.

I love the changing of the leaves, the children in school (they thrive on routine), autumn fashion, and the weather is mild (in SE England) and doesn’t really get what I would consider cold until January anyway.

I love every season so no, not feeling sad at all.

I like this time of year: making the most of warm says and smelling the harvest. My garden is designed for late summer colour and at this time, I have the last flush of the bedding plants, late hydrangea, Hebe, dahlias, penstemon, daphne, hibiscus, to name a few.

The warm days and crisper nights are preferable to blazing June (have we all forgotten June) and July. I also like to watch the fattening plums, apples, pears, etc., and look forward to prepping them. Alongside the fruits, winter spuds, onions and beets.

The shops are summer tired now and the autumn collections are always refreshing and I look forward to the late September switch. Add in a switch to different, warming meals and away from barbecues and I like it.

I detest the obsession with Halloween and whilst I get through November and December with their darkndays, spurred on by twinkling lights and mulled wine, I struggle dreadfully with the dark misery of the first six weeks after Christmas meging into Lenten abstinence.

Hurrah for longer days and 5pm blue skies at the end of February.

February half terms marks a new beginning for me and I have always loved it.

I think we can all find things to complain about or rejoice in when it comes to the British weather and its seasons.
I was loving it when we had glorious weather in June as we had plenty to be going with in the garden whilst looking after our GCs.
But DH insists there is plenty of time to do everything now that we are retired but I actually think that it makes him lazier because although the weather was awful in July and not much improved in August so far, when there are a few decent hours he still won't go out and get on with the jobs. These are not jobs that I can do as they are woodworking/building/completing pond jobs and as such are his hobbies too.
He's been on long term sick/retired for two years now and trying to motivate him to finish off things is hard work. He keeps suggesting other projects and I keep telling him no new projects until some of the others are completed. I am quite happy to labour for him in carting stuff about and he is forever saying about how stuff should be done and when I say about let's do it - he says something else has to be completed first!! Grr!!
We were in Home Bargains yesterday and like others spotted a whole aisle devoted to Halloween and Christmas stuff. It is way too early but then I have been given notice that my Christmas Club savings are ready to be dispatched in the next week or so!! 🙄I do wonder if the shops are mindful of the fact that there is a cost of living crisis and are using this as an excuse to allow their customers to spread the cost of anticipated events.

Im just pissed we haven't really had ANY summer... its rained every day except a handful of random weekdays in the last 2 months here.

I feel we've not even had a summer and the Halloween stuff is in the shops already

We didn't have a summer holiday either, and i feel I've not had a real break

When I was working I used to feel sad after the August bank holiday thinking that’s it now until Christmas. Now I’m retired it doesn’t bother me. Also our wedding anniversary is in September so that cheers things up.

I miss summer…

COATS ! Arrragh.
Too hot, not warm enough, useful hoods that mean you can’t hear, smart without a hood means you look fab until it rains. Too long, too short, too mumsey, too flash - I have loads of coats and still I end up feeling swelteringly over dressed or cold and wet.

Summer has none of that shenanigans. Light and waterproof if needed. Even though it’s not been a great summer I haven’t needed more than denim jacket on an odd occasion.

The mud. The slimy wet fallen leaves...

Totally agree, especially as we haven’t had a proper summer this year.

Can't say I hate any season. Life is fleeting and I'm not about to spend half of it either dreading a particular season or being miserable while in it. Ditto for hating particular days of the week. It's all what you make it IMO.

@Awittyfool You are so right about coats! I have largeish shoulders so oversize ones just make me look huge rather than being ironically baggy. Fitted woollen coats are out of style and look like office wear of the 2010s. Puffa coats also make me look massive. Raincoats don't look ironic and hipster on me and mountaineering/"practical" coats inevitably say "I've given up on looking good altogether". Not to mention that many of these are £100/200 plus. And you've got to co-ordinate them with everything else on top of that 😩

Its interesting most posters here seem to be in England and are talking about school going back in September and fresh starts. For me that's the middle of August, when school's go back here in Scotland. Although mine are WELL past school age, the middle of August still feels like a fresh year is starting.

I’ve found it sad since having kids, the end of the school holidays means my holiday time with them was over for another year. Now they’re older and young adults its less of a thing but It’s the passing of precious time with family which makes me sad.

I do also feel sad that time outdoors is more limited and it’s the start of being disconnected from nature and people again. But this year has been a massive washout anyway so that’s less of an issue.

I love the end of summer and autumn , weather still nice - we always have a week away in U.K. , conker picking , blackberry picking and seeing the leaves change colour before cosy nights in