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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Dull days like today! AIBU

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girlfriend44 · 12/11/2023 14:56

Raining all day and Cold!
AIBU to wish it was Summer.😮

Does the weather affect your mood?

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Idratherbepaddleboarding · 12/11/2023 16:39

I’m also taking my SAD lamp to work tomorrow!

Bluevelvetsofa · 12/11/2023 16:40

We’ve had rain more or less every day for weeks. We’ve had flooding and roads closed and being trapped indoors and there’s still flooding and the rain won’t stop. The forecast is for more of the same. The damp gets into your bones and it feels colder than it really is. Miserable.

YouJustDoYou · 12/11/2023 16:42

I have t walk my dh's dog in the constant rain, day in, day out, the past few weeks. Not so bad in nice weather, but being soggy and cold and damp ALL the times sucks, Been day drinking to cope.

ChekhovsMum · 12/11/2023 16:43

I used to love it until I had a toddler. Fine weather is so, so much easier when you share your life with someone that energetic. If I tried to watch a film snuggled under a blanket I’d get climbed on until I switched to CBeebies, and the blanket pulled off me. Far better to go out in the cold and rain!

JaneJeffer · 12/11/2023 16:47

Thanks @Squirrelsnut

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 12/11/2023 16:48

I am hanging today after a fab night out so today is just what the doc ordered!

Sunnydays41 · 12/11/2023 16:56

JaneyGee · 12/11/2023 15:33

I love the sun, and the long days, but god I hate the heat. I’d rather have a dull, dingy, cold day than a heatwave. Whenever it’s like this, I think back to that 40 degree nightmare. For me that kind of heat is torture. I prefer anything to that - rain, snow, frost, anything.

I know what you mean about the darkness. This gloom does lower my mood. But I find it much worse in towns and cities. The suburbs look foul on days like this. The countryside, on the other hand, looks beautiful in all weathers. Even drizzle can be beautiful and atmospheric, especially when the leaves are as pretty as they have been this Autumn. My dream is to have a big house in the country with a log fire. I’d love to go for a walk through woods and fields on a day like this, then come home, make a pot of tea, throw some logs on the fire, and read (preferably something atmospheric and old worldly, like M R James or Dickens or Sherlock Holmes). Sadly, the countryside near me is disappearing under a sea of vile new build estates.

This is pretty much how I feel.

I don't like the cold, but I hate the heat even more.

We're lucky enough to live near lots of countryside, so the best thing I find to lift my mood and that of the kids is to go for a walk in the woods or a country park. Also means that we all feel more settled afterwards and are happy to spend the rest of the day pottering around.

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 12/11/2023 16:57

YouJustDoYou · 12/11/2023 16:42

I have t walk my dh's dog in the constant rain, day in, day out, the past few weeks. Not so bad in nice weather, but being soggy and cold and damp ALL the times sucks, Been day drinking to cope.

Yes, and having to wipe paws every time he nips out for a wee, and his full body after a walk 🙈.

BashfulClam · 12/11/2023 16:58

Frosty and sunny where I am, favourite weather.

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girlfriend44 · 12/11/2023 18:17

At this time of year. I really wish I had a laundry room.

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Doginthebed · 12/11/2023 18:42

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Doginthebed · 12/11/2023 18:43

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Did you mean to add this? Maybe make your own post if you want the voting

megletthesecond · 12/11/2023 18:45

Yanbu. I live in a horrible estate with no views, neigbours damp fence anyone? I've really dragged myself through today. Walked to town, watched the remembrance service and came home.

Doginthebed · 12/11/2023 18:45

Sorry on wrong post

Neverendingstory2 · 12/11/2023 19:34

I love it. The air is so crisp and smells so clean. I hate the summer so I get excited and full of energy this time of year.

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