Sick of wasting my life because of the rain

[GoodnightAdeline]

I don’t care how many people say ‘it was always like this..’ yes it rained a lot when I was a kid but now it does nothing BUT rain.

I swear to God out of the last 30 days we have had 1 or maybe 2 where it wasn’t fucking raining. And they’re always midweek.

I feel like all we do is sit inside going stir crazy waiting for the rain to stop. I have 2 small children and while they’re desperate to go to the park/beach, even they’re not keen in a torrential downpour with everything covered in mud.

I’m sick of all my plans being cancelled, staring out of the window at depressing grey skies and trying to figure out how to pass the weekend without spending a ton of cash on expensive (and brief) indoor activities.

It’s driving me fucking crazy and not an exaggeration to say it’s sending me into some kind of low level depression. 🍷

Oh no, don’t mention the potholes! It’s just another real crappy problem to add to the bloody misery.

And? What…? Shall we all declare ourselves broken too because some find it intolerable?

Just get some rain suits for the kids. I don't know where you are but we have had hardly anh rain at all. We go out every day at some point for a couple of hours walking.

@Zone2NorthLondon

people do carry on with their lives. But for many of us endless pissy rain and wind makes life harder and/or more unpleasant. People can talk about that all they want, they can crack on and at the same time express how shit it is

Soz 🤷‍♀️

You are not wrong, I’m Irish and used to love south uk weather but now it’s very much like what I grew up with in Ireland. The last few years have been so rainy, even the summers have been crap.

Its just rain. It isn’t snowing with minus 20 outside like in some other countries 🤷‍♀️ imagine 6 months of snow/mud and no greenery 🤷‍♀️ and count your blessings

@DodoTired

nah

no thanks

you can count your blessings though if you want

@Zone2NorthLondon

You're properly bonkers 😂

It's not ideal at all but we've had fun (for a short time getting drenched then heating on in car) going out in the rain and slopping about in wellies and waterproofs. Playing in parks all to ourselves on wet swings! Yes a faff on but for young kids It's fun, you don't have to do it every day, just go out and do it. Quite refreshing really lol 😆

I know it’s miserable but just prep for it OP. Waterproofs, wellies, towels and a spare pair of clothes by the door for when you get the kids in then big mugs of hot chocolate and a movie.

if I stayed in during the rain we’d never do anything. Let the kids get muddy and jump in puddles.

Really don’t know what you’re sozzing about?
you’re not sorry . I’m not sorry. No one actually need to be sorry. It’s permissible to disagree

Agree! X

DD has just come back from a Canadian winter - not unusual to reach -40! Immediate frostbite if you leave the house without adequate clothing, even her nostril hairs were frozen some days. 11 degrees and drizzly here at home has practically been like returning to the tropics

I don't think anyone has declared themselves "broken" on this thread? Just fed up with the endless rain.

This is really strange. I detest the rain but haven’t noticed anything different this year. Yes it rains sometimes but it just seems normal for the winter. I don’t feel like it’s been raining for 10 months or anything.

I’m in London but will have to ask friends and family what they think. It’s entirely possible that it’s just me being unobservant. But I never hear the rain being talked about at work either.

Saturday there was an outdoor event in town. It's usually later on in the year. I didn't realise it was on until I saw it advertised on Facebookbon Friday night. We were going to go but took one look at the weather and decided to stay home. I don't mind a bit of drizzle but yesterday it was drizzly windy and absolutely freezing. So we decided to stay home.

But today has been beautiful clear skies even a bit of sun. Was still cold but can wrap up against that. Remember 2020?March through to September we had gorgeous weather. But we just couldn't really go anywhere.

Totally with you OP. I fucking hate the rain!

Of course there’s good weather and bad weather! Just because some dickhead once said something about unsuitable clothing, we’re still all capable of discerning what feels good and what doesn’t!

Scenario A: you fancy a trip to the park with your toddler. You pack a snack possibly and a bottle of water and off you trot! Have a lovely time on the equipment, run round on the grass, maybe feel a bit of sunshine on your face 😊Come home, take off shoes - relax.

Scenario B: you fancy a trip to the park; it’s fucking raining but you decide to crack the fuck on because, you know, mumsnet.
You deck your kid up in a puddle suit and wellies. Great! Then he needs the loo just before you leave, so you unwrap him and start again. At the park, rain trickles down his face and makes him mad. You explain that there is no such thing as bad weather, just unsuitable clothing. He looks at you pityingly. He slips trying to scale a dripping wet climbing frame and screams. You are freezing. The grass is like the Somme. Everything is covered in mud. You try to improve the situation by offering the kid a snack. It turns soggy in his hands. He looks at you accusingly and dares you to try that line about ‘unsuitable clothing’ again. You decide you’ve had enough bracing outdoor fun and head home. Once home, you cannot blithely enter your property; you have to stand about hopping on the threshold for fear of treading mud through the house. Everyone must disrobe immediately and put all muddy items in the washing machine. Washing on a rainy day is especially shit and you curse your energy bill as you contemplate radiators and tumble dryer. You get a little stick and start scraping mud out of the bottom of you kid’s wellies. You look sadly at the window as the rain mimics your toddler’s tears.

See if you can guess which scenario is ‘good’ weather and which is ‘bad’!

@ImpishOrAdmirable

I’m in London

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So OP, don’t just crack the fuck on, count your blessings. Ok! And remember now, there is always someone worse off than you.

Gotta say, every time I’ve got to do something particularly shitty I’m going to mumble to myself “crack the fuck on” and laugh with a grimace. 👍

Totally agree.

The rain is making me so miserable.

It's my birthday today. It's cold and wet. In 2022, I spent my birthday sun bathing in the garden.

It's definitely raining far more (as all the PPs have said, providing stats to prove), and it is miserable. Utterly miserable.

No, I don't want to go out in the rain. I don't want to wear wellies or a rain coat. I don't want to get wet and cold or be covered in mud. None of the lists of things to do posted by PPs are fun to do in the rain.

And as a glasses wearer, I'm sick of not being able to see because my glasses are covered in water.

I hate it. I don't mind the cold so much. But I hate the rain.

I would rather snow than rain!

You say you don't like going out but would your children? DS happy to go out whatever the weather, no greater joy than splashing in puddles.
For me the best bit is coming home and cuddling up under the duvet to warm up. Have a picnic inside, just improvise.
Unfortunately in the UK it rains. If you want to go out you need to be prepared to wear wellies and puddlle suits at this time of year. IMO it's better to wrap up and go out than to sit at home and hope the rain stops.

Bet you moan it's too hot in the summer too!!

😂

Yep.

Great username btw!

I'm in south west England, in an area that's usually drier and sunnier than most. I feel like it's been raining since July and I'm sorry but it is depressing, even with all the wellies and waterproofs in the world.