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. 🍷

Maybe?But I can hold a brolly and push a pram. Quite the multitasker

Or tea, OP. There are other preferences.

It’s typical for this time of year. DD has an early April birthday so it’s always unpredictable as to what sort she’ll get! We’ve had sunny ones in the garden and blizzard ones huddled inside. It’s not unusual at all.

As for the glasses issue, contact lenses are life changing

People are so angry on this post! Never mind it, get some chocolate eggs in yer bellies

I feel the same. Weather is pretty shit from November - March, that's 5/12 months of the year, nearly half our lives!! I wish I had a solution because it's miserable really.

I’m with you OP. Frankly it’s getting depressing having so much grey sky for so long.

Haha, my crew are very keen on measuring things too. Sometimes we take a clipboard to note it all down… 🤷🏼‍♀️😆

Love this, especially going out measuring things🥹

The only solution is to move away. What you are experiencing is simply the climate of the UK.

@MaloneMeadow

its not though

@Zone2NorthLondon

soz that people are not putting up and shutting up aka cracking the fuck on, in the way you think we all should

Yeah, I know. I remember snow on my birthday one year. (Although it definitely is raining more than normal but I'm aware that at this time of year, the weather is very changeable anyway.)

But the sunbathing years are the best.

Mine are older now but they have SEN. Some of our best trips to the park was when it was drizzling. Usually had the whole park to ourselves and could laugh at me having a go on the zip wire and swings.🤣🤣🤣

I hear you, OP.

At least if we had snow, we could do skiing, tobogganing, ice skating, etc. like other northern European countries.

The USA has many public indoor running tracks, so athletics, joggers and walkers are sorted there.

But rain, nope. There's nothing you can do but get wet or wear a plastic mac.

I need to majorly sort out the boot of my car, but I haven't been able to do it for 3 weeks, as every day that I'm off work, it has rained. 😨

Winter does seem to have been LONG this year!

We just have to play dodge the rain, check the forecast and hope for the best 🤞🏼I agree it's really shit, but I can't justify wasting my life away because of it, and hopefully it'll only be for another month and we'll be good for a while.

I also agree with indoor activities, they're expensive, packed and full of germs 🤣 hard pass!

I must be lucky! I live in Derbyshire and it's been gorgeous today! Bright sunshine and dry. Same most of the week. We must get different weather!

What is the other solution then? No amount of complaining is going to change the fact that the UK lies within a temperate oceanic climate. It will be mild and wet no matter what.

Putting up and shutting up for months on end is soul destroying.....

For everyone saying that they haven't noticed the endless rain:

February was a wetter than average month, with the south of England experiencing its wettest February since the series began in 1836. Many parts of southern England recorded well over twice the average rainfall.

England recorded its fourth wettest February on record although February 2020 was much wetter.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2024/february-2024-warm-and-wet-for-the-uk

I agree it is raining almost constantly. And no it is not normally like this. All the ground is water logged.

I just got out of hospital. I thought I might die there. I can't go out yet, but I can look out of the window. I'm so happy I can see the Spring coming, rain or shine.

Don't wish your life away because of the weather OP.

It’s probably because you imagine snow like it is during ski holidays.

its not like that when you live in a big city and it snows for months. Its also constantly gloomy so no sunshine; the snow turns into muddy slush on the ground, every where, so your shoes and bottom of trousers are wet and ruined; it melts on your face and clothing so you are still wet as if it rained etc etc
UGH

This. Nothing makes you more grateful for the freedom of being able to spend time outdoors than a hospital stay.

Well, we'll all just have to be depressed and have alcohol problems like they have in other isolated, damp, wet countries.....Iceland, Greenland, Finland etc.

Hah! Realism. Don’t forget the 5 minute shower which includes you and your children, undressing, showering, drying, dressing again and wiping up the bathroom.

And shaving your legs.