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. 🍷

But Brits can't move anywhere warmer within their own country!

The Americans can!

That's the difference.

The only place a Brit can move to have warmer temperatures is to another country.

I'm one of the apparently few who have the utmost sympathy for you OP. I don't live in the UK and we don't get anything like the amount of rain you do - after a week of it (which doesn't often happen) I feel down. Even grey skies affect my mood. I really don't think I could cope with the amount of rain you are having, and find it hard to believe that most of these posters telling you that it's not so bad honestly feel any different to you.

It is cheaper because there are less well paying jobs. Don’t be so 🤦‍♀️

those who afford it retire to Florida btw.

lol. Are you genuinely suggesting a tumble dryer is the how else option?

Then move away to a warmer climate, you’re the one claiming that it’s easy!

Where do you live that you've had constant rain for a month?

And what's wrong with putting on on waterproofs and just cracking on? Kids love puddles.

I agree with many PPs - get your wellies on and stop moaning!

I’m asking you for a second time how she should dry endlessly wet clothes in winter as cheaply as possible.

Jersey and Gibraltar are both feasible options. Spain/Italy/France if you’re fortunate enough to hold an EU passport ~rejoices in Irish citizenship~

Americans have familial and work ties to where they live, just like Brits.

YABU and probably need a change of mindset about weather or will be become very unhappy if intending to stay put.

Last few months. Every fucking day.

It seems that the British nature and hidden wish is to suffer.
People from the UK were free to move to warmer (and often cheaper) countries within the EU, but collectively decided to give up that option.

I’m not sure why you’re getting so much anger on this thread @GoodnightAdeline . No one can claim it’s pleasant going out in this weather. Yes you can put waterproofs on but you still get rain in your face and wet cuffs etc. I’d love to see teenage DS’s face if I tried to pop him in a puddle suit and take him to jump in puddles 😂. To be fair out dog is a Labrador and is loving the weather but there’s nothing fun about trudging through muddy fields where the mud sucks your wellies in so much that it feels like you’re climbing a mountain, then having to wipe the dog, the walls and the floor every time you get home. Oh and then for the next walk, your coat is still wet and horrible to put on.

I don’t think it helps that we had a crap summer so we’ve no reserves and it’s too expensive to do any indoor activities.

I have SAD and it’s fucking ridiculous that I need medication just to keep going over winter. Believe me, if I could move to a hot country, I’d be gone in a flash.

Ask as many times as you want. Engage your brain and try problem solve that predicament yourself. You’re an adult. Go figure

It is achievable without a tumble dryer btw

CLUE I suggest you prevent the clothes getting endless wet by dressing appropriately

As we have never come across one another on a thread before - I tend to only post in the stage 4 cancer thread - I have reported your post as a personal attack.
I have no idea what you mean by 'posters like me', however if you mean those with terminal illnesses I think that does cross a line.

I think we should do a survey and ask all these children if they truly love getting togged up and going out into a grey, rainy, not too warm day to splash in puddles for however long. And then ask them if the happiest thing about it is returning home to get warm, and COSY, drink a mug of HOT CHOCOLATE.

I personally think the children should also be asked if they enjoy being cooped up for months on end and not being allowed the childhood joy of getting wet and muddy. There’s a happy medium. There’s a reason that schools and playgroups are now putting a big focus on time outdoors - it’s important for them

In the UK, it is not possible to 'soak up' Vitamin D between late September and late March/early April as the sun does not rise high enough - 35+ degrees above the horizon.

Wet, damp and miserable weather during the colder months is normal. Every ecosystem relies on the dormant season - I work in horticulture and this cold, damp, wet and windy season is essential for the dormancy that plants (and I believe people too) absolutely need in order to harness power for spring growth, summer bloom and autumn fruiting.

Hot chocolates, baked potatoes under a tree on a blanket, wellies and waterproofs.

Lockdown & restrictions demonstrated we need outside & social contact even in the rain

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Grass is like the Somme.
PML, it's so true

I was being fallacious but I can see it’s lost on Angry-crack-the-fuck-on person. It costs money to keep drying endlessly wet clothes whatever drying medium one uses. Appropriate dress for rain still involves wet fucking clothes that need drying. Wet towels used to dry children coming in from joyfully splashing endlessly in puddles and ‘stomping’ through glutinous mud. Running hot shower to warm up children and parent pre-hot chocolate, even if it is only 5 bleeding minutes.

Jesus OP you’re coming across as so childish.

If you can’t bear the UK’s rain anymore then move to a place with a warmer climate. I feel sorry for your kids having to endure your attitude.

This. It will quickly begin to rub off on them if that’s really how OP gets on!

“…cooped up for months on end…..”

”…happy medium…”

Shakes head.

Thank you for calmly explaining everything in your languid relaxed post. You’re so zen

Kids aren't so pathetic that they have to be attached to a radiator 24-7.

That's learned behaviour from parents.