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. 🍷

I suspect you’re one of the said entitled and expensively clad types as you seem to have never heard of Decathlon?! Nice try but unfortunately I do not fit your posho narrative

@umberelladay sod the children I like building dens. But not in mud! If you like playing with children in the rain in mud soaked woods and fields, then you are hardier than me. I just think it is bloody miserable.

It’s so annoying that people ALWAYS go ‘Oh you must be middle class’ - us poor people are allowed to enjoy the outdoors and cope with the rain too!!

I just try and enjoy all the seasons, even though I dislike the wet and cold. In autumn/winter I do more indoors type things, in spring/summer more outdoors stuff which relies on good weather.

You can't beat it if you intend to carry on living in the UK, you might as well join it!

Just wondering (and any reply is fine with me)- did you grow up in this country or are you from sunnier parts of the world?

I live in one of the areas that is getting masses of rain

OP whenever anyone complains about the weather or suggests it isn’t normal, lots and lots of posters insist that the complainer is wrong.

40C ….that’s just summer! Rain for months on end…you’re wearing the wrong clothes.

Of course it’s been raining more than usual and I think it seems worse because it rained so much last summer. The thing is though is that the weather was caused by the position of the jet stream and if that had been higher up, in its usual position we’d have had a heatwave like the rest of Europe. So I didn’t mind so much because at least British wildlife is more used to rain. Although owls can’t hunt in the rain.

Lots of delusional replies as per usual. It's been the wettest 18 months on record.

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Of course you do Carenze, my comment was not aimed at you : we have brollies, macs, all suspended in the shower, window open or fan going, essential, wellies on one of those bubble mats from IKEA, then washed off in the hard working shower, wet hands, faces, easily dealt with, now Spring is on the way, lambs and magnolias abound.
March! comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, then into April showers.
Good thing we are stoical, good humoured, weather proof.

But the Mumsnet missive will generally argue black is white. And the 'put wellies on and enjoy the mud' is akin to making a chicken last a fortnight for 10 people.

I'm with you, OP - and I'm desperate to get in the garden.

Most of us are NOT saying so much rain is fine and dandy. But suggesting that it is not worth 'wasting your life' because of it. Very different proposition.

@HazelLion Thanks. I remember a really hot day when someone posted about how it was unbearably hot today. Lots of posters saying no it is not, normal sunny day in Britain. Then in the TV news that evening they said the Met had announced it was the hottest day on record.
I have no idea why some on MN do this?

MM, your hasty comment males no sense ?

Who was it aimed at then? All I saw was an incredibly judgemental and defensive post stating that only the middle class can afford to enjoy the outdoors.. Dare I say you may be backtracking?

I wonder if maybe a couple of us have misinterpreted your comments?

Oh, there we are then. I won't worry about my electric wheelchair getting wet and breaking, leaving me bed ridden, because life's too short!

You clearly didn't read my post properly. 😁 It was a random dad building a shelter in the woods, not me.
I was a was a suit them and boot them and walk type of mum..tire the dog and small children out. Go home and get snuggled up.

I admired the dad though, they were having a great time.

Conversely, were anyone acknowledges yes it’s irksome but you have to crack on this is met with a howl of derision at the mere suggestion. An out pouring of how intolerable and insurmountable it has become to have rain in the uk. The dogs don’t like it, the children don’t like it, takes 6 weeks to dry off, there is a pile of unscrapped wellies and sodden broken toddlers sobbing in the corner. Any suggestions of making the best of it, cracking on, are regarded suspiciously and dismissed with a no!not round these part rebuke. Because no one else has ever has to entertain children,keep going etc in the rain. No! It’s all too much

This has been the raniest period since records began, at least according to Netweather. It has to stop sometime.

I don't mind the rain personally.

MM, although when we lived in France we regularly shopped at Decathlon, natural fabrics, equestrian gear, saddlery, pure cotton tee shorts for the men, sportswear, tennis gear for school, all at good affordable prices, wonderful stuff, also waxed coats at Carrefour, clothes for the life you lead, also sexy lingerie and tiny sexy shoes in Limoges, for social life, that is, when the rain stopped

??? Do you live in the Lake District, Western Scotland or Wales OP - or Manchester?

In London it hasn't rained much at all. We've had some lovely warm, sunny days in recent weeks. No need for a coat.

Where do you actually live?

Central London this morning. Grey skies but no rain. I think it’s easier to ‘crack on’ here.

Where do you live? I go to museums and softplay when the weather isn't great. Failing that just put some wellies and a rain coat on and let your kids have fun in the rain. My daughter loves splashing in puddles. She wears a puddle suit and wellies, her clothes underneath don't get wet

I can't remember last time it rained? We have all the back doors open and I feel hot most if the time (could also be the menopause, admittedly). Haven't worn a coat in weeks.

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