Nearly cried at the change in weather

[spanieleyes22]

I felt so much better at the end of last week with the sunshine and even this morning was happy hanging the washing out . Until the rain set in again and I checked the long term forecast and it's to stay showery and under .20 degrees until mid June now. Can't help it. Just feel really depressed. I was so happy pottering in the garden and getting a bit of sun. Anyone else struggling.

Of course.

It was a response to the "Christmas is worse" etc posts.

It's life.

It's not a competition.

But some MNetters and people in general can't accept that different people experience different things differently.

And nobody is wrong or right.

But these threads bring out posters who seem to think that someone experiencing things differently to them, must be trolling, or lying, or 'weird'.

So set up straw man fallacies.

Someone should be able to not enjoy heat and the social expectations of summer without Someone saying "well Christmas is harder for me".

Just let people not enjoy hot weather if they choose. There are numerous threads every Christmas and the lead up, and the aftermath on MN for people who don't enjoy it.

Agree. I honestly don’t understand what people can ‘like’ about it even though I get people enjoy different things. What is there to actually enjoy? Being wet? Is that a pleasant sensation? Damp? Condensation in the windows? Not being able to hang out washing? Lack of vitamin D? What is even remotely enjoyable about it?

This.

People with genuine SAD I don't include but most people who claim to have it, don't.

I'm always a bit bewildered by people who live in the UK finding the climate surprising or problematic.

I'm in my 40s. We sometimes have snow in March and also, some unseasonably hot days where you could get sun burn.

We often have lovely warm Spring as in days in April like the 2020 covid lockdown year. This year has been wetter.

We often have nice sunny spring/early summer which changes to very rainy once the schools end for summer.

Some summers are scorching for a few days or weeks.

Most Autumns are mild and damp

Most winters are mild and damp, we had a couple of winters almost over 10 years ago with a lot of snow for most if not all of England.

It's pretty much always been this way. Mostly wet and mild. That's our climate.

But I think like the clocks going forward or back where people express surprise every single year about how dark or light it is at X time of the day, people forget that's just how it is and always has been.

@BePinkReader
Agree

Where were you? Morocco?
Cos it certainly wasn't hot enough where I am in the U.K. to make anyone ill.
I took one layer off. It was nice.

Probably the twinkly lights, snuggled under blankets drinking hot chocolate brigade who love the dark wet cold weather

They can all get tae. We've had fucking months of relentless rain and dark. We NEED some sun!

Not just for mood, for farmers to be able to grow our food! It's been a disastrous spring here for the farmers.

By this stage I think I'd take my chances. At least I'll die warm.

It’s strange isn’t it?!

these people often talk about being “COSY” too a lot

“Probably the twinkly lights, snuggled under blankets drinking hot chocolate brigade who love the dark wet cold weather”

surely though no one would take that over sitting in a nice beer garden hearing the birds tweeting and wearing sunglasses and nice summer clothes enjoying a chilled glass of wine with pals or whatever would they?! Surely not?!

I prefer the nicer days but accept that in this climate it is variable.

It's really not.

An older family member's birthday is mid May and every year for years we have been able to have a nice lunch or afternoon tea in their garden, enjoying some warmth.

Not this year, far too cold and grey! She was so disappointed and said it's the first time in many years that the weather has been rubbish on her birthday.

a break from

What the fuck? A break from what sun??

The sun was here for 2/3 days. Barely enough time to find the sunscreen before back to grey skies again.

@MarriedMama23 woah, hold on, she never said a thing about anyone with disabilities.

Just a light comment about a particular well known trope/stereotype on Mumsnet.

Appropriate username then!

Haha, quite!

Oh I know that but the longest day is obviously the mid point in our heads!

The nights start drawing in 1 week after that. It’s not the start of anything.

I agree.

I have bad depression and those 3 sunny days I sat in the garden alot smiling to myself. Even just going to a garden centre in the sun made it feel like a holiday adventure.

I find it bizarre that people can’t cope with a slight temperature increase and sunny weather for a few days. It was about 22/23 degrees!

Come back when you have a condition that means you can’t regulate your temperature properly. It literally drains the life out of me.

In my experience, people who say they “absolutely hate” sunny weather are usually just overweight, have poor social lives, or both. The good weather just accentuates these points, which they don’t like.

Obviously if you have a medical condition that comment wouldn't be aimed at you.

No I think they’re genuine. Obesity and co-morbidity is increasing greatly. A lot of people are not very healthy so whilst 23C won’t trouble a healthy person, an unhealthy person would probably struggle. Hence the ‘I’m dreading it getting over 20C posts’.

Exactly. Maybe I should type out ‘apart from those who have rare medical conditions’

They’re not that rare.

I’m unhealthy. Not because of obesity, but because I have an illness. Saying it’s only obese people who complain is a bit narrow minded.