Autumn is the worst season

[Livpool]

I hate autumn with a passion and can’t believe others don’t feel the same.

I don’t live in New England but the North West
of (actual) England. Every day for the past week I have been soaked - either at school drop or pick up, if not both. The leaves are soaked so slippy and I fucking hate it.

And no to ‘dressing for the weather’ - the damp air kicks of my asthma. At least winter is usually cold and sunny

Completely understandable to dislike weather and a time of year that makes medical conditions worse.

I love autumn and winter. Best of all for me is that every other bugger goes indoors so people who like the quiet, spare, bleak emptiness of it all have the outdoors and nature all to ourselves.

My worst time of year is that first hot, sunny Friday evening of the summer when all the people come back out with their noise, BBQs, music, crowds, young lads racing around in souped up cars and people shouting and dropping McDonald's litter on their way home from the beer garden. It's like people lose their minds and the summer people are the noisy ones.

Beautiful photo, But you don't do that all day everyday. Going to work in the morning on a cold dark rainy morning is not fun. Neither is getting home in the dark.

Well I do because I walk the dogs twice a day and I don't commute to work

That depends on your lifestyle doesn’t it?

I walk dogs for a living so my days are spent outdoors - I don’t have any long commutes, my working day is over by 2pm, and I don’t have children so there’s no ferrying anyone around to hobbies or activities.

I love coming home at this time of year and cosying up under a blanket after a day spent outside with the dogs. Even better when we have the wood burner on!

I live in Liverpool

Happy to be told I am unreasonable - I still hate it though! If we had the stereotypical New England weather I wouldn’t mind it so much. It is the damp that gets to me - I usually end up in A and E 2-3 times in autumn because of my asthma.

Winter here (I am in Liverpool) seems to be drier and brighter, also more crisp. I still dislike it though as I hate the dark nights. I like spring; starting to get lighter and seeing everything come to life. Summer is my favourite- it is generally drier.

A lot of it is driven by my asthma - I was fine in the Canaries as much drier air. I agree I need to move somewhere with a warmer climate but I don’t think DH or DS would appreciate that!

I don’t think anyone is unreasonable to have preferences - I find the summer threads on here absolutely baffling as I can’t stand it 🫣

Autumn is the last chance before I have to start putting the heater on. Winter is far worse.

Agreed, I'm north west and today is dry, a couple of short showers that's it. It's hilly and the trees look stunning.
I find the Lake District is not as rainy as people say, showers yes but rarely rain all day, and this Summer was lovely. I wouldn't swap the mountains hills and forests for flatter areas. With mountains it can be wet in one place but dry in another, just pay attention to the forecast.

I only really like summer. But autumn is the next best because it often surprises me by being nicer than I expect, later than I expect (and if I ignore the climate change aspect). It's kind of like summer's long tail. I played tennis yesterday and it was pleasant to be outside, and I wasn't even in my winter gear!

Spring is the opposite, it's winter's long tail. "How is it still so fucking cold" is my daily moan until at least April.

YANU op, I hate it too.
Months of dark mornings and nights.
i much prefer the 21st of Dec to the 21st of June as at least on the shortest day you then can see the days starting to get longer.
I’ve stayed in Scotland all my life and still can’t cope with it being dark from before 4 in the afternoon till after 8 in the morning

I can feel my depression looming. Will be even worse next week when the clocks change. I'm in countdown mode to spring already.

I love this time of year, although I hate the rain.
summer is the only season I dread, too hot, too light for too long and I find it a bit depressing.

Hate it too OP, gloomy grey days and months of the same on the way, everyone seems to hate January but by then at least days becoming slightly longer, feel like I live underground once the clocks go back and want to hibernate till spring

I live in Liverpool too and yabu. Even with the rain I love autumn, and it kicks off my asthma too, but nothing like winter does. Winter can get in the fucking bin.

Autumn is less exhaustingly hot than summer. Take your salbutamol, get a decent umbrella, a decent pair of boots and decent rain coat. You'll be grand.

And on those days where it's not pissing down, it's really very beautiful. Go and have a wander around Childwall Woods and go for a pint in the Abbey after. It's good for the soul. Even in the rain.

Love Autumn and Spring, dislike winter and summer.

Love the beautiful transformation of nature, autumn harvest, autumn fashion, lots of birthdays in our families, and imo the perfect time to travel for cheap.

Op is the one moaning about the weather
If we agree it's Southern snobbery 😂

I lived in the NW, the weather is why I left, it was always cold and raining 3/4 of the year.

Yes it was beautiful but hard to enjoy when you are hunched in an anorak ...

Just to give you an idea of the difference, I was watering my garden still until today when it got a good soaking -hurrah!

Yes that’s in your OP

I don’t live in New York, I live in York.

I’m would never describe English winters as cold and sunny. Grey, damp, dark cooler. And I’m in the SE.

You are completely right.

Autumn has had some very good PR work.

All those lovely paintings and photoshopped pictures of red and orange trees, rosy cheeked children on bales of hay holding pumpkins and baskets of apples, and little woodland animals cosy by log fires drinking mulled cider.

It's a lie. All of it. It's dark at 4pm, the pumpkin patch somehow costs you £50 and your kid still isn't happy, you don't have a log fire so you spend your life savings on heating and everything is wet and soggy. There are no crunchy leaves, they have all turned to sludge by mid October.

YANBU couldn’t agree more - I dread the clocks going back and being plunged into darkness so you can’t tell your black from your navy tights when getting dressed. You can no longer pop out feeling free in bare legs and sandals. Hate being bundled up
in tights, socks, hats, scarves and gloves. Will hardly see the garden for months. It feels like bedtime by 7 pm. The heating costs a fortune and it’s hard to get laundry dry. The house suffers from damp and mildew when everything is wet. Not interested in Halloween or fireworks. And it’s going to get worse and worse and go on for month after month. Scraping ice off the car windows is painful. At least by January/February the days are lengthening, the daffodils and crocuses are emerging, and Easter is round the corner. Right now I want to hibernate like a hedgehog

I love it! My DD is at uni in Durham and was saying it was cold today (she gets about 15k steps a day walking between classes). But she loves the autumn too. Seriously, there’s something wrong with you! 🍁🍂🥮🎃👻

I get you. Although it can be beautiful, it heralds the start of winter, which is dark, dreary, and rainy which doesn’t stop for the next six months. I feel immediately depressed when the clocks go back. I hate being cold, I hate wet muddy dog walks and I dream of summer. YANBU 😆