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Sick of shit weather

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DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:19

Just that, sick of shitty weather and the forecast of rain whole week. It's so humid outside and inside of the house is very humid despite the heating and window opening Shenanigans.
Have little kids who are stuck at home in this stupid rain and it's too dark for the most part, added to this every day news of stabbing like this recent of Birmingham bull ring where we go very often, so feeling very unsafe with it all.
It's shitty through and through.

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threescoops · 10/11/2025 22:21

I concur

RhaenysRocks · 10/11/2025 22:22

Sorry, I like autumn and winter. Puddle suits and wellies, out you go. Won't comment on the safety aspect ..everyone's perception of risk varies but not with you on the weather...right clothes, hot drinks, all good.

RampantIvy · 10/11/2025 22:22

I don't like shitty weather but, living in Yorkshire, with reservoir levels significantly below where they should be, I welcome the rain.

Roll on spring.

Radiatorvalves · 10/11/2025 22:25

Look it’s a bit dull (I’m in Yorks visiting rellies) but we’ve had a stunningly warm and sunny summer and it’s not like we’ve been soggy all year. We definitely need rain and it’s not exactly torrential like they’ve had in Jamaica and the Philippines.

Eareye · 10/11/2025 22:27

I am flying to Australia next week and forcast similar but marginally warmer 😭😭So bloody disappointed ☹️

cityanalyst678 · 10/11/2025 22:28

I am at work all day, leave in the dark and get back in the dark. So there is one idea to avoid the bad weather!

DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:30

I work as well lol but part time

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GlassofRosePorfavor · 10/11/2025 22:31

Ah come on op there's no such thing as bad weather just inappropriate clothing! I even got a puddle suit for my dog following this theory but she said fuck this and went fir

DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:32

GlassofRosePorfavor · 10/11/2025 22:31

Ah come on op there's no such thing as bad weather just inappropriate clothing! I even got a puddle suit for my dog following this theory but she said fuck this and went fir

I kind of hate this sort of suggestion. Tbh its been shitty weather and let's just acknowledge it and not dress it up with all this

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Cherryicecreamx · 10/11/2025 22:35

RhaenysRocks · 10/11/2025 22:22

Sorry, I like autumn and winter. Puddle suits and wellies, out you go. Won't comment on the safety aspect ..everyone's perception of risk varies but not with you on the weather...right clothes, hot drinks, all good.

I agree. Dare I say it I've been finding the rain quite relaxing 🙈 I love wrapping up warm in a cozy scarf before I leave.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 10/11/2025 22:37

Where is it humid,, are you in the UK?

AliceMaforethought · 10/11/2025 22:38

YABU. It's November! I would agree with you if it was July.

DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:38

Idontjetwashthefucker · 10/11/2025 22:37

Where is it humid,, are you in the UK?

Birmingham, shows 90% humidity outside today

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RhaenysRocks · 10/11/2025 22:39

DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:32

I kind of hate this sort of suggestion. Tbh its been shitty weather and let's just acknowledge it and not dress it up with all this

Well no....I genuinely disagree with you. I'm not "dressing it up" or pretending. People do actually like different things. It's not necessarily shitty weather, it's wet, or humid or whatever but "shitty" is a value judgement, not a fact.

DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:42

I love autumn when you can walk with a pumpkin spice latte and enjoy the colours of fall 🍂 🍁 but it's all grey and wet everywhere and constant rain.

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VoltaireMittyDream · 10/11/2025 22:43

Idontjetwashthefucker · 10/11/2025 22:37

Where is it humid,, are you in the UK?

I think she was euphemising ‘damp’
Damp is the worst.
The damp and the endless rain, and the slugs that manage to find their way up through the cracks in the floorboards 😭😭

Fucking hate it. I live for the ‘heat waves’ everyone moans about, where the sun peeks out from behind the clouds briefly in July and it gets to a sensible summer temperature for a day or two before it all clouds over again and pisses it down with gale force winds for 6 weeks straight. And then it’s winter again.

RampantIvy · 10/11/2025 22:46

GlassofRosePorfavor · 10/11/2025 22:31

Ah come on op there's no such thing as bad weather just inappropriate clothing! I even got a puddle suit for my dog following this theory but she said fuck this and went fir

Hard disagree. Even with the right clothes bad weather is just not enjoyable for most people. I agree with your dog 😁

I'm putting puddle suits in room 101 along with hot chocolate, snuggling under cosy blankets, candles, fairy lights and pumkin spiced lattes.

It's the constant gloom I hate.

Zov · 10/11/2025 22:52

Dude, it's NOVEMBER. We have had an amazing year for weather. It's been glorious. It's nearly winter. What do you expect? Get a grip.

bananapies · 10/11/2025 23:04

I love it and all the weather MN hates.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 10/11/2025 23:20

The weather here (NE Scotland) is driving me bonkers - it’s so mild, but also wet. Today when I went to work - 30 minute walk - it was tipping it down, but about 14 degrees. I was boiling in my hooded coat, and we had to have windows open at work because we can’t adjust the temperature. I was wandering around in just a t-shirt at one point as it was too warm with my cardigan on. I hate the cold but would rather it was cooler/dry.

asrl78 · 10/11/2025 23:29

GlassofRosePorfavor · 10/11/2025 22:31

Ah come on op there's no such thing as bad weather just inappropriate clothing! I even got a puddle suit for my dog following this theory but she said fuck this and went fir

Try telling that to the Jamacians. Alternatively, tell me what appropriate clothing to wear for a five mile bike ride in the rain with temperatures in the mid to high teens that will keep the rain off my clothes, but also prevent me from overheating and sweating.

I could have done with appropriate clothing to prevent me from getting badly buffeted in 40-50 mph crosswinds when hiking in the Snowdonia mountains last Easter.

asrl78 · 10/11/2025 23:37

Zov · 10/11/2025 22:52

Dude, it's NOVEMBER. We have had an amazing year for weather. It's been glorious. It's nearly winter. What do you expect? Get a grip.

Whether it is winter or not (it isn't, it is still autumn) is irrelevant, the lack of sunshine and rain nearly every day is depressing, especially at a time of year when you know you have at least three months of similar crapness due to the fact that winter in lowland UK, especially southern England, is little more than a cooler version of autumn.

We have just had one of the dullest October's on record and November has also started off dreadful for lack of sun and near daily rainfall. It is not surprising people are sick of it. In the good old days, we used to have mobile weather systems that brought rain for a few hours, followed by a clearance behind the cold front and polar maritime air bringing sunshine and showers. Now, we seem to be getting semi-permanent clag with light levels so low you need the lights on all day. The other problem with this type of weather is that if you don't have a tumble dryer, it is a pain getting laundry dried. It is too mild to put the heating on, too wet and humid to peg clothes outside, and it takes days to dry clothes indoors on a clothes rack without putting the heating on even when you don't need it.

asrl78 · 10/11/2025 23:41

DevilsAdvocate101 · 10/11/2025 22:32

I kind of hate this sort of suggestion. Tbh its been shitty weather and let's just acknowledge it and not dress it up with all this

The weather is poor even though I don't have much in the way of expectations at this time of year. It could be worse, at least there are not widespread flooding rains since the very dry first half of the year has left the hydrology with a lot of slack to absorb excess rain, but to be good, it is insufficient to be better than the worst.

RampantIvy · 10/11/2025 23:41

I don't recall October as being that dull.

louderthan · 10/11/2025 23:59

Rain is a good thing. We had a hosepipe ban in the south east for most of the summer. It is extremely mild still down here. Climate change is real.

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