To be utterly pissed off and fed up with this weather….

[TheFairCat]

I know there’s already been loads of threads about it, so apologies for being so original but OH MY GOD!

I’m not usually a particularly whiny person and I don’t ever remember being particularly troubled by hot ( or cold!) weather before but honestly, I feel like I’m going lose my mind!

Maybe it’s combined with hot flushes or something because no one else I know seems to be struggling that much.

I was fine at first; just thought it would only be a couple of days we’d have to suck it up. We
got the fans out, ate a criminal amount of ice lollies and did as little as possible. But now it feels like it’s been a couple of weeks of non stop over 28 degree heat every day where I live. It’s also unbearably humid. Trying to clean the house is grim. I feel like I’m swimming through treacle and my brain is mush. I can’t concentrate on work, I can’t sleep at night. I am constantly uncomfortable and the house has now heated up to such an extent that no room is even close to cool.

I realise this probably sounds ridiculous but I can’t really go out in this heat. I mean I can go to work (though my office has no air con and is also grim) and I can manage the school run and the supermarket etc, but I can’t go for a walk, or run about at the park with the kids. I definitely wouldn’t want go out in town or mooch about the shops, or eat out etc. I don’t want go in the garden because it’s so hot. The swimming pool is lovely but the changing rooms are beyond the pale. There’s no way I could cope with a day out at the zoo or a theme park with the kids.

I’ve never been so hot or so uncomfortable in my life! I have lots of loose, comfortable clothes, summer shoes etc but I still feel like I want to rip my skin off!

Is it just me? Weather forecast seems to be saying 10 more days of heat wave and I could cry!

It is hot, but it's not that hot.

• Blow dry your hair on cool
• Look for styles to wear your hair up instead of down and blowdried
• Buy lightweight office wear and a nice pair of sandals.
• Switch to a BB cream or a bronzing facial tint and a bit of blush and mascara for summer. No need for heavy sweaty foundation.

I'm with you OP definitely, definitely NBU.

I'm dying a little bit everyday.

I have underlying inflammation from two autoimmune diseases and week before last, I broke down and sobbed like a baby.

Today I soaked through my clothes with sweat. I had a wet flannel on my neck the whole day.

When I go out, I start suffering quickly, save early in the mornings, but sleep is so bad it's impossible to manage that.

I haven't opened my curtains in my bedroom for weeks.

I tell you truthfully, if this is global warming and it's going to be like this from now on, then I am seriously going to have to think about migrating up north. I cannot hack the heat here down south, which is sad because this is where my family is. I feel incredibly envious of people complaining about their wet, cool summers in places like Scotland, and Yorkshire. I never ever wanted to swap places with them so badly!

And I bet I'm not the only one now seriously contemplating moving to a cooler region here in the UK, or even immigrating to cooler countries like those in Scandinavia. I wonder if those countries will start seeing an influx.

First-world climate induced immigration. Weird to think about!

Scotland, 15 degrees and rain! We are to have summer on Wednesday 😂😂

I'd say get portable air con but its sold out everywhere!

I got a really good one for downstairs last year, already had one in my bedroom. It makes it easier to go out because I'm not a sweaty mess before even leaving the house and, as hot as I get outside, I know I have a cool house to come home to. I also sleep well which makes everything more bearable.

As you said, its one thing to have a couple of days where you dont do much but when it goes on for weeks then you have to do things.

I'd advise anyone who struggles with the heat, and can afford it, to get an air con unit. Probably too late this summer now but if you wait till next summer they'll be all sold out again! Get one in winter when they're cheaper.

I do think in London/SE the days of "one or two hot days a year" are behind us now. I think we're seeing what it's going to be like going forward.

We’re in the SE and it’s a nice temperature at the moment and I don’t think it’s due to get any hotter (according to my phone, anyway). But, we had a crowd here yesterday and were in the garden all day and I’ve been bitten to buggery. Definitely a downside.

Thanks for the positive spin.

I am in the south east and really not looking forward to the next 10+ days of heat, but now everything is pretty much done for the baby’s arrival i am not doing anything except what is needed. I just get too hot as soon as i start anything remotely strenuous.

Currently sitting in front of a fan, patiently waiting to tuck into a tub of haagen dazs cookies and cream ice cream.

I'm with you, i hate the heat and am completely fed up with it, and I'm in the NW. Absolutely definitely buying a portable air con as soon as I can get hold of one (puts reminder in diary for December!). I'm not menopausal but am pregnant. Thankfully the office has air con but the bus to get there and home isn't. We have also just got a new electric car and have solar panels, so if needed I will sit in the car with the air con turned on and the car plugged in!

Its not to bad here in the south West, however l work in a commercial kitchen and im literally dying at work, its going to a long summer, on plus side when im not at work l dont even notice heat anymore..

I am trying, but it really does feel that hot to me!

Even my moisturiser just slides off. I don’t wear heavy foundation anyway, but eye-liner and mascara are also out.

I have a sort of French bob with a fringe so can’t really wear it up (too short for a pony tail). I am trying to dry on cool, but it just seems ‘wetter’ than normal, maybe because it’s so humid?? My hair is quite thick and I’m having to wash it every day because it’s drenched in sweat when I get up in the morning.

I have lots of nice light weight swishy office clothes and sandals etc, but even naked my skin feels like too much clothes!

It’s weird isn’t it? It’s much more manageable! It’s actually pretty nice!

Only mid-20's in South Wales, too hot for me but I'm not well and flushes don't help either. Heat is dangerous for loads of conditions. It was about 10 degrees less a week ago. I miss proper seasons.

The worst of my hot flushes coincided with the heat wave a couple of years ago and it was hell. I definitely felt worse than I have since they stopped, its warm but not unbearable. With flushes, yes I felt I was losing my mind with it.

I found that sitting with a cold wet towel on my head helped the heat evapourate away quicker.

I went to North Yorkshire for the day on Saturday and it threw it down until it was time to come home. I was so disappointed, took a picnic, sun hat and cream but I had to wear a raincoat all day and shelter in supermarkets.
Not my idea of good weather, would rather it be 28+ than rain.

I hate it. My house is so hot all the time. I'll never complain about winter again

It’s 28 now in my area, horribly humid. And I’m sat in pants in front of an air conditioner.
It’s not my best look 😂
It can all FUCK OFF! Roll on autumn

I cannot put into words how much I love it. Granted my house is warm and I am seriously considering air con but I love every single second of it

16 and cloudy in Northumberland. We had about three or four days of hot weather and it's supposed to hit the heady heights of 24 on Wednesday.

We've had a lot of rain over the last week.

I think where your going wrong is not wanting to go outside, outside is actually really quite breezy (south east)

Night time isn't going so well for a good night sleep but I'm used to broken sleep anyway.

I have a neck fan for work (cleaner) or i'd die.

Maybe wear a hat?

Sorry, but it sounds fantastic to me!

Mormings ok, bit too hot pm but just had a gorgeous dinner in our garden perfect temperature.. can’t complain.

Yanbu. I only just managed the last one on the day it was 37. It makes me feel ill

Why can’t you wear make up? I need to look nice for work and with a good primer my makeup manages to last the train, tube and walk to the office and back.
it’s glorious. Granted 37 degrees was hot a humid but this is beautiful weather and in six weeks we are back into September which means it’s on the way out. I don’t like it past 35 degrees but this is lovely summer weather.
in ten days the weather is predicted to cool off, just in time for school holidays, but that’s how it goes. It’s so nice to have all the windows open, no coats and nice walks at 8.30pm when it’s cooling down.
buy some primer, adjust your daily routine ( run later and clean later) and enjoy it while we’ve got it.

I'm not far from you and I HAVE got my heating on! Sick of being cold when it's supposed to be summer. I mean, it's July FFS, and my feet are like blocks of ice!

I'm so sorry.
I'm in Wales and it's been 18 theblast week or so which has been great. Going up Wednesday though. 😢

Cool shower, get completely cool, then sit in front of a good fan without drying off. I can get shivery cold in 10 minutes doing this.