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Tô be excited for the cold frosty mornings that come with early winter?

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whoremembers · 22/07/2026 19:39

This tiktok has brought me such joy

Its the beginning of the summer holidays, i'm already tired and HOT 😫

I can't wait for November!

Tô be excited for the cold frosty mornings that come with early winter?
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Dogwaterbottle · 23/07/2026 06:54

The more I read of this thread, the bigger the (true) north south divide feels 😂

Snufkin88 · 23/07/2026 07:20

I live in Ireland on the east and it’s rarely frosty here now . When I was a child I remember there often being frost in September going back to school. It’s kind of sad really , and people are still in denial about global warming . I miss when there were proper seasons . It all sort of blends into one here for most of the year now

hattie43 · 23/07/2026 07:25

No . I’m loving being able to throw the doors open in the morning to sun . I love grabbing a coffee and pottering outside .

Cobrakainerd · 23/07/2026 07:31

No thanks...the reality isn't crisp, sunny,winter mornings, its grey, dark, wet and miserable. I can't remember the last crisp sunny day!
I'll take a summer thats acting like summer thanks.

TooHotToBoogie · 23/07/2026 08:12

Me too! All the early hot weather makes me feel it's the end of August not July!

Dandygirl · 23/07/2026 08:37

I’m in the middle of winter in the lower half of New Zealand and you are mad we’ve had -12.5 degrees less than an hour from us!!!

Katemax82 · 23/07/2026 08:43

Having read this thread I'm suddenly exited for frosty mornings, although I liked them a lot more when I lived in a house with a log burner

CoffeeBooksRats · 23/07/2026 09:06

Cold frosty mornings and the run up to Christmas is my favourite…! The colder and snowier and frostier the better! I LOVE everything from Halloween onwards.

messeswithmyhead · 23/07/2026 10:10

YABU. Frosty and icy mornings give me a lot of anxiety if I have to drive. And it’s a real pain to de-ice the car. Plus heating bills.

Sartre · 23/07/2026 10:16

I don’t mind the cold at all but hate the dark. I leave for work very early in the morning and return home late so it’s just dark all of the time.

ChrisTheBastard · 23/07/2026 10:22

My DW is like this, but we live in Berkshire so she gets to enjoy about 2 crisp frosty morns but forgets the other 6 months of cold, dark drizzle

I hate winter. Could May be any more perfect?

Loulou4022 · 23/07/2026 10:25

I’m built for cold evenings under a blanket! Can’t wait! Though I do love the sunshine of summer but need it combined with the temperature of winter! Not much to ask!! 🙄

SevenYellowHammers · 23/07/2026 10:25

Yes… if we did get lovely dry cold brightness.Reality is dank, dark and stormy. Spare a thought for your bonkers horsey sisters at 6an battling mud, wind and rain.

motherofakoalaboy · 23/07/2026 10:47

I absolutely hate the cold and wet, plus the cold hurts my muscles ybvu 😂

downtoearththensinksthesun · 23/07/2026 10:50

Literally counting down the days to Winter. It's my happy time!

Ginmonkeyagain · 23/07/2026 11:19

I find something to love in all seasons and like living in a part of the world with a lot of seasonal variation.

But loving Winter excessively and seeing it a "cosy" time" is a modern privilege - in previous centuries (and for many now still) it was a time of hinger and hardship and there was a good chance the older and more vulnerable members of your community would not survive - which is why we a pretty much hardwired to welcome Spring.

singthing · 23/07/2026 13:17

whoremembers · 22/07/2026 22:54

😄😄😄 fine, somewhere nicer than a retail park

A high street!

How about a forest, a cliff top, a national park....? Where you can actually enjoy the weather you are claiming to love?

Why the focus on shopping and being in hot sweaty shops full of Other People, so grim.

SquirrelGG · 23/07/2026 22:32

Dandygirl · 23/07/2026 08:37

I’m in the middle of winter in the lower half of New Zealand and you are mad we’ve had -12.5 degrees less than an hour from us!!!

I'm waving to you from Canterbury, and I agree - OP is mad!

sanityisamyth · 24/07/2026 10:45

CoffeeBooksRats · 23/07/2026 09:06

Cold frosty mornings and the run up to Christmas is my favourite…! The colder and snowier and frostier the better! I LOVE everything from Halloween onwards.

Literally cannot get my head around this mentality. My idea of hell. Funny how it’s different strokes for different folks.

whoremembers · 28/07/2026 19:57

CoffeeBooksRats · 23/07/2026 09:06

Cold frosty mornings and the run up to Christmas is my favourite…! The colder and snowier and frostier the better! I LOVE everything from Halloween onwards.

Me too

Happy Fresh Prince Of Bel Air GIF
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whoremembers · 28/07/2026 19:58

singthing · 23/07/2026 13:17

How about a forest, a cliff top, a national park....? Where you can actually enjoy the weather you are claiming to love?

Why the focus on shopping and being in hot sweaty shops full of Other People, so grim.

😄 i'm a londoner! A retail park is about as 'non city' as I get

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whoremembers · 28/07/2026 19:59

downtoearththensinksthesun · 23/07/2026 10:50

Literally counting down the days to Winter. It's my happy time!

I just know i'll start feeling like myself again on 1st September!

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DoubleShotEspresso · 28/07/2026 21:30

whoremembers · 28/07/2026 19:58

😄 i'm a londoner! A retail park is about as 'non city' as I get

So pleased it’s not just me!

BogRollBOGOF · 28/07/2026 21:31

Yuck to dredging yourself out of bed in darkness, mud, constantly layering clothes on and off, mud, going a full working week without daylight, mud, blinding headlights, mud, weeks of continuous rain, mud, dogshit hiding under soggy leaves, mud, higher effort cooking, mud, having to put socks on with shoes/ boots encasing your feet, mud, scraping the car off in the morning, mud, feeling like it's night when you go home from work, mud, dredging yourself back out into the darkness for evening activities, mud, a permanently cold drippy nose, mud, cold/ flu season, mud, colourless landscapes of grey skies, brown vegetation and grey river, mud and my favourite running routes being impassable for 4-5 months due to mud.

Yuck, yuck, yuck

Enough snow to actually get the sledge out, great novelty (but it can bugger off before getting to re-constituted black ice or turning grey and filthy). Sharp frosty mornings are gorgeous if you don't have to get anywhere. But these are rare and massively outweighed by grey, dull gloom and rain. People rarely fantasise about the realistic typical weather and conditions.

Life is just simpler, and easier when temperatures are in the 20s (admittedly 30s is excessive and a few nights of substantial rain wouldn't go amiss). It's just so much easier having daylight through waking hours (and dodges retina-burning headlights)

Notthisagainyouidiot · 28/07/2026 21:41

I've come to the conclusion that I like the idea of seasons but not the reality. Long, warm summer days in the garden: yes I like the light but apparently I am useless in any temperature over 22 and can't sleep if it's warm. Love the idea of frosty mornings until I slip and slide to defrost the car. Snow is great - for 2 days.
Basically I need to live where it's about 20 degrees in the day, 10 at night, slightly cloudy and doesn't go dark until 9pm .

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