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The weather has changed for my holiday

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youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:18

Due to holiday in the south of France next week, and all along the long range forecast has been beautiful.

Now it’s changed. Rain every fucking day apart from the day I leave. I have to unpack all the beautiful dresses and clothes I’ve packed and change them out for rain jackets and boots. I’m fuming, I actually can’t believe it. It’s just my luck!

AIBU to just not want to go? I was due to do so many lovely day trips and now they’ll just be awful - damp and grey, any pictures I take will look awful. I just can’t believe it

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Bibs23456 · 21/08/2026 11:00

You are being silly. So you have to wear appropriate clothing for the weather so what?! As for complaining the photos won’t look good for social media get a grip. Suck it up and go on your lovely holiday.

sweetpickle2 · 21/08/2026 11:00

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:59

Genuinely who wants to watch videos of trudging about in the rain?

Of you? Nobody.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 21/08/2026 11:00

Stupid to say you can’t swim or walk in the rain ‘because of the pictures’, what a shit way to live life where everything is only worth doing for tik tok. Hopefully you were going alone anyway and aren’t dragging anyone else down with you

DollopOfFun · 21/08/2026 11:00

OP

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Limeandfigs · 21/08/2026 11:00

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:59

Not true. Pissing rain all next weekend

How is a light drizzle for up to 2 hours a day "pissing rain all weekend".

Please could you link to this forecast which is predicting torrential downpours for 8+ hours a day?

Happyjoe · 21/08/2026 11:00

I just looked up Nice and St Tropez, both South of France. Sunny every day. You'll probably be ok and I doubt very much it will rain every day.

Like others have said, I'd rather be in France than at home, working. Pull up your big girl pants and stop moaning - you'll have a good time if you allow it.

Tickingcrocodile · 21/08/2026 11:00

Anyone else who has read OP's comments now hoping it does pour with rain every day?

DeftGoldHedgehog · 21/08/2026 11:01

Autumn starts on Sept 1st @OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon Who says?

SunsetDrifter · 21/08/2026 11:01

Where abouts in France are you going? We have just returned from 2.5 weeks on the West Coast, we just wouldn't even consider going to Northern France, anywhere around/south of bordeaux and you get lovely weather. Also the weather changes a lot, we used accuweather when we were away and it was only accurate in the hours before, some days it would predict rain days ahead and we didn't get any at all, it only actually rained in the night when there was a thunder storm, bar 1 day where there was a 1 hour storm in the morning, by 11am it was back to 30 odd and sunny. I wouldn't be cancelling a holiday from a weather forecast anyway.

Your fixation on your photos and social media is odd though, do you only holiday to create content?? It's a bit sad that you can't enjoy a place without your orchestrated insta photos. You can always ai a blue sky in besides 🤣

gannett · 21/08/2026 11:01

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:55

What tips? “Go out and get soaked! Sod all your plans!”

I don't think you need to worry so much about how your photos look, because I wouldn't bet on that travel TikTok being very successful anyway if you can't think of nice things to do on holiday in bad weather.

ginasevern · 21/08/2026 11:01

Tickingcrocodile · 21/08/2026 11:00

Anyone else who has read OP's comments now hoping it does pour with rain every day?

Yep.

Auspiciousminds · 21/08/2026 11:01

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:55

There haven’t been wildfires in Nice.

You are missing the point entirely. This is either a wind up or you are even more ignorant than it first appeared.

Sparkletastic · 21/08/2026 11:02

Your poor followers - how will they cope without your TikToks if you don’t go??

ThatCyanCat · 21/08/2026 11:02

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:59

Genuinely who wants to watch videos of trudging about in the rain?

Some time ago I kept seeing a video of a woman in full rain gear dancing about in the pouring rain doing a Shakira parody. "Whenever, wherever, Britain has shitty weather..."

InveterateWineDrinker · 21/08/2026 11:02

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:49

I have a travel TikTok. I don’t want it to look British, I want it to look like the luxury trip it’s supposed to be.

Ah, I see that you're an influenza (named after the nausea-inducing parasite).

unabashedopossum · 21/08/2026 11:02

The weather forecast for Monaco is wall-to-wall sunshine for the next two weeks barring one day, the same for Nice.

YourHeartyFatball · 21/08/2026 11:03

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:59

Genuinely who wants to watch videos of trudging about in the rain?

No one wants to watch your SM. You will literally be the only person that’s interested in it. Sack it off completely and go and make some real memories!

DollopOfFun · 21/08/2026 11:03

A bargain OP:

Stylish and practical

Happyjoe · 21/08/2026 11:04

Tickingcrocodile · 21/08/2026 11:00

Anyone else who has read OP's comments now hoping it does pour with rain every day?

100%.

Watchoutfortheslowaraf · 21/08/2026 11:04

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:59

Not true. Pissing rain all next weekend

You’re so bad at reading forecasts OP. You definitely shouldn’t have a travel TikTok 😂

StressedOutPeanut · 21/08/2026 11:04

Yabu we've had about 5 months of pure sunshine it was going to rain eventually. It's likely to change anyway not everyday will rain and unless your going in a tent you will be fine.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 21/08/2026 11:04

youcantmakethisup · 21/08/2026 10:59

Not true. Pissing rain all next weekend

Not if you look at the detailed forecast. But if you are determined to moan about it, go ahead. You sound a proper snowflake.

Watchoutfortheslowaraf · 21/08/2026 11:04

Happyjoe · 21/08/2026 11:04

100%.

Haha same

DollopOfFun · 21/08/2026 11:04

Or what about this? You could make a comedy 'well waddya gonna do' schtick?

The weather has changed for my holiday
Leo800 · 21/08/2026 11:05

You sound about 12. Just going on holiday to post photos on social media & show off.