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Anyone else sad summer is drawing to a close?

209 replies

Summerover2 · 21/08/2026 21:22

I’ve had a great summer - loads of memories with our daughter (3), playing in the garden daily and trips in the sun.

I already feel sad it’s coming to a close - I like the Christmas build up in December but apart from that I really struggle with the grey days and know I’ll be reminiscing loads for summer 😥

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JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 22/08/2026 16:35

I can’t wait to see the back of this summer! It’s been awful. Way too hot to enjoy it. Bring on those crisp autumn days.

FFSItsTooHot · 22/08/2026 17:13

Not me. I've just about had enough of the relentless heat. As someone who takes several medications that affect my ability to cool down,I welcome the cooler weather. I really have not enjoyed a lot of this summer,I've had to cancel so many appointments and plans because I can't cope with going out in temperatures over 30 degrees. I love autumn,it's my favourite time of year,so bring it on!

Netcurtainnelly · 22/08/2026 19:52

EstoyRobandoSuCasa · 22/08/2026 13:45

I can understand you not enjoying the current heat, but what do you like about the dark evenings? To me, they are gloomy and oppressive and they are certainly less safe.

Not to mention it costs a fortune in heating bills

BethBynnag86 · 22/08/2026 19:55

panomara · 21/08/2026 21:29

Not sad, it's just the cycle of the seasons. But I'll tell you what I feel - the years are flying by so quickly for me now, I only have to blink and I'm another year older. That pisses me off, but at the same time, it's a privilege to be alive and well at my advanced age!

This Summer was very challenging for me and for many others I'm sure, at times the heat was unbearable. At the moment I am revelling in the fact that I am now motivated to get out and about again without passing out! I am just not built for that kind of intense humid heat, and it sucked the life out of me.

@panomara
You've summed it up perfectly for me. I'm nearly 70 and life and the seasons are flying by!

MissyB1 · 22/08/2026 20:07

Netcurtainnelly · 22/08/2026 19:52

Not to mention it costs a fortune in heating bills

Yes I’m already dreading that!

Shinyhappyapple · 23/08/2026 14:43

Yes I’ve got that melancholy feeling, a bit sad that summer is coming to an end. Not sure why, as it feels like it’s been summer for ages, and there have certainly been weeks when it’s been too hot for me. But I’m retired, nothing pressing to do so I got a bit of a routine around closing windows and lying down by the fan in the coolest room in the middle of the afternoon. I’ve been lucky too that the two separate times I’ve been away, the weather at my destinations was a lot cooler than at home, so escaped two of the 30+ weeks.

I think I’m missing that feeling of excitement that came with a new term, a new start in September. It looks like we have a nice few days coming up, but even now there is an autumnal feel in the air.

Shinyhappyapple · 23/08/2026 14:57

scalt · 22/08/2026 07:12

It might be the nicest part of summer yet, the next few weeks! Nice weather without it being too hot.

But I haven’t forgotten that the first half of this year was cold and very, very wet, right into June (apart from one hot week in May): they think we’ve forgotten that, while they bang on about drought. It’s a drag going into autumn thinking “that’s it until June next year”.

Also, the scaremongering language used all the time, as if someone has to keep the 2020 terror going, “Extreme heat”. “Summers like this are the new normal.” Every time the temperature fluctuated, it was “another heatwave”, so they say could doom-laden things like “five heatwaves, and a sixth on the way”. Just like in 2020, when every “uptick” (vomit) was “a third wave, a fourth wave, a fifth wave, etc”. And “flocking”, another inflammatory word.

Edited

I’ve definitely felt 2020 vibes from some posters on MN every time someone has dared to say they have enjoyed the heatwave.

Shinyhappyapple · 23/08/2026 15:01

LlynTegid · 22/08/2026 07:37

Weather almost always gets sunnier if not warmer once the schools go back, and September can be a beautiful month.

What saddens me is putting the clocks back in late October, a practice that should be consigned to history.

Yes, I don’t mind the dark mornings as I’m not an early riser, but I hate it when it gets dark at 4 pm.

Yuja · 23/08/2026 15:08

I feel really sad. I loved the hot summer - the temperatures and the warm, long evenings. I’m dreading ever decreasing temperatures as I really feel the cold - am chilly today and it’s 21 degrees. The dark and the longest school term - hate it! I’m going to try and be a bit more positive than this post suggests but even thinking about it is making me struggle

HeyThereDelila · 23/08/2026 15:11

YABVU. It’s not autumn until September 21st.

And frankly, after the 36 degree heat we’ve had for weeks this year, autumn can’t come soon enough.

Shinyhappyapple · 23/08/2026 15:12

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 10:55

I think so. I’m definitely an introvert and can’t wait for it to be socially acceptable to go home and get in bed with my kindle rather than everyone expecting you to be out and about all the time!

How about sitting peacefully in your garden, reading your kindle under a parasol ?

myusernamewastakenbyme · 23/08/2026 15:14

Im dreading winter...i live in summer dresses and flip flops and love the hot weather....everyone seems happier and life is better...dreading the cold grey drizzly days that are coming.

Shinyhappyapple · 23/08/2026 15:16

Shinyhappyapple · 23/08/2026 14:57

I’ve definitely felt 2020 vibes from some posters on MN every time someone has dared to say they have enjoyed the heatwave.

To clarify here - I’m not meaning from the posters who live in overheated flats with no garden - I felt for you in lockdown and I’ve felt for you this summer.

Snackpocket · 23/08/2026 15:24

I hate the end of summer. The nights already getting darker earlier make me so sad. I love the outside living and light nights we’ve had this summer.

PolkaDotPorridge · 23/08/2026 15:24

There is month left of summer!

MissyB1 · 23/08/2026 15:25

myusernamewastakenbyme · 23/08/2026 15:14

Im dreading winter...i live in summer dresses and flip flops and love the hot weather....everyone seems happier and life is better...dreading the cold grey drizzly days that are coming.

I’ve been in shorts and flip flops for at least a couple of months now if not longer, I can’t even imagine putting on jeans or shoes, I think my feet might refuse!

Empress13 · 23/08/2026 15:33

I hear you but will certainly not miss this unbearable heatwave 😩

intrepidpanda · 23/08/2026 15:34

I have voted YABU because we are likely to have another 6-8 weeks of heatwave before this is over.

starrynight009 · 23/08/2026 15:37

I had the best summer ever and we didn't even go away. I started working a term time job this year so I've had the whole summer off with my DD. It has just been fantastic not having to worry about rain. Granted it was too hot at times. But I'm going to remember this summer forever. I'm not looking forward to going back to the school and work routine.

GreenEyesMillennial · 23/08/2026 15:39

No, i like autumn! Also we always go on holiday in
September and it’s also my birthday! Great month ahead for me

JLou08 · 23/08/2026 15:43

Me! It's the first summer I've felt this way in a good few years, I'm usually looking forward to Autumn and more predictably with the weather but this summer had been beautiful! I've had a few weeks off work which all fell when we had nice weather (very unusual for me) and it's felt like being on holiday. Lots of beach walks, garden days with the paddling pool out, picnics. I've loved it.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 23/08/2026 16:13

I've found the summer tough going at times as it is so draining but I prefer constant heat not a couple of days here or there then rain then nice .
I have been able to dry washing outdoors, come autumn it'll need planned so someone is in to rescue it , or hang over the heated rails.
I'm not built for summer clothes, A/W disguises much better.
Not a fan of going to and from work in the dark with the utter gits who don't put their lights on. Dark cars, grey or silver . Most have automatic headlights ( mine does) but you need to physically switch on the rear lights .
Always a reminder I'm a season closer to death .
But autumn, September through to Hallowe'en, then Guy Fawkes and Christmas.
January not a favourite month but plan how to get through it.

HollyhockDays · 23/08/2026 16:14

The weather in NI has been poor. Not hot, not sunny. I’m dreading the winter. By about March I’m so pissed off with it. Plus I see with El Niño it’s going to be a crap autumn.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 23/08/2026 16:15

intrepidpanda · 23/08/2026 15:34

I have voted YABU because we are likely to have another 6-8 weeks of heatwave before this is over.

Yes there's a 5th heatwave promised and we always get the "Indian Summer"

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