Anyone else already hating the wet, dark cold nights

It’s lovely and sunny here at the moment anyway. 🙂

It’s the rain that gets me down, and the dark, dripping days. A bright sunny day is lovely at any time of the year, but a short, dark, wet cold day just isn’t a recipe for happiness in my book. I wonder if some of us are just naturally outdoor people, so we find winter harder than those who are naturally more indoor people?

It's very cold and wet in France as well, not pleasant even to walk the dog. The Alpes had heavy snowfall, so some will be happy. The French talk about the weather as well ,nothing negative to do so.

I love snow, everything about snow makes me happy.

We're all different.

di do

As I walked dogs outside early this morning I worked out a bit of why fall is not my favourite. I dislike orange, brown, rust, tan, - fall colours. I prefer blue, pink, wine red, black, white. As do my face, hair and eyes.

Doodledog I agree. Autumn colours are lovely. And I love winter walks wrapped up in woolly scarf etc. And candles. Although I di find lack of sunshine lowers my mood.
But I'm not sure what point Monice is making. And I don't like the phrase "politics of envy".

I don’t mind it really. I rather like the feeling of closing the curtains late afternoon and feeling all snug indoors. I like better TV progs in autumn, I like catching up on my reading, I love making hearty stews and casseroles and I like my autumn and winter clothes. I even like going for a walk mid afternoon and coming back to a warm house as the heating comes on at 4.

Oh come on. Nobody has said that we shouldn’t care. In fact I specifically said that there are things that we can do if we want to help. But not mentioning that we like cold days, or talking about the beauty of snow on the trees is not going to help anyone, is it?

We also need to remember that just as for most people in that situation, poverty is part of their life, but not their whole life. So someone who is well off now may well not have been well-off all their life, and may well have experienced periods of poverty.
So someone who was well off is poor now and will be struggling through these cold wet months. Possibly endangering health. That's OK then. We shouldn't care.

Doodledog

eazybee

It wasn't that long ago that some posters on here were complaining about the weather being too hot; I think we had had three successive warm days and they didn't know how they were going to cope.
Sad, really.

It's just being British to complain about the weather . I don't see it as 'sad' at all - it's just chatting.

When I worked in a very public-facing role, you could absolutely guarantee that whatever the weather, someone would be moaning about it.

Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too ‘humid’ - that last did quietly amuse me, having lived in countries where at certain times of year humidity was 100%, with the temperature in the stratosphere, and you could wring your top out after being out of doors for 5 minutes.
There often seems to be a quaint assumption that heat anywhere abroad is invariably ‘dry’.

You are not alone. I love Autumn it is so beautiful but not keen on these dark winter nights. Don’t feel like doing anything, except to keep warm and hibernate for the next 6 months.

I will be happier in my warm home if we do not need a new roof. Nearly feel out of my chair when I received the first quote.

Feel sorry for those people whose homes were flooded recently. My DD moved house in the middle of Storm Babet after six stressful months. There were only three groups of people in the chain but her solicitor and her buyer’s solicitor were both incompetent.

When she arrived there, half of the garden was waterlogged and the cellar with outside access to the garden was ankle deep in water. After a few days, the water disappeared much to her relief.

Oreo

kittylester

Sorry, but I love it! I love drawing the curtains, putting the lights on and hankering down. I love watching bad weather.

Me too😄
Just love lighting candles and snuggling under a fleecy throw.

I like them too.. snuggle down with a good book or film and a hottie.. bliss..

It really is just a few weeks before it starts to get lighter again.4 days before Christmas so not long at all .I prefer winter to summer ,I'm neither a sunworshipper or a beach lover so I'm happy when its cooler ,even when it rains and I love to watch a good storm lighting up the sky .I'm still working in the garden and theres hard landscaping to be done before Christmas
I'm happy.

I find the damp, grey dismal days when it never seems to get light all day, the worst - and we seem to have more of those than the bright, frosty, blue sky days. The damp seems to eat into my bones. The lights need to go on earlier, and the curtains closed earlier to keep it out, so I understand what you mean optimist1. It’s well known that some people suffer from SAD at this time of year. I don’t, but understand many do. However, I really don’t like the dismal days, they affect my mood a bit (but not to the extent of someone experiencing SAD), and I look forward to the lengthening days. Yes, each season has its beauty, which I appreciate, but the damp, grey days are unpleasant to me.

Sadly, there have been some posts on here that have been either somewhat condescending and rather unkind or bordering on the virtue signalling and also rather unkind. We are all allowed to say how we are affected by the weather without the need for someone to come along and either tell us to “stop moaning” or “appreciate how fortunate we are”. Of course we know there are others are in a worse position than us in some way, but it shouldn’t stop us from chatting about how the weather affects us, and also, if we want to moan about the weather, so what!

Joseann

Then you open the door and see this over the rooftops just now. ❤️

Lovely.

We've glum rain, wind - that we could have your view!!

Cosy inside, nice to hoover - food dropping GC and pet hair.

It is the politics of envy. No matter what we do, even if there was no poverty at all, there will always be a variation in income, also people will have different priorities.

We also need to remember that just as for most people in that situation, poverty is part of their life, but not their whole life. So someone who is well off now may well not have been well-off all their life, and may well have experienced periods of poverty.

However to get back to the thread. This evening, may be dark, but it has not been either cold or wet. We have had a na autumnal sunny afternoon, all yellow leaves and yellow sunshine and a wonderful sunset.

I find this alot on GN, if you like something, you will always get someone along to make you feel guilty because of people who are not as well of as you.

I'm annoyed by posts implying something is wrong with how money, hard saved, is spent, and we're not particularly 'well off'. Cruises, holiday homes, uni fees, expensive cars - all spending others find excessive. For example, I'm decidedly not wasteful, mostly this very old house will see us out, no need to fit a new kitchen, But fine for those who wish. Everyone is different.

Then you open the door and see this over the rooftops just now. ❤️

M0nica

Nantoone talking about how you feel about winter is fine. It is part of the dialogue about how we feel as indiduals about the winter. Remember the text the OP posted is: I already hate the dark cold and often wet nights.

What is irritating is people not saying how they feel but using other amorphous groups of people 'the poor', 'the homeless', people whose opinions are unknown as they have not been consulted but which they claim to know, in order to rain on other peoples parades.

Were there a similar thread about summer, I would be one of those saying how depressing I find it.

I totally agree with this post. I find this alot on GN, if you like something, you will always get someone along to make you feel guilty because of people who are not as well of as you. I find this patronising as we don't know what these people think at all.

eazybee

It wasn't that long ago that some posters on here were complaining about the weather being too hot; I think we had had three successive warm days and they didn't know how they were going to cope.
Sad, really.

It's just being British to complain about the weather . I don't see it as 'sad' at all - it's just chatting.

Thank you Maggiemaybe.

It wasn't that long ago that some posters on here were complaining about the weather being too hot; I think we had had three successive warm days and they didn't know how they were going to cope.
Sad, really.

Nantoone talking about how you feel about winter is fine. It is part of the dialogue about how we feel as indiduals about the winter. Remember the text the OP posted is: I already hate the dark cold and often wet nights.

What is irritating is people not saying how they feel but using other amorphous groups of people 'the poor', 'the homeless', people whose opinions are unknown as they have not been consulted but which they claim to know, in order to rain on other peoples parades.

Were there a similar thread about summer, I would be one of those saying how depressing I find it.

I love the Summer but love the Winter too, apart from the torrential downpours. I must be the only one who still enjoys getting up in the early hours when everything is quiet, there are few cars (and people) around and the air is clear and smells fresh. I've been known to plodge around the streets after rain, there's no one to see me usually. Years ago we would meet the milkman or postman but now there are few milkmen and you don't see a postie round here before about 9 am. Then home to a warm breakfast and hot chocolate.