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Anyone else hate Summer?

chiclet — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:09:54 GMT

It is probably because I live in Florida. The heat and humidity is so unbearable that you cannot get outside without being miserable and then the mosquitos are just awful. From April to November is awful. Growing up July, August and September were the bad months but now it is a longer stretch. I wish I could move.

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AuntG — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:18:32 GMT

Hate might be a little strong but we've had a very humid summer so I'm inclined to agree.

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Skyegirl21 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:19:05 GMT

I feel for ya aubegirl- I am not a fan of hot weather either but I live in New England so that’s way better than FL. Dislike the stickiness of humidity, feel like I can’t breath, constantly sweaty unless in AC, here it’s super buggy when I walk the dog to do her business several times a day. These bugs swarm constantly around my face ( its very wooded here). Ick. Last week I got stung by a nasty wasp while trying to garden. I long for cool breezes... ahhhhhh.

While I hate to rush away the days, I hope hot weather ends soon.

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Ladylaughsalot — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:22:50 GMT

I don’t like summer either, for the very same reasons you listed. I think I hate mosquitoes and gnats even worse than the heat and humidity.

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RedTop — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:23:24 GMT

No! Summer in West Virginia is short, but wonderful. We do not have unbearable heat or long stretches of high humidity. I love the sun and warmth of summer.

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151949 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:25:16 GMT

I came to Florida for warmth and sunshine. My arthritic joints crave it. However I live only a mile and a half from the gulf coast so we get sea breezes all the time which make the hot summer much more bearable. Sadly, thanks to our wonderful government draining the algae filled Lake Oakachobee into our beautiful gulf waters, the red tide has bloomed and has made being anywhere near the beach unbearable.DH & I spend a good deal of the summer in the pool.

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KailaS — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:25:14 GMT

i am not a hot weather gal. And this summer, between all of the humidity and the rainstorms nearly every day, I have already decorated for fall, hoping to entice cooler weather to my part of PA.

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nyc1 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:26:58 GMT

I don't hate it, but I'm not a fan! I would prefer the Fall any day... give me temps in the 50s and 60s and I'm happy. If it has to be 70... then NO HUMIDITY! Humidity is the killer for me. I'm in the Northern Burbs of Chicago. It's been a toasty dry summer so far.

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Biftu — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:27:16 GMT

I hate summer too! I hate sweating and the heat just makes me lazy and cranky. I feel for you living in Florida, I just couldn't live in the south. Wish I could spend summers in Alaska or Canada. Hurry up fal/winter.

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mimomof4 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:28:11 GMT

I wouldn't say I hate summer but it isn't for the heat and humidity. Since I hate being cold I refuse to complain about the weather being too hot, I only complain about the cold.

As a working mother I find summer frustrating because you try to keep kids occupied without breaking the bank. This was the first summer I tried to leave the kids at home alone during the day since I now have a 13 year old. For the most part it has been OK but I have one kid who becomes destructive when he is bored so unfortunately I get calls from other others about his behavioir. That child needed school to start 2 weeks ago instead of after labor day.

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:31:13 GMT

I hated this summer, too hot, too humid and too much rain !!!!!

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Pook — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:37:15 GMT

I love summer and heat but this year with all the rain, humidity and very little sun it was not a good one!!

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NicksmomESQ — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:49:38 GMT

I love Summer.The sunshine & the warm temperatures invigorate me.Here in New York Summer is too short.

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shopperqvc — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:53:41 GMT

I guess I dislike summer for a different reason, allergies. Somehow I have never thought of grass as a blooming thing, but it has to have a bloom for pollen to appear. I stay indoors and keep my AC unit company. Mr. Carrier is my idol. I'm not fond of spring/summer/fall because of the allergies and the bugs. Retired now so I don't have to be out and about so I no longer pay an allergy doctor to give me shots 2 or 3 times a week. Between the testing and then the shots, I invested in his BMW. I have learned to love winter.

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haddon9 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:02:25 GMT

I would hate summer if I lived in Fl full time too. I love to go to Fl however in the winter since winter here in the northeast is so long, cold, dreary, brown & gray...hate it!

Summer here has been humid and rainy (more so that usual). However we still get some lovely low humidity days with temps in the low 80s and 70s.

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GSPgirl — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:08:01 GMT

I loved the summers growing up in San Diego. Not so much in the south, yuk.

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Laura14 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:13:31 GMT

I'd like it better if there was no lawn care. I am counting the weeks until my lawnmower and pruning shears can go back into hibernation. I'm over it. Big time.

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Zhills — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:16:04 GMT

@chiclet I grew up in Florida also and you are so right! It seems that every year we are having a new "record

heat this summer!" Don't know when it will stop.

Thank God for our breeze that helps make it tolerable.

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LexaMom — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:17:43 GMT

It's why I moved from the midwest and east coast to Colorado. Low humidity, sunshine. Sometimes I miss the lakes/oceans but we have mountain lakes too. I have friends that live in Florida in the winter to avoid snow, but come home to Colorado in the summer.

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software — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:27:27 GMT

I like summer for the fresh, local fruit & veggies.

We've had a rather tolerable summer this year.

Not a ton of humidity.

I like some humidity, but anything north of 60% and it gets uncomfortable.

I like fall - football, holidays.

I do not like winter at all! We have rainy winters here and if the temps drop, it will be snow or ice.

Spring is my favorite.