Veritaserum Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I woke up in the Pit of Despair this morning because it was dark again instead of being sunny and cheerful. Poll coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I like it in the fall when I gain an hour! I hate it in the spring when I have to give it back. My dh will be blaming that lost hour for every bad thing for the next month! ...If only I had that extra hour...:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I love the meme! :lol: I hate it. But I chose other because you didn't have an option for "Just chose dst or not, I don't care. But stop switching back and forth!" I wish we were like AZ or HI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingmydream Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate it because we lived in AZ for years and I got spoiled. Having small children and babies make daylight savings time the worst. I swear it takes at least a month to feel back to normal again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I don't love it or hate it (those are strong words!) so I voted "meh." But really I'd say I *like* it; little changes to the routine keep life interesting. Call me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I like waking up to daylight.....but I HATE driving in the dark. The girls have enough night activities that I'm glad to get more daylight hours later. When I worked out of the home, I hated leaving in the dark. I voted other. I would just prefer it stays light from 6 AM to 9 PM all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) I want the most amount of daylight in the evening. Forget the mornings, and yes, quit messing with it. ETA: I've felt mostly dead all day because of it. Edited March 12, 2012 by elegantlion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyMSews Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I think it's flat out stupid. The sun still shines the same number of hours each day. We live in the northern US and having it still be light out after 9 pm in the summer is ridiculous. And despite government claims, it does not save energy...yes, people need less artificial light in the evenings...but they need more in the mornings. I really wish the government would stop trying to save daylight (as if they could change the sun's hours) and instead work on fixing any one of the numerous issues that really need their attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I like it in the fall when I gain an hour! I hate it in the spring when I have to give it back. My dh will be blaming that lost hour for every bad thing for the next month! ...If only I had that extra hour...:lol: :iagree::iagree::iagree: I hate it! I just never catch up....sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I don't love it or hate it (those are strong words!) so I voted "meh." But really I'd say I *like* it; little changes to the routine keep life interesting. Call me crazy. :iagree: I live in Michigan. If we're going to lose an hour, at least it's in March. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVampireLvr Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 HATE IT. I've already posted a thread here earlier wanting to eliminate it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate it because we lived in AZ for years and I got spoiled. Having small children and babies make daylight savings time the worst. I swear it takes at least a month to feel back to normal again! I grew up in Indiana back when it was a sane state. I swear I've never acclimated to switching the clocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I said hated it, but all I hate is the switching back and forth. Just pick one and stick with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I dislike the switching process, but I love having it lighter longer in the evenings. Many of my favorite memories of childhood are in the evenings and it's still light enough out to enjoy outside activities. I love that time of day with my own children as well. It's actually light outside still when DH gets home from work and we all enjoy being outside together without the hustle & bustle of the busy day. That would never happen in the early morning. All this, for the small price of losing an hour and feeling out of whack for a week or so. Totally worth it for me! My preference would be to leave it on DST year round. I always feel so melancholy whenever we fall back and it's suddenly dark at 5pm. One extra hour of sleep on one night is small consolation. One year, I was particularly annoyed because I was in labor on the Saturday night/Sunday morning of "fall back" and even though I labored until 3:59am, my child was born at 2:59am! I got cheated out of a whole hour of labor bragging rights! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate the switching. Pick one and stick with it for pity's sake! And please, pick the spring forward one. I like it lighter later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Kyrgyzstan switched to DST time all the time 7 years ago (or, in other words, we changed time zones). While I like not having to lose and gain and hour, I really dislike being on DST in the winter. It's already hard enough to get going on winter mornings, but having the sun come up very late is awful. It also bothers me to see little children walking to school when it's still completely dark outside. Switching the clocks marks the seasons for me. I don't love the spring switch forward, but I do love the way it feels like spring is getting closer, and I love the way the fall switch makes me feel like holing up at warm and get ready for the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WagsWife Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Another vote for "Stop messing with the clocks!" I would choose to stay in DLS because I hate it being so dark at 5pm...I feel depressed for weeks after the Fall change. But mostly--I hate the back and forth. I see no reason for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I love it and have no problem switching my internal clock. I came close to voting for staying on DST year-round, but didn't vote that way as I'd hate staying on EST year-round. I want my daylight in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I like waking up to daylight.....but I HATE driving in the dark. The girls have enough night activities that I'm glad to get more daylight hours later. When I worked out of the home, I hated leaving in the dark. I voted other. I would just prefer it stays light from 6 AM to 9 PM all the time. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbeth Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate getting up to glaring sunlight...miserable driving that way after just getting up. If we could limit the sunlight time or make it overcast a ton more, I'd be ecstatic. 1. I belong in Seattle or the like, def not Hawaii, etc and 2. Yes, I know, I am a freak on this one. My rheumie is fascinated by my flu -like symptoms for days after I have to be out in the sun for several hrs. Great, a fascinoma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate screwing with the time. I would prefer to have my daylight in the evenings though. I really don't have much use for it in the mornings when I usually do my sleeping. I lived in Boston for several years as a child. I remember walking home from school in the dark at 3:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon in the winter and then it being light until 9:00 or 10:00 at night. That always seemed odd to me, almost surreal. I don't ever remember sunny mornings either. During the school year it was either dark or just barely dawn on the way to school and in the summer I always slept in so it was always full daylight when I woke up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I would just prefer it stays light from 6 AM to 9 PM all the time. Me too, year around. And while the government is messing around with things, I'd like at least 50% fewer overcast days and no snow or temperatures below 60 degrees. I think I was born to live on a tropical island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I wouldn't mind so much, but my toddler takes a long time to adjust. At the moment, he is crying over his waffle. :glare: He will likely be out of sorts all week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I love having the extra light in the evening when the weather is warmer. I hate switching back and having it dark at 5:00 p.m. in the winter. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate it. And I hate that when my dh has to work a 24-hour shift that turns into 25 hours, he doesn't get paid for the extra hour :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home_s_Cool Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I do enjoy more daylight in the evenings - it make spring seem closer. The darkness at 4:30 in the winter gets to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hate it! I tell dh every spring that we need to move to AZ. Sure it's annoying to have the sun come up at 4am in the summer, but it's way more annoying to have children staying up too late because of DST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I sort of like it, but my kids stay up too late during daylight savings because, guess what, it's light so much later. One year they wouldn't come in from chasing fireflies with a neighbor's grandkid until almost ten. :faint: I decided it was nature study to calm myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I loved living in Arizona where they did not change dst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I voted "I would be happiest if we stayed on one or the other" I don't like the switching, but since I'm not a morning person I would much prefer we stay "sprung ahead" When I got up at 8 this morning (only because dd has vision therapy) it was plenty light out, but I also love that when I get done at gymnastics with my son at 6pm we won't be driving around in the dark to go get dinner etc. We usually don't go to sleep until almost midnight, so I'm glad to have those extra evening hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hate it! I grew up in HI where there is no dst. But there the daylight hours don't change that much--12 hours in summer; 10 in "winter." Like others, it's the switching that makes me crazy. And the summer whine of the dc who are convinced that since it's still light out at nearly 10 pm they shouldn't have to go to bed yet. Grr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I woke up in the Pit of Despair this morning because it was dark again instead of being sunny and cheerful. Poll coming. Sleep later! Maybe I should be embarrassed to say it wasn't dark when I woke up. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I absolutely thoroughly despise daylight savings time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabrett Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I would prefer to stay on DST all year and not change. I hate loosing an hour of sun in the fall. I would rather have more sun in the evenings. And why does Public school have to start so early in the mornings? If they started at a reasonable time like 9am, it wouldn't be dark when kids were going to school. After teaching middle school that started at 7:15 and seeing how sleepy kids are at that time in the morning, it would be better for students to start later anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Your pic was great. I love Christopher Guest...but I hate time change. Why "fall back"? Why not just stay "sprung ahead"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwallowTail Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate it that we have a few months off dd taking forever to fall asleep, and time with my dh gets more limited because of that. (and dh gets grumpy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate that AZ doesn't have it. Not only does it cut down communication time with my friends around the country, but in the summer the sun starts cracking the horizon around 4:30. Impossible to keep the kids in bed until a decent time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Makes absolutely zero difference to me or my family. Then again, staying light until later into the evening is no big deal to us because our kids typically go to bed much later than other kids anyhow (and, sleep later in the morning. It all works out!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I hate that AZ doesn't have it. Not only does it cut down communication time with my friends around the country, but in the summer the sun starts cracking the horizon around 4:30. Impossible to keep the kids in bed until a decent time! Blackout shades/heavy curtains does the trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I think it's flat out stupid. The sun still shines the same number of hours each day. We live in the northern US and having it still be light out after 9 pm in the summer is ridiculous. And despite government claims, it does not save energy...yes, people need less artificial light in the evenings...but they need more in the mornings. I really wish the government would stop trying to save daylight (as if they could change the sun's hours) and instead work on fixing any one of the numerous issues that really need their attention. :iagree: It is a really dumb idea IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Sleep later! Maybe I should be embarrassed to say it wasn't dark when I woke up. :D 9am church. My internal clock is so messed up that I slept until 9:45 this morning. :glare: The total amount of daylight does not vary. Changing the clocks doesn't make the day longer. It just messes everyone up for a couple of weeks each year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I said hated it, but all I hate is the switching back and forth. Just pick one and stick with it! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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