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So, is it Blue Monday for you? Or are you actually feeling quite chirpy really?

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MotherSuperiorHelenMumsnet · 21/01/2013 10:47

Morning.

It is, apparently, the most depressing day of the year today: Blue Monday.

But how are you all feeling? Do tell...

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Trills · 21/01/2013 10:51

"Blue Monday" is entirely made up you know.

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SillyBeardyDaddyman · 21/01/2013 10:52

I'm ill, so yeah I'm feeling depressed today. I hate being ill :(

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Trills · 21/01/2013 10:52
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catinthesnow · 21/01/2013 10:52

White Monday here.

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Screaminabdabs · 21/01/2013 10:53
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Pascha · 21/01/2013 10:53

Been awake since 00.40 so its a bleary monday for me.

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MotherSuperiorHelenMumsnet · 21/01/2013 10:55

@Trills

"Blue Monday" is entirely made up you know.


Well, this entirely self-selecting and scentifically unrigorous investigation will surely tell us either way, no? Smile
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Trills · 21/01/2013 10:59

I am feeling mildly worried that I won't be able to get the train to work tomorrow (WFH on Mondays anyway) not because I am worried about getting in for work but because I have plans after work with friends and don't want to miss out.

But "mildly worried" is all, not especially blue.

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DameMargotFountain · 21/01/2013 11:00

i'm feeling better this January than i've done for years

mainly i think, because i've sacked off family members

i win Wink

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lubeybooby · 21/01/2013 11:01

Happy as anything and just fine here. Quite chirpy even especially considering I've only had 3 hours sleep!

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Trills · 21/01/2013 11:01

I'v always felt that the MN sadface Sad is too sad for use in most cases because of its blueness.

If someone has died then that is as sad as a face needs to be. But if I've dropped my mug and spilled coffee everywhere I might be a little bit sad, but not as sad as that blue sadface. Using the blue sadface would make it look as if I were unreasonably sad about a minor incident, and people would need to ask me if I was OK and if there was anything else wrong.

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CarpeJugulum · 21/01/2013 11:01

Yep. Slightly blue and worried - but this is ongoing for health reasons, not because of a specific day. Confused

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SillyBeardyDaddyman · 21/01/2013 11:05

trills do you need varying shades of blue? Sky blue for minor mishap, bright azure for household calamity and full on midnight blue for the four horsemen arriving unexpectedly for tea?

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wewereherefirst · 21/01/2013 11:07

My husband is off for an op today, a minor one. I'm quite chirpy with it actually.

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Pascha · 21/01/2013 11:10

Yes the blue sadface should be reserved for actual sad things. We could have a green sadface for feeling a bit ill and tired.

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WowOoo · 21/01/2013 11:11

I am most certainly blue today.
Not depressed, but down in the dumps.

Trills, thanks for the BG link. It may cheer me up.

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StitchAteMySleep · 21/01/2013 11:12

Actually feeling quite chirpy today for someone on so little sleep.

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Chaoscarriesonagain · 21/01/2013 11:12

Blue, blue!

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WeatherWitch · 21/01/2013 11:13

Much more chirpy than I was last Monday actually. Odd... I hate bloody winter and am usually grumpy as a grumpy thing until the tulips are out.

Wouldn't green sadface look too like envy face? How about a simple yellow sadface?

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LostInWales · 21/01/2013 11:15

I'm feeling quite fabulous but that might be the effects of the tramadol I've been taking for two months now, reduction in pain and as my GP wrote in my notes 'patient reports significant mood elevation from the medication'. Marvellous. Grin

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Tee2072 · 21/01/2013 11:20

Why is it Blue Monday?

I'm actually feeling quite well today. Not too sore, not too much snow, plans to build a huge railroad layout with son after school.

What's to be sad about?

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Sunnywithshowers · 21/01/2013 11:21

LostinWales I bloody love tramadol. I've only had it once :)

I'm feeling pretty chirpy but am slightly concerned about getting to uni later. The trains are a bit dodgy.

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pod3030 · 21/01/2013 11:27

i've had a little bit of a cry today. am now slurping a massive hot chocolate whilst dd finally naps. so yes, there is a tinge of blueness today.

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pod3030 · 21/01/2013 11:28

i vote for a pale blue sad face

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greenhill · 21/01/2013 11:30

Quite chirpy here too. The school is closed due to the icy/ snowy conditions so we are still in our pyjamas.

All we are doing is playing / reading / watching CBeebies / eating. Bliss.

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