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[dchenes]

People who hate summer seem to hate it because they get to a point where they can't take any more clothes off and they're still hot. I hate winter because I get to a point where I can't put any more clothes on and I'm still cold.

Yesterday I wasn't really dressed for snow. Having stood in as protected a spot as I could while waiting 20 minutes for the bus home, I wasn't soaking wet when I got on the bus, but I was cold. I got home, put on my sweatshirt and my warmest socks and my slippers, and had hot food for dinner. (All of the preceding are things I am grateful for.) Three hours later, I was still cold. I stuck it out for another hour and then ran the hottest bath I could, and it STILL took ten minutes of lying in that before I stopped being cold. By which I mean I started sweating.

And that is why I hate winter. Even when I'm dressed for it, once I get cold I stay that way.

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[siercia]

That would suck, and although it's not generally an issue for me, unwillingly cold is more uncomfortable than unwillingly hot. My real issue with hot is that "too hot" starts at about 75 for me, so the entire summer, not just the heat waves are pretty miserable.

Have you ever been checked for circulation issues, to make sure there's not a reason you're so sensitive to cold?

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

I haven't asked about circulation issues, but nobody has ever told me I should worry about that, either. I'll put it on the list for next time I go to the doctor.

75 in the summer is good. 85 is too hot, but that's because 85 tends to come with 85% humidity.