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    With temps expected to hit single digits tonight (and winds of 30Mph), the predicted windchill around here will be -20 degrees. Lovely.

    I dread this. Not because my job or my recreation requires me to be outside (I'll be inside, maybe with a glass of strong red wine) but because it seems like the weather is a dangerous animal, right outside my front door and trapping me in my house. I suppose I feel this way because in the sping, summer and fall, I like to WALK around town and in my neighborhood.

    And getting people to come out, come to my house for a big, hot dinner is unlikely, as they'll be huddled in their own homes tonight.

    Basically, cold weather pisses me off. I'm seriously considering a solution to this problem, maybe a winter abode somewhere warm.

    How's cold weather affect you?

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    I agree completely. It was so wind chill-y yesterday that when I stepped outside, I immediately hated my life.

    Cold takes everything good out of me and replaces it with frozenness and hatred.

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    I shrivel up and die.

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    There's no snow here. No true inconvenience. However, the fact that it's 70 degrees one day and then 32 the next is wreaking havoc on my immune system.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zxcire View Post
    Cold takes everything good out of me and replaces it with frozenness and hatred.
    ^^^Perfectly put! Thanks, zxcire. I thought I was the only one.

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    I just ask Chicago natives to come up here and keep me warm

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    I'm weird. I love cold weather. It makes me feel invigorated and alive. I love the way it feels when it brightens my cheeks, and I love to snuggle into fuzzy hats and sweaters and warm coats. I like to curl up by the fireplace with a brandy toddy or a glass of cabernet and watch the frozen world outside; it makes me feel like a little bear all snug in my den. I like the way cold clear air feels in my lungs.

    Hot weather, OTOH... I hate it. Covered in sticky sweat, forced to wear unflattering clothing that exposes the skin to sunburn, I have no energy in hot weather and can't force myself to move or do anything. Can't cook or it gets even hotter, can't go out because it's too hot to breathe, can't lie in the bath or I get dizzy from heat. The only choices are to suffer in that infernal heat, or breathe nasty-smelling chemicals from the air conditioning. Summer has its strong points, true, but given the choice I'd rather have winter!

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    I love cold weather . I wish it was freezing cold and snowy.
    Feel the fear and do it anyway.

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    I HATE cold weather. It gets to 40 here and I shiver like I'm in the arctic and pull out the big down comforter to put on top of my other comforter. I get pissy and agitated that I moved to Vegas for heat and am still freezing. My boyfriend reminds me that back home it's below zero and I should be lucky, but I don't agree. Anythign under 90 is cold to me. I think I am cold blooded.
    I can bask in the Vegas summer heat of 120 degrees and be perfectly content.

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    Hates the cold weather. Gotta go outside and mush through ice and snow..errands to run.

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    depends on if I am living in an area that has alot of sunshine or not. I have lived in the northwest and hated the winters because it is so often dark and dreary even at noon. But now that I live in the southwest where we get around 300 days of sunshine a year the cold weather doesn't bother me much at all.

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    I don't like cold weather. I'm in L.A. so it doesn't get too cold, compared to other locations. But even if the weather drops down to just 65 degrees - that's cold for me.

    Just because I dislike cold weather, doesn't mean I absolutely hate it. What I do despise though is cold-windy weather.

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    cold weather makes me feel like a prisoner. I get so pissy when i have to leave the house. I usually get debilitating depressed and stay in bed for a few weeks when it starts getting cold and dark.
    But i LOVE to ski and will tolerate the cold willingly only to ski.
    When i lived in Florida for a few winters i was a really happy camper and enjoyed not having those few weeks of depression.
    This winter has been ok because i don't usually HAVE to leave the house if i don't want to. And our house is so nice and warm and gets lots of sunlight and we have a fireplace that starts with a remote, so whenever i'm really cold i strip down and lay in front of the fire. Fire on cold naked skin is one of my all time favorite sensations.



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    I don't like cold weather. I'm a warm weather lover. Joe claims to hate cold weather, but yet, he loves when the lakes freeze over so he can go ice fishing...of course, he loves when the lakes thaw so he can take his boat out and do some musky fishing.

    Me? I belong in some tropical climate. Must make a mental note to move someplace warm. There's nothing worse than being stuck in the house with 2 kids with cabin fever and it's too damn cold to take them out.

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    That kind of cold weather makes me very uncomfortable too. I like to be in a place where I could actually survive without all my modern amenities...and until I learn how to winter camp, snowy places ain't it.

    Oddly, I'm Norwegian and technically made for snow. But I think I'm honorary Salish Indian or someting, because I'm really made for rain

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    I can bask in the Vegas summer heat of 120 degrees and be perfectly content.
    Yes, when its super hot I'm very happy. Its so much easier to dress when its hot outside. Tank top, skirt/shorts and flip flops and sunscreen. Perfect.

    When its cold I have to put on all these clothes and I still get cold. Boo cold. It makes me hibernate. My friend is coming into town next weekend and we're suppose to go out but I really don't want to in 40F~ weather.
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    I like coldish. 30-50. Preferably damp. I can deal with colder, as long as it's not two coats. two scarves, pants under the skirt, dry painful wind cold *coughbostoncough*
    I hate the heat. I hate above 75.

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    I hate the cold, I hate winter. I end up sleeping too much when its overcast and dreary out. I get SAD's and have no motivation. I've been sick for weeks now. I dread leaving the house because its so cold. I gain weight from staying in and being inactive. I'm one of those annoying drivers that goes 40 because I don't know how to drive in sleet or heavy rain. ...

    And I'm in TX where its not even that cold. Its 30-40's now and I'm miserable.

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    I CANNOT handle the cold. I can't even sleep no matter how tired I am when I'm too cold. This is why I love the desert. Seriously. And the sun. Every day I am grateful to wake up and see sunshine. It rains about one day a month here- just to remind you how good you have it.

    Just know if you do decide to relocate- its a huge sacrifice to leave behind your friends and family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckyOne View Post
    Just know if you do decide to relocate- its a huge sacrifice to leave behind your friends and family.
    Not relocating per se. Rather, arranging life so that I can spend winters in a warmer climate.

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    Cold weather makes me want to pig out on hearty foods, rent some movies, snuggle up with a hottie, start a fire, and have mad bearskin rug sex by the fire.

    It sucks here, my toes were numb all day and my office is freezing!

    Now...to find that sex partner...

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    Cold weather invigorates me and hot weather drains the strength from me.

    Then again, I'm built for the cold.
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    i hate the cold. especially bc at work its freeeeeezing in the room we have to walk through to get to our dressing room. thanks to no heat out there.

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    I'm having a completely random spell of depression. I look hot for work but I just don't have any energy to do it. I feel sad, lonely and drained ... I blame the damn winter!!!!

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    Put it this way....I'm ready for Spring.
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