Why are people put heating on before putting on a hoodie/jumper

Yes, I am at the thin end of the spectrum and suspect it is part of why I feel the cold so much.

It's the weirdest attitude. Heating determined by the calendar rather than the actual temperature.

Exactly!

😂brilliant! I think you win this thread!

Same and we are pretty far north. Not that I have heating to put on as such as we don't have any gas.

We've still got windows open. Our forecast is for a high of 11 today and night time down to 5 but it doesn't feel that way in June.

My kids slept out in the tent yesterday quite happily.

You didn’t say anything about not being able to afford heating. This feels like disingenuous backtracking.

You said:
So where on earth are these people who are putting their heating on? Is it in the UK?
I'm in Scotland and the weather hasn't been great recently but its nowhere near cold enough to put heating on

Your faux shock that you can’t believe people in the UK are cold enough to be putting heating on is bit cringeworthy. It’s obviously we’re not in a heatwave. Clearly cost wasn’t an issue in your initial slightly judgy post.

Because that's what heating is for! We lived for years with crap storage heaters having absolutely miserable cold winters. Never again, if i feel cold the heating goes on. my energy is £417 in credit!

1. Because the house gets damp and needs the heating on when it's cold and wet to stop the mould from getting out of control.
2. Because I have sensory issues and don't tolerate wearing stuff covering my legs and arms without wanting to scratch my skin off. I have poor healing so small scratches can become ulcers quite easily so I do need to avoid scratching. I live in shorts and t-shirt year round.
3. No longer applicable but my late OH had Pulmonary Fibrosis and breathing in cold air would cause a coughing fit that would last until it went away so we needed to maintain a consistent warm temperature year round or he'd choke to death. He couldn't even tolerate standing in front of the fridge. Years of living like that majorly changed the way my body tolerates the cold (i.e it just doesn't).
4. The cats whinge and get clingy when it's cold and after a while I get touched out and turn it on to get them to go cuddle the radiator to get a break. They also start to fight when together for more than a couple of hours in my lap and that's a risk for wounds on my legs again that will ulcerate. A tiny scratch can take 2 months to heal.
5. I have asthma and I'm more likely to get asthma attacks when it's cold and damp

That was a bit rigid of your dad, @Chicheguevara . No logic to just using the calendar as opposed to the actual air temperature.

Bcs I like to fuck and don't want to feel frozen hands on me under 689 layers of clothes. Also, it helps if I am not wrapped up as a bear ready for hybernation.

A hoodie or jumper doesn't heat up the cold air.
Breathing cold air for people with airway or lung problems is difficult, painful and triggers inflammation and further issues.

Ahh we haven't had a competitive cold tolerance thread for a bit. Anyone can feel cold when their body tells them they feel cold.

I'm another one who doesn't go by months. Sometimes it's freezing in June. My lovely thermostat does that for me. I pay the bill so none of anyone else's concern what I wear or what temperature it is set at.

Ours is currently on because we’ve been away for just over a week, it’s cold and wet here and I have about 6 loads of washing to do and then get dry. Did the towels and swimwear when we got back last night (DC swimming lessons this morning so needed them sorting) left overnight and still soaking wet this morning so heating on in the hopes of getting them out of the way and the next load on the airer.

DH isn’t happy about it mind!

We dont have a dryer but times like this I really want one.

My rooms are on individual thermostats and set to come on currently at 16.

I don’t want damp and I have a small child.

This “not putting the heating on until November” bollocks baffles my brain. Houses and locations and circumstances are different. Why would you choose to be cold to save a quid, unless you are really on the bones of your arse financially and most people here aren't, they’re just stubborn.

I'm not sure why it being June should outweigh the actual weather.

It's the weirdest attitude. Heating determined by the calendar rather than the actual temperature.

I'm sure that if there was an unseasonably warm day in November/February then the same people would be saying to turn the heating off/down because it was too warm to use. But when it's unseasonably cold in June/August then the heating can't go on?

Heating in June? Blimey.
My Dad always said that heating doesn’t work until 21st November and stops working on the 21st March. He also said that jumpers are available and that some people had more money than sense. We didn’t have double glazing, growing up, either.

Currently have a hoodie over my tee shirt. It’s a bit cool here today. Ditto yesterday evening.

I don’t necessarily agree with the March cut off thing in my own home. As an (alleged) adult, I make my own decisions but never heating in June.

This. Wet Wales I'm frozen this morning. No heating but the log burner will be lit this afternoon. Last evening, fully dressed with damart fleece dressing gown, rug over knees and sheepskin slippers. DH went to bed early because he was cold he said.

Ours is set at 18. It came on this morning when I left the back door open for a bit. I was outside in just a tshirt, and am usually the one moaning they’re cold, so it was a surprise when it was on when I came back in.

I don't get it, @tammienorrie . Why do people think they're morally superior if they like being cold? Odd.

It's 10 degrees and raining right now where I am (east anglia)

No heating on at the minute but it was also 10 degrees and raining in January and I had the heating on, I'm not sure why it being June should outweigh the actual weather.

13 degrees and rain here in Pennine South Yorkshire @KickHimInTheCrotch

I am in Scotland and this past week it has been cold! 8-11c in the morning, yes it gets warmer through the day but it has been chilly. I was staying overnight in another house (also in Scotland) this week, a 200 year old stone cottage and it was BALTIC. I was wrapped up in several layers AND a hoodie blanket. In June. Unfortunately the person I was staying with is one of those sanctimonious "Oh we don't ever use heating between Easter and Halloween" types.

This attitude that you are somehow superior because you don't heat your house above 13c or some other random figure is extremely odd.

Some people don't realise that the UK weather is quite varied. If you look at the national weather forecast, there's often as much as a 10-15°c difference between various locations.

Someone has just said it's 11°c in Aberdeen.
The UK can be quite varied.
I'm in the Peak District and it's hammering with rain and 13°c.

I don’t tolerate much solid food and due to this am chronically anaemic. I am always bloody freezing, even on the hottest of days!

I pay my bills and if I want to put my heating on, I shall!

Incredibly judgy.

Because they want to and it's none of your fucking business what they do in their own homes.