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People who wear winter coats now aren’t going to feel the benefits of coat when it’s a lot colder

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udbi · 26/09/2025 17:40

It’s 16c today and see many people wearing padded/quilted coats now. They are going to feel colder wearing this when it’s 6c max.
I doubt it’s about cost.

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usedtobeaylis · 27/09/2025 10:53

I don't think that's how it works

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 27/09/2025 10:53

So, you want them to be cold today in case wearing a coat today makes them feel cold later?

DontReinMeIn · 27/09/2025 10:53

EchoedSilence · 26/09/2025 23:47

Poor cold teeny tinies. Maybe they should eat some pies and then they wouldn't need a coat?

lol, what? I'm 15 stone and I am freezing!

Itsasecretnow · 27/09/2025 10:52

@liveforsummer Pssst…don’t tell anyone but I may have even been wearing mine during part of the summer too! 🤫

Itsasecretnow · 27/09/2025 10:52

Your username🙏🏻 😂 I actually showed that clip to someone yday who had never seen it before. It’ll completely out me if I say why - tho tbh anyone who knows me will know it’s me anyway 😂It still makes me laugh so much! It’s my favourite scene if any of the sitcoms, and most were nowhere near as good it

liveforsummer · 27/09/2025 09:57

Itsasecretnow · 26/09/2025 23:55

Are you my twin? I’m already in the sheepskin boots with the thick layer of wool inside, and currently in 2 pairs of socks and some tights. And I’m in the house!

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I’m trying y hold off on the boots as once on my feet that will be me til next May 😆

INB4 · 27/09/2025 09:38

Of course they will. What are you talking about?

DarkForces · 27/09/2025 08:43

Don't worry. I have various thicknesses of winter coats and can add layers and gloves. I'll build up as I need to, but thanks for your concern

LegoTherapy · 27/09/2025 08:38

GoldPoster · 26/09/2025 21:43

Whenever I meet someone who doesn’t feel the cold they’re fat. It helps.

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I’m not fat (BMI 21), I do feel the cold but I don’t wear a coat until it drops closer to freezing than 5 degrees because if I’m outside I’m walking up and down hills and the activity keeps me warm. I usually put a hat and scarf on with my hoodie before I wear my coat. In the house I feel colder because I’m not as active.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 27/09/2025 00:21

I've never understood this logic. If somebody is cold now, they're cold. Just like if somebody is hot, they're hot and shouldn't be told they must wear a jumper/jacket/coat or they'll never get to appreciate being able to take them off and feel cooler.

steff13 · 26/09/2025 23:57

OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 23:26

It’s 17 where I am and it’s freezing. What’s cold to one person isn’t to another and vice versa.

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Yes. That's about 63° F. Where I live there would be plenty of people in shorts and/or t-shirts at that temperature. I would likely be wearing jeans, a t-shirts, and flip-flops.

Also I don't think coats work the way OP thinks they do. I have a coat that's rated to keep you warm down to -20° F (-28° C). When I wear it when it's 30° F, that doesn't make it less warm when it's colder than that.

Itsasecretnow · 26/09/2025 23:55

liveforsummer · 26/09/2025 21:42

Yes, I also have raynauds and buy my big coats a couple of sizes up so I can fit other coats underneath. it’s still incredibly mild during the day and I have on vest, t shirt or long sleeve top, jumper and fleece as standard. I’m only on 2 pairs of socks atm and yet to bring out the boots with the sheepskin insoles. Looking forward to trying out the heated gilet I bought in the sale

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Are you my twin? I’m already in the sheepskin boots with the thick layer of wool inside, and currently in 2 pairs of socks and some tights. And I’m in the house!

ninjahamster · 26/09/2025 23:53

People just have different tolerances don’t they? And will wear more layers? I don’t actually own a winter coat, just a mac! I don’t feel the cold at all.

OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 23:53

Itsasecretnow · 26/09/2025 23:51

Yes, and also a still, bright 17° day will feel a lot nicer than an overcast 17° day with a wind from the north, for example.

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Exactly. I’m also low in iron so that doesn’t help. I’m pretty much permanently cold lately.

Itsasecretnow · 26/09/2025 23:51

OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 23:26

It’s 17 where I am and it’s freezing. What’s cold to one person isn’t to another and vice versa.

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Yes, and also a still, bright 17° day will feel a lot nicer than an overcast 17° day with a wind from the north, for example.

Itsasecretnow · 26/09/2025 23:49

Many moons ago, when I was young, my mother always told us to take our coats off indoors, “otherwise you won’t feel the benefit when you go back out”!

EchoedSilence · 26/09/2025 23:47

Poor cold teeny tinies. Maybe they should eat some pies and then they wouldn't need a coat?

Sunsetoasis · 26/09/2025 23:34

Come winter I’m in merino base layers, mohair socks, a wooly hat with a hat underneath, and a full length snowman themed fleece hoodie. and that’s just for bed lol.
i just haven’t started the layers yet, I reckon I’ll be alright.

OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 23:26

BitOutOfPractice · 26/09/2025 23:18

Except where I am, it’s not cold. 17° today

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It’s 17 where I am and it’s freezing. What’s cold to one person isn’t to another and vice versa.

DontReinMeIn · 26/09/2025 23:21

GoldPoster · 26/09/2025 21:43

Whenever I meet someone who doesn’t feel the cold they’re fat. It helps.

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I’m fat.

I feel the cold.

I’ve been wearing my winter coat in the mornings most days. It’s been 7 degrees max, feels like 3. I go by the feels like, not the actual.

if it’s 25 degrees but feels like 15, I’ll dress for 15.

BitOutOfPractice · 26/09/2025 23:18

GoldPoster · 26/09/2025 21:43

Whenever I meet someone who doesn’t feel the cold they’re fat. It helps.

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Except where I am, it’s not cold. 17° today

EmeraldShamrock000 · 26/09/2025 22:15

I wear a padded jacket now, I will add thermal layers understand as it gets colder.

lazyarse123 · 26/09/2025 22:14

Dh always asks if it's warm outside and then says "don't know why I'm asking you you're never cold". It's not always as much fun as it sounds.
We go to a lot of national trust houses and by the time we get upstairs I'm practically melting. I am fat but I've always run hot even when thin.
The only thing I think when I see people in coats is that I would just die if I were wearing it.

Movingtodarkestperu · 26/09/2025 21:54

udbi · 26/09/2025 17:40

It’s 16c today and see many people wearing padded/quilted coats now. They are going to feel colder wearing this when it’s 6c max.
I doubt it’s about cost.

Mum? Is that you?

GoldPoster · 26/09/2025 21:43

ProfDBS · 26/09/2025 17:44

some people who don’t feel the cold, see it as some great achievement of theirs and have a superiority complex over those who do get cold. I find it such a strange thing to be proud of!

Whenever I meet someone who doesn’t feel the cold they’re fat. It helps.