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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

155 replies

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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Thedogscollar · 26/09/2025 18:02

I was also told as a child if you sit on a cold wall you will get piles!!
Equally mad "advice"

AutieAdult · 26/09/2025 17:59

Some people really feel the cold just generally or due to illness.

InfoSecInTheCity · 26/09/2025 17:58

I’ve lost a lot of weight since last winter and I am really feeling the cold. I now understand how everyone else felt when I was size 24 in short sleeves or a light hoodie in zero degree weather. I’m seriously considering just taking to my bed with a heated blanket and hibernating for the winter, or renting a long term Airbnb in Spain and wintering somewhere warmer.

MumoftwoNC · 26/09/2025 17:58

I used to feel the cold really badly. Then after my pregnancies my body changed in lots of ways and I am now never cold.

It's no achievement, it's just one of those things. It's not a sign of fitness or good health particularly - I never have time to get any exercise or a proper night's sleep so I'm not in better health than I was

LegoLandslide · 26/09/2025 17:58

It was in fact 6 degrees this morning at my school drop off so I wore my big coat. I haven't got home to change since and I'm not carrying two around!

DiscoNights · 26/09/2025 17:55

I saw a woman in an ankle length quilted coat and a knitted bobble hat yesterday. It was very strange. It was really warm here and a lot of people were in t shirts.

Mumteedum · 26/09/2025 17:54

I love the phrase feel the benefit. You're my fave poster today 😁 🌟

IShouldNotCoco · 26/09/2025 17:53

Tbh we all have two coats each - a lighter one to cover rain with a bit of padding. And then warmer coats for when the mornings are icy…

havingamarvelloustimeruiningeverything · 26/09/2025 17:53

I wear either a t shirt and jumper or t shirt and thick coat right now. When it gets colder it will be t shirt, jumper and coat. When it gets even colder I’ll add a thermal vest. Layers darling, layers

IShouldNotCoco · 26/09/2025 17:51

I think this is a myth.

5128gap · 26/09/2025 17:50

Are you everyone's nan OP?

amylou8 · 26/09/2025 17:49

No ill have acclimatised by actual winter. But it's suddenly dropped 15 degrees and I'm bloody freezing.

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 26/09/2025 17:49

Nana, is that you?

KillerMounjaro · 26/09/2025 17:49

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!

I hope you don’t comment on what these people are wearing then.

I never wear a coat and nearly always wear a short sleeved top even in winter and people comment on it all time - to the point where I feel like I’m always talking about how I don’t wear a coat.

It’s them that bring it up, though, not me!

Hinterland101 · 26/09/2025 17:47

Sleepthief · 26/09/2025 17:45

😂

Is that you, Grandma?

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Yeah that’s what instantly came to mind for me too!

”Take that coat of now or you won’t feel the benefit of it when you go out” said my Grandmother in the 80s.

CopperWhite · 26/09/2025 17:46

When it’s colder, I will be cold anyway and will wear extra layers under the coat. It’s nice when it’s not so cold that a coat properly works.

BlueandWhitePorcelain · 26/09/2025 17:45

I wore a light winter coat today. When it’s really cold, I’ll get my Didrikson out - it’s so warm, I hardly ever need to do it up and I certainly can’t go shopping in it.

Sleepthief · 26/09/2025 17:45

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.

😂

Is that you, Grandma?

Lucy5678 · 26/09/2025 17:45

So I should be cold now, so I feel fractionally less cold at some hypothetical point in the future?

Yeah, that makes sense.

Arlanymor · 26/09/2025 17:45

Everyone is different and some people feel the cold a lot more. I’m the other way around and usually only wear a coat from November - February. With the way perimenopause is going I might not need to wear one at all this winter! But it’s no one else’s business when or where I wear a coat and vice versa.

MyFortieth · 26/09/2025 17:45

Are you nuts? They (we actually) just layer up!

OneFootintheHedgehog · 26/09/2025 17:44

I’m absolutely freezing now (I run cold generally) so I’m wearing a winter coat, but I have another, thicker coat so I don’t see the problem. We’re all different.

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!

Noshadowsinthedark · 26/09/2025 17:43

Many people would wear more layers under their coat when it’s colder.

Dearg · 26/09/2025 17:43

Layers are your friend.