To say you can’t get cosy in Summer?

The definition of cosy is comfort, warmth and relaxation which you definitely can do in the summer, with or without rain.

I personally wouldn’t use the word cosy for summer but by it’s own definition it’s possible you can be cosy

You cannot get cosy in summer

Unless it's raining

Wanderung off topic but thread has just alerted me to realising that ‘cosy’ or more frequently the American form ‘cozy’ seems to be one of the most overused words on social media atm. You know those unsolicited posts on FB which display an obviously AI-generated image of a room in a house lit by fairy lights with the word “Cozy” followed some emojis. And everyone comments underneath “so cosy” or “so beautiful” or “I would love to live here”. Annoys me irrationally.

Back on topic and I think in summer we tend to relabel ‘cosy’ as ‘romantic’ especially when it’s outdoors eg fairy lights. For me, cosy tends to involve fire and protection against the cold.

I cannot get "cosy" in Summer, because
I absolutely hate every aspect of it. Summer and Spring. 😭

I mean, UKmean summer temp is apparently 16c.
You can absolutely get cosy with fire😂

Oh I can get cozy for an afternoon snooze in the shade!

I think you can definitely be cosy in summer - certainly in the UK, where summers are often not particularly warm. Lying in bed in holiday accommodation listening to the sea during the night is cosy, I think. So is that feeling when you've been outside all day and then the temperature drops at night and you have to go and get a hoodie if you want to stay outdoors when it's dark.

Years ago, we went on a boat trip in July to a very remote Scottish island. Four hours on a small motor cruiser boat. It was a very bright, sunny summer day but the journey was still very rough and very windy, lots of sea spray out on deck, winds out at sea etc, and then we were outdoors on an island with zero shelter for ages. Anyway - when we got back on the boat to go home again, we went below deck and the boat's owner/captain put the kettle on and gave us hot mugs of tea and big slabs of cake that his wife had made, and I have literally never been more cosy in my life than I was at that moment.

That’s exactly how I feel - you said it perfectly

Nothing cosier than the garden when the suns gone down after a warm day, the fairy lights come on, you get the fire pit going and a throw round your shoulders.
Except maybe hearing the sea and seeing the glow from other people's lanterns and camp fires when you're tucked up in your tent with your grubby DC after a day on the beach.

On hot days, when I'm in my hammock as the sun goes down, I get a blanket and a cup of tea, fluff up my pillow, switch on the fairy lights and read for a bit as it cools down. That's cosy, but I agree there aren't many aspects of summer the word can be applied to. Maybe a sauna with too many people in it? 😁

a mid afternoon nap, on crisp fresh bed linen with the window open so the breeze gently wafts the curtains, you can hear a bit of bird song and you know it’s beautifully sunny and hot outside, but nice and cool in your room…. That to me is absolute bliss and ‘cosy’.

Only time I think cosy in the summer is if there is a properly good storm at night and it’s thunder and lightning and pelting rain. Cosy is about gathering everything in and making your world smaller and compact and snug… summer in general is about openness, space, freedom
and freshness

Shame you haven't read the OP properly. She's proposing that the word "cosy" cannot possibly apply to summer. I do wish posters would read more carefully (or reach for their glasses) before commenting.

Cosy to me is when it is cold/dreary outside and I am snuggled up inside. I can’t think of any occasion I have described feeling cosy on a hot summers day.

Bare feet and feet up, sun shining on them, towel around you/ towering robe on!

Cosy would be an odd word to use in the summer. It generally implies a feeling of snugness in a place of warmth and shelter (away from cold weather), or a room in an otherwise cold building. It can also describe things such as blankets or sweaters, which again ratifies it's meaning in relation to the cold. An example of usage from the OED is:

"I felt warm and cosy sitting by the fire".

You can certainly get cosy if you’re camping in the summer, especially if you’ve got your duvet and it’s raining outside (and you don’t need the loo).

YANBU.

You cannot be cosy in summer.

Ok, hear me out: a short drive to the beach at about 2pm via the farm shop (fresh fruit, fresh baked pastries): set up camp on the beach, cushion, book, strawberries to munch on, swim..and then nap for a couple of hours. That to me is cosy!

Or: after boiling at work the whole day, jump in the sea, cool down watching the sun come down while you’re floating about, come out and grab a portion of chips and a beer and watch the sun disappear wrapped in a blanket. Cosy!

Or: Friday evening, fairy lights on in the back garden, nibbles and wine with girlfriends putting the world to right long into the night.

Or: early start, a cycle to a beauty spot with your coffee and a croissant, a book or your jurnal, take a couple of hours to just be, cycle back. That’s cosy too.

I’m in Scotland and I absolutely refuse to have anything cosy from the beginning of February, I’m scunnered with cosy season. The washing was on the line today, it was sunny and there’s a feeling of spring approaching in the air, my spring bulbs are up and the mornings and evenings are getting lighter. We do nothing cosy until at least the end of October, I cling on to summer as long as I can.

I don’t control the weather unfortunately I just try to make the best of each season 🤷‍♀️

Probably best to just embrace summer for what it is then and enjoy the variety in living rather than thinking about how you can make it compatible with fundamentally uncompatible things like hot water bottles, blankets and raging fires and concepts like "cosy".

Aibu to say that Summer is a lot of lovely things, but it definitely isn’t cosy.

Cosy to me is curling up under a blanket, fire on, low lighting, or getting in bed with a hot water bottle and a big duvet.

I live in England where it’s definitely possibly to be cosy in summer (because it’s torrential rain and cold outside, despite the time of year)!

I agree. A sun lounger, drink, book, and just relaxing in the warmth is lovely. But I wouldn’t use the word “cosy”. Blissful, dreamy, relaxing. But not cosy.

I definitely still get cosy. Curtains shut, fire on just the light mode, fan on, light blanket on, candles.