To think, if my lips are blue, then it's too bloody cold?

[KhalliWhalli]

Sorry for this rant but hopefully there will be other posters who feel the same. Where I am it is winter and I am freezing . I have four layers of clothes on and am trying to work in these conditions but finding it hard. I've just been to the bathroom and seen that my lips are blue. Just for background, I am in great health and have no circulatory problems.

If I hear the words, "rug up" or "just put another jumper on" one more time I swear to God...

AIBU?

and in any case:

1. the OP has said she's staying with relatives (presumably WFH) and therefore HSE guidance does not apply
2. the OP is clearly not in the UK and therefore HSE guidance does not apply

She could be in Argentina or Chile

Am I the only one who finds this thread a bit pointless and attention seeking? Why start it, if any information beyond '7 degrees here' is 'too outing'? Or do you just want to know whether it's normal to get blue lips at this temperature? I think it is, but people on MN get very competitive as to who is the 'hardiest' and claim to have their thermostat set to 15 degrees in January.

What s the temperature outside?
Why can't you go to a warm coffee shop?

If it is 7 degrees outside, it is unlikely to be 7 degrees inside.

I feel your pain 😂 I also live in a country where people literally don't care about cold - they don't even have central heating installed! Like, anywhere. People just wear more clothes. In the houses there will be small electric heaters, or sometimes AC units which can also blow out hot air, but mostly people don't use them as they think they're unhygienic. They just wear loads of clothes. They even eat dinner outside in the freezing cold - in the dead of winter, people will be sat outside to eat at the restaurants. The heating is never on in schools. Most schools don't even have heating. Kids and teachers carry these little electric handwarmers to stop their hands getting too cold to write. It's INSANE! I can't get used to it. I have my heater on full blast all the time at home in winter, but it's not the same as central heating. And getting up in the morning is horrible as the bedroom will be all toasty and warm from the heater and then you need to step outside into the icy abyss of a hallway 😫

Anyway, just wanted to sympathise/rant

@Mummyoflittledragon

If you’re trying to work, you’re either getting paid or studying. Either way, you need to be warm otherwise your work will suffer. Is this your employer or something? Keeping you cold is false economy.

I tried to explain this idea to my colleagues and was laughed at because they genuinely thought I was joking 😂

When you say it's 7 degrees, I imagine you mean outside, Not inside?

Do get yourself checked for Raynauds syndrome and/or disease (two slightly different conditions). I have syndrome, which means that even on a breezy July day in England my exposed extremities, hands, toes in sandals, ears, nose and lips will become blue/purple. The capillaries aren’t doing what they should. It’s not serious, just a PITA (and hands/feet!) because my fingers and toes really, really hurt with it if I don’t take medication. Still not ideal but it does help.