Why do people think being cold is automatically more an issue than being too hot?

[MotorGreenGrass]

I started a thread about the heating and my lodger.

Automatically people state they can’t be cold…. At the same time, neither can I be too hot?

So surely a consensus can be meet?

There is nothing worse than being cold!!

@PaddlingLikeADuck

There is nothing worse than being cold!!

There is - being too hot! Hate it.

Remind me which one you were again. There's been quite a few hot versus cold threads recently. From memory, most of the OPs got their arses handed to them (but maybe I dreamt that).

Its a balancing act! I get bad headaches in overheated rooms. A cold person can wear more layers, use blankets etc. All you can do for an overheated room is leave.

@PaddlingLikeADuck

There is nothing worse than being cold!!

Being too hot?

Being too hot is worse than being cold. Warming up is easier. Too many people think they should be able to wear tee shirts all year round. Put on layers, wrap up, keep your wrists and ankles warm and the rest is easier.

Cooling down is horrible and less options on how.

It's easier to warm up in a cold room, than cool down in a hot one.

I would rather a be a little cold than too hot.

@PaddlingLikeADuck

There is nothing worse than being cold!!

I agree. I just can't function when I am cold. Just putting on another jumper doesn't work because it doesn't change the ambient temperature.

I can cope with heat far better than the cold. But I'm not a typical mumsnetter in this respect.

With the cold I can manage, if it's too hot it's too sweaty and sticky ect, and feels like an oven when going to supermarkets then coming out into the hot sun.

The cost of heating aside, it's unusual to feel too hot at a normal room temperature surely? Is there not a compromise that feels comfortable to both? It's not like a 30C degree heat wave in the summer if the outdoor temperature is cold.

@DanielRicciardosSmile

It's easier to warm up in a cold room, than cool down in a hot one.

Prevention rather than the cure?

@DanielRicciardosSmile

It's easier to warm up in a cold room, than cool down in a hot one.

No, not for me it isn't. I need a warm ambient temperature as well as several layers to warm up. I don't walk around in shorts and T-shirts unless the weather is genuinely hot. I wear jeans and jumpers in winter and cooler weather. It has to be 21 degrees before I take my socks off.

I must be a lizard.

Because the UK is a cold country so there are many situations that can actually be too cold for health/safety or seriously uncomfortable levels of cold, whereas it is very rare for it to actually be properly hot, just slightly warmer in a way some people don't like.

In places where the heat frequently hits mid 30s or higher then a complain about too hot might be taken more seriously.

Thyroid

When I have the heating on I set it at 22-24 degrees. Anything less is just too cold for me.

I'm one of those that would rather be too hot than cold, and I'm someone who wears stays covered up year round (Muslim). Summertime I can wear chiffon scarves, floaty skirts/dresses etc, but when my ears get cold I get awful headaches and my entire body seems to go stiff when my feet are frozen, no matter how much I layer up! I also hate having the heating on because it sucks all the moisture out of my body.

@nordica

The cost of heating aside, it's unusual to feel too hot at a normal room temperature surely? Is there not a compromise that feels comfortable to both? It's not like a 30C degree heat wave in the summer if the outdoor temperature is cold.

Alas, people’s ideas of what constitutes a ‘normal room temperature’ vary. My nine year old wears shorts and a tee shirt to my parents’ colossally overheated house in winter and even then takes periodic breaks in the garden for air. My mother loves to take photos of family meals, in which everyone has mad, boiled-scarlet-looking cheeks and shiny foreheads.

I hate being cold, I can't function of too cold as it feels like the cold gets right into my bones.
The hotter the better fir me, I love the sun and heat and would happily have a room temp of 23 degrees or above.
Unfortunately DH is the opposite and his ideal temperature is around 16 - 18 degrees and he hates the warm weather. Has caused us many of arguments.

@PaddlingLikeADuck

When I have the heating on I set it at 22-24 degrees. Anything less is just too cold for me.

Where is your thermostat in your house?

Artificial heating is different to natural air temperature... in my experience overheated houses are usually quite unventilated to help maintain the heat.

It's personal preference. I feel the cold easily and find it hard to warm up when I'm properly cold. However I love the heat and find it easy to cool down. Everyone is different, surely that's not difficult to understand.

@xXwhenwillitendXx

I hate being cold, I can't function of too cold as it feels like the cold gets right into my bones. The hotter the better fir me, I love the sun and heat and would happily have a room temp of 23 degrees or above. Unfortunately DH is the opposite and his ideal temperature is around 16 - 18 degrees and he hates the warm weather. Has caused us many of arguments.

A halogen heater would be best for you. Heats you and not the air

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Artificial heating is different to natural air temperature... in my experience overheated houses are usually quite unventilated to help maintain the heat.

Humidity of the temp is why it feels colder in the winter.

Where is your thermostat in your house?

In the hallway when you walk through the front door, why??