AIBU to be baffled by thick hoodies and woolie hats in 34C heat?

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Don’t get how people can wear thick hoodies and woolie hats in 34c heat

Had an outpatient appointment yesterday. Went on the bus as parking is a nightmare. The bus wasn’t air conditioned. Dripping with just wearing shorts and t-shirt.

On the bus going home around 6 people from teens to 70s wearing hoodies, coats, beanies.

Even a lady in front of me turned round and said “how can they wear that in this heat?” Wearing a sundress

I never understand it. They must be soaked under that. I’d be worried about heat stroke

My DS does this. He doesn’t like any skin showing and he likes the comfort of layers. He has autism

I always think drug addict if they look dirty too.
Heroin addicts don’t feel the heat the same.
Lots of older people feel cold but other than that it does look very odd.

I always ponder what they wear when it’s actually cold!

I am not wearing hoodies and coats and hats but I am feeling the cold more this year than I have before, but up until this summer I was obese my whole life from primary school. It has been really strange discovering just how much insulation all the fat gave me. I’ve gone from never wearing a coat, even on -3 days to goosebumps on my arms if I’m wearing a tshirt and it’s less than 25 degrees.

Yes this. DS1 has autism and sensory issues and very little ability to discern how to dress appropriately for the weather. When he was younger I had infouence over it- now he is 16 I just don't. It makes me feel queasy looking at him in his hoodie and the sweat beads on his forehead. I just can't feel it's comfortable for him.

I know everyone's different, but...

I once saw a woman in thick trackie bottoms and a thick winter fleece, zipped up to her chin, on a really scorching day. She was striding along the street very fast - so was clearly strong and vigorous. I know that people with limited mobility might feel the cold more. But there honestly wasn't any cold to feel!

Similarly, when driving in extreme cold - everything was frozen solid - a woman with a spaghetti-strap vest top and very short skirt and no tights. I was so cold myself I couldn't believe it.

I actually get it to an extent as I have a massive preference for winter clothes and don't like wearing summer clothes. I guess these folk are a lot more stubborn than me about it.

I’ve seen it too. People getting on the bus with a coat when it’s 25 degrees out! I’m going out on bus later in London so will see what the general public attire is!
I know some of it is sensory, ie, autistic people, but I still don’t get how they’re not boiling and uncomfortable.

For those who have DC who sensitive issues about requiring to wear thick clothing. If they become ill from heat stroke, would you try to get them some kind of therapy to understand that their dress sense caused them to be ill and make them feel comfortable in summer clothes?

I’m crap at describing things like this

We have a high population of addicts where i live granted it isn't as hot here, but they wear jackets and goodies because they are always cold, also.if they are up to no good it is easy to hide in a hood.

It also depends where people have come from...e.g. Italian and Spanish tourists in London in Spring that are still wearing jackets when UK people have gone into T-shirts. They are probably a bit chilly!

We have a lady in India on my team at work and she laughs at us when we say things like "It's a lovely day - 20 degrees" she'd definitely be wearing a jumper then.

Its not something therapy would help with because its to do with an internal need that regulatess you and is physically uncomfortable when not met. (Autistic adult)

Thsi is true. I have just come back from Australia (winter). My parents were shivering and saying it was 'bitter'. It never got below 12 degrees. Neither i nor the Dcs broke out a coat or scarf at all. My mother (who tends to get a bee in her bonnet) kept banging on about 'put a coat on" with increasing levels of horror. I never felt cold. She was shivering and saying how unpleasant it all was. We thought it a regular spring sort of day.

I was checking my ring bell footage from yesterday & saw a guy walk past my house with black jeans on, a thick hoodie with his hood up and a cap on underneath that too. I thought he must be sweating his nuts off, as it was the hottest day of the year.😂

People deal with heat differently.

Not quite the same but chatting to someone in Manila yesterday and they said it was cold, when I asked what the temp was, it was 30. 😆 But that IS cold for them.

I’ve worked with lots of young people whose sensory processing differences mean they don’t feel the heat int he same way as others. A lot wear either wear big jumpers in summer or be in shorts and tshirt all winter.

Is it any different from girls/young women going out in tiny mini dresses, bare legged in sandals and coatless in the depths of winter?

I was thinking this yesterday when walking back to the station. It was 38 degrees and London was sweaty human soup.

I walked past a very beautiful and cool looking woman who was wearing a shin length body con jumper deess, black tights and knee high leather boots.

Because they can still be cold? Anything less than 25 and I’m cold. I’m not talking a bit chilly, I full on shiver and shake badly, my nose and fingertips turn purple and my extremities feel it. It’s biting. (Yes this is assumed to be part of a medical condition) so I can see it.

I have very low blood pressure and am low BMI. I feel the cold badly.

It was over 30 degrees yesterday and colleagues were laughing at me walking around wearing a cashmere cardi over my dress, but I would have been chilly without it.

Yes, in the winter I really suffer dreadfully and sometimes I am in such pain from arthritis that it makes me cry and I can’t really move.

A fully centrally heated house with the thermostat turned right up I reckon.

Yep my autistic daughter is exactly the same. Wont have any skin out and loves the weighted hoodies with squishes in the sleeves.

My first assumption is always autism. My neighbiur just walked by in socks and shoes, leggings under a denim skirt, whatever top, under a denim jacket with a lightweight scarf, with a hat. My assumption is a mix of protection from the sun and ASC

Agree. Some people don't appear to own any summer clothes
I've seen black trousers, boots, jeans, it looks strange. Black attracts the heat too.

At school there was always a summer uniform, and a winter uniform and there's always been seasonal wear in shops.