https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 05:00:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-633022 Wed, 30 May 2012 23:05:53 +0000 annagybe 633022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Summer, what's that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-633019 Wed, 30 May 2012 23:01:53 +0000 Anonymous 633019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two words for you IK. White linen. Oh, you've figured that out?</p> <p>A little humidity is nice for the skin, but too much mixed with high temps makes everyone CRANKY! We have not yet entered the Monsoon season of our summer, when the wind patterns shift and bring (unwelcome) moisture to our intense heat. When that happens, you will hear me start whining. It lasts for about two months and seems like forever. Anyone with money vacates the region. </p> <p>It's supposed to reach 109F today, but with no humidity, it's not even bothersome. Look how this glass of ice water doesn't even sweat on the table. It's been there for 15 minutes. That freaked me out when I first moved here. The bottom dial on my thermometer is the relative humidity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632881 Wed, 30 May 2012 20:08:27 +0000 Abie 632881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will whine with you. I went to work this morning and then walked a block down to the convenience store and back. This was 7:30 AM. When I got back my hair was huge and wet. One stinking block. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632877 Wed, 30 May 2012 20:03:35 +0000 teeandcee 632877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having spent my first 38 years in Florida you have my deepest sympathy. Right now I'm in the Midwest, where it does get humid and I do complain, but it's nothing like Florida was. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632872 Wed, 30 May 2012 19:58:54 +0000 Sylvie 632872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sending you sympathy. I will take cold/snow any day over hot/humid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632786 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:21:52 +0000 Janet 632786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diana, let me know when you're in town! Maybe we can coordinate a DC meetup! And the pool is always open. </p> <p>I am glad many of you find the humidity helps your skin, but boy, mine doesn't seem to like it. I can't believe I still produce this much shine and breakouts on my face at the age of almost 47. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632771 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:59:09 +0000 Anonymous 632771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear ya. I live in Wisconsin and we get very humid summers. Heck, on Memorial Day it was 93 degrees and humid. It gets to a point where I simply don't venture outside for long periods of time in the summer. Like a vampire. And I don't want to accessorize. Or move, for that matter. </p> <p>As a result, I've tried to stock my closet with a number of easy-to-wear dresses that can stand on their own. All I need is a great bag and sandals. When it gets super hot and humid, I rely heavily on knit dresses from Athleta and Patagonia. That might sound gearish, but they're not. It's really the best way (for me, anyway) to still look put together AND be comfortable in the heat. I just don't think synthetic fabrics and accessorizing are rational choices when the temps and humidity are at their highest. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632764 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:54:24 +0000 rae 632764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like a hot, humid summer while I'm on *vacation*! I usually run cold, so a little H&amp;H makes it easier to strip off and enjoy a swim suit. </p> <p>But yeah, other than that, I'll take a dry desert heat, thank you! I love Palm Springs and Indio. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632757 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:43:03 +0000 Diana 632757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just wanted to add that I grew up in SoCal. So Boston is way too humid for me! I would seriously rather have 95 and dry than 75 and humid. For the first few summers I lived here, the humidity would regularly make me feel nauseous and I found it hard to breathe. I'm a little more used to it now but still hate it. </p> <p>Janet, I wish I had a pool! I am coming to DC for a meeting in mid-June - if the humidity continues to be like this, you might find me knocking on your door with my bathing suit on. =P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632751 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:39:56 +0000 Louise 632751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will never complain about a British summer again!! Ok just a little moan allowed I too hate humid summers but for me it's because I can't breathe properly when it's humid. The last few days have been humid here and it's just started raining, I'm over the moon. I agree with other posters about the skin benefits I get exzema between my fingers in the winter and 2 weeks of good weather and it's all gone x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632734 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:23:08 +0000 Mo 632734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you IK! 2 years in FL recently was a real hardship on my boots, jackets and jeans style I'd honed over years of being in the mountains.<br /> Thank goodness for loose flowy skirts and open shoes is all I can say. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632726 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:14:30 +0000 Anonymous 632726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will say a few things in defense of humidity. After living in the tropical rain forest climate of Central America, without heat or A/C, I prayed that we'd be able to move to a drier climate. Well, the next place we moved to was the Texas panhandle, where it is so windy and dry that my skin cracked open and bled, I had frequent nosebleeds, and it STILL felt hot and miserable when the temperature got over 80 degrees F. Also, because of the extreme climate change, my piano had to have $1k worth of work done on it. Thank God the soundboard didn't crack or warp. Had that happened, I would have had to buy a new instrument. We then moved to southern New Mexico, where it was still hot and dry. While my nosebleeds and cracked skin became a thing of the past, the desert wind blew sand up my nose, etc. I'm not unhappy to be in Georgia. Yes, it's humid, but my skin likes the humidity and my house has heat and A/C. It's just when I have to spend time outdoors that I get grumpy and complain. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632707 Wed, 30 May 2012 16:56:58 +0000 christieanne 632707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to say that I have only really experienced high humidity once - Washington DC in August - and it sucked. I have fog in my blood and can't imagine how you all survive and look polished through the summer.<br /> My sympathy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632635 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:41:19 +0000 morethanbeige 632635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>True dat! So hard to feel fresh and fashionable while sweat is dripping off me! Not to mention the red face! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632633 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:38:28 +0000 Jilly 632633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok,people, I have to say something in defense of the heat and humidity. Granted, it is miserable if you're stuck out in the sun and humidity for hours at a time, but think how great your skin will look with all that moisture! I grew up in Oklahoma, and have lived in houston are off and on for the last 25 years, so I know what I'm talking about. As compensation for our uncomfortable summers, we have fabulous, lovely winters where it rarely gets down to freezing and there's no snow shoveling. Just sayin'. :). And if you want you can get a tan in October. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632632 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:37:13 +0000 Jamie 632632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Count me in. I live in Texas and have never acclimated to the long hot and humid summers. Can't stand them. What I would give for moderate temperatures and humidity levels!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632630 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:36:44 +0000 Janet 632630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, I am right there with you, honey. It doesn't seem fair to me, I don't even live in the deep south! I swear, when we retire someday, we're moving where there is low humidity. I went for a 2-mile run this morning (75 degrees and 80% humidity), and I was sweating more after 20 minutes than I do after a full hour of running in drier weather. My husband kissed my cheek and said I was a salt lick! </p> <p>So I jumped in the pool and swam for another 20 minutes. That's my favorite antidote to the weather here. That and those Edy's frozen fruit bars, yum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632614 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:18:58 +0000 Diana 632614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Argh, me too. I just want to take 8 million cold showers a day. And I live in Boston, so I can't even imagine what it must be like down in Texas. Yikes. </p> <p>To top it off, I have no car (so my commute involves walking outdoors, plus bus or subway where it is anyone's guess whether the AC works), my lab is weirdly warm/humid (unlike almost every other lab I've been in), and my apt. only has AC in the bedroom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632612 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:16:07 +0000 Angie 632612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like hot and humid Summers for three months - but not for LONG stretches at a time. You have my sympathy :(. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632609 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:13:43 +0000 velvetychocolate 632609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate summer too, but hate it even more when it's humid. I don't live in an overly humid area right now, but it is way too hot for my liking. </p> <p>I have traveled to places like Texas in July &amp; August. YIKES. The first time was Houston in July - and I couldn't believe how just walking from the hotel exit to the car meant my sunglasses getting all steamed up and my clothes sticking to me before I've even gone anywhere. And this is at 7 a.m. How it was better to drive the air-conditioned car to a restaurant that was only a block and a half away, because it was simply too hot and muggy even for that little jaunt. </p> <p>Only very simple and loose-fitting clothes will do. </p> <p>Here's hoping this is the fastest summer ever and that it just flies right on by. </p> <p>Hang in there IK. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632600 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:04:07 +0000 Anonymous 632600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally agree! My DH, DD and I are going to Disney World in late June, and will be there for a week. I grew up in FL, so I know how hot and miserable I'm going to feel. I'm still wondering what to wear while there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-which-i-whine-i-hate-humid-summers#post-632571 Wed, 30 May 2012 14:41:03 +0000 ironkurtin 632571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hate. It makes me want to not even try. </p>