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‘Won’t you be too hot in that?’ (Lighthearted trivial moan!)

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Witzend Wed 26-May-21 16:05:58

Bluesky I stopped saying such things to dh a while ago on the grounds that a) he’s supposed to be grown up, and b) despite many years away, he’s lived for long enough in the U.K. to know that sun and blue sky does not mean it’s going to be warm - not in January, anyway.

If it is hot and sunny though, it can be tempting not to remind him to bring a hat, without which his nut will get burnt - but I’ve been known to remind him anyway.

BlueSky Wed 26-May-21 12:28:24

I’m guilty of saying the opposite to DH: “Aren’t you going to be cold without a jacket”? And usually he’s the only one in a t shirt apart from joggers! He does comment that I’m not going to need a coat/scarf/hat but I no longer take any notice!

Jemimma Wed 26-May-21 11:00:01

I have one like that he spent years telling me that I wasn’t trying hard enough as I couldn’t keep up with him. Finally I was diagnosed with hypermobilty which means you tire more easily than “normal people” !

Sago Wed 26-May-21 10:54:06

My late mother was convinced every illness was due to a chill on the kidneys,liver,chest etc.
Her house was hermetically sealed and the heating always on.

I hate to be too hot and was always being told I would “ catch my death”

I live in a draughty old house and will put on a jumper rather than the heating.
I rarely catch anything.

Doodledog Wed 26-May-21 10:53:58

I saw a social media post from a young woman I know, who said that she hated that comment too, as she has scars on her arms from self-harming, which she covers in all weathers.

I can see that it's the sort of thing that people say without thinking (in the nicest possible sense!), but I try never to comment on people's appearance like that. No 'have you lost weight', or 'you are looking so much better now' or anything of that sort. I would say 'I like your dress, or hair', but you just never know when a personal comment could be really hurtful.

timetogo2016 Wed 26-May-21 10:48:56

Blimey,thank god it isn`t just me that has a man like that.

ginny Wed 26-May-21 10:38:22

Yep, I get that question too.
If I say I am chilly, he has to tell me what the temperature is in whichever room / place we are in. If I feel cold, I feel cold !

Blossoming Wed 26-May-21 10:32:10

Not that question, but Mr. B is always too hot and I am always cold. Obviously he is the abnormal one grin

Witzend Wed 26-May-21 09:34:53

or ‘Aren’t you too hot in that?’

Does anyone else get this, from a dh/dp/anyone else, who apparently has personal central heating?

I recently asked dh to please STOP! saying this - if I thought I was going to be hot with whatever it is on, I wouldn’t have worn it. And if I did turn out to be too hot, I’d take a layer off.

Should add, I can go out with dh on a day when literally every person you see - even in the hundreds and regardless of age - will be wearing a coat or jacket - and he’ll just be in a shirt with a thin jumper on top.

One of our dds is much the same.

In fact I do think dh feels the cold more than he used to, but some macho-ego thing means he can’t bring himself to admit it.