Gloves & Brollies: what have men got against them?

Umbrellas are not a lot of use when the rain is horizontal though, are they?
Gloves are another matter and with the threat of Coronavirus hanging over us, more people should realise that wearing gloves on public transport significantly reduces the risk of infection.

Personally, I would ban umbrellas. Hate the things!

A busy street full of umbrella users not looking where they are going, some don’t even care if they bump into you. No use whatsoever on a windy day. Grrr.?

What I don’t get though are males and females wearing hooded jackets but not bothering to put their hood up in the pouring rain. A strange one.

I have bought gloves, hats and scarves for presents, which are not worn even in the most extreme of conditions; the recipients then come into the house and stand in front of the fire warming their poor little hands, completely blocking the heat from everyone else.

I very rarely wear gloves, they annoy me when you have to keep taking them on and off.
Umbrellas nearly as bad if the rain still runs off and down your back, and totally useless if it's windy.

Another one for the umbrella ban! Though I think my objection to them is confined to crowded streets, where they can be lethal. They're alright in less crowded places.

I think that so many people spend their time in cars and heated buildings these days that they have very little idea what very cold fresh air can do to them!

My dh wears gloves a lot. He has an unusual form of arthritis that is particularly painful in his hands so gloves are a necessity. Rain is often accompanied by wind here in Scotland and it’s just too much to have to wrestle with an umbrella in a gale.

I do wonder at the men who walk round in shorts in near-freezing temperatures, though.

I dont use umbrellas ,I get them as gifts but they go in a cupboard as I cant be bothered faffing about with them,I dont wear gloves either as my hands are never cold ...ever .My sister has that thing where her hands turn blue with the cold so any gloves I get I pass on to her .

'Any theories as to why men find both the above items anathema?'

My theory is that they don't. It's just another stereotype which women can use but men do so at their peril. It's harmless but, these days, the pillory awaits.

I use both gloves and umbrellas when the occasion demands. As far as I can see from a casual Google, the main reason why men might avoid them is potential abuse from women. One contributor to Mumsnet was very definite on the subject and, according to The Telegraph, real men avoid them. One ex-England football manager was branded 'the Wally with the brolly' which might have influenced some real men, especially those who stand bare chested and bare-bellyed at freezing football matches in January. Personally, I like to keep warm and dry and, so far, there have been no complaints - at least, not over gloves and umbrellas.

I just don't get on with umbrellas. I either struggle to put them up, drench myself putting them down or lose them.

DH does keep a golfing one in the car, useful in a downpour if we have to stand anywhere but not in a busy street.

I have never owned an umbrella but have had to walk in the road many times to avoid others. I wear gloves a lot, mainly to cut down on germs.

I like gloves as my hands are freezing in the winter. Terrified of the expensive ones as I get out of the car and they drop on the floor sometimes if I’ve taken them off inside! Usually to text ( passenger of course). Keep an umbrella in the carjust In case.

Well, I use an umbrella if it is raining and there isn't a stiff wind. I wear glasses and walking in the rain without an umbrella is hard as no-one has yet invented windscreen wipers for glasses.

I wear gloves in cold weather, but it took me years to want to do so, as gloves were part of our school uniform and we hated having to wear them.

I think most men still feel it is unmanly to show that they feel the cold

I use a stick now my osteoarthritis is so bad,and find i cant manage a stick,a brolly,and a handbag! I often dont have a free hand to keep pulling up my hood either in gale weather so thats probably the mystery of that question..my son wears gloves in winter for driving,and he's only 21.he takes them off indoors (shops etc) but yes with this virus rife & winter bugs maybe he shouldn't. I often take gloves but the constant on/off deters me but maybe i should wear them now.

Yes in the north i think especially carrying a brolly they seem to think you are a 'jessie' if youre a bloke with a brolly maybe not so much gloves nowadays as they have the new fangled ones for txting or from designer sport wear like adidas,puma,etc.

My daughter always seems to break a brolly,its well known in our family she always needs a new one?

Ha ha this is my husband to a tee. No gloves, no hat, no umbrella. When it's raining I put my hood up. He hates that, and mutters "how sexy" not!××

I am a man and have used brolly and gloves all my life , sheer stupidity not to when needed, storm proof ish umbrella, with exception to storms Dennis and Ciara, some good leather gloves. It depends where you have lived , ie wild and woolly places. Nowadays thats everywhere.

Some men use both, their choice but mine would only wear gloves,would never ever use a brolly, wears a coat with a hood attached

I never use an umbrella myself. Never have since I was a teenager, probably. Too much of a nuisance to carry and store etc. I have coats with hoods for when it rains, or I just get wet. I do wear gloves in winter though. My DH won' t wear gloves no matter how cold it is, despite having a couple of pairs in a drawer. He just shoves his hands in his pockets.

I’m happy to take an umbrella on a day out as long as it’s not likely to be windy. As for gloves, they don’t seem to keep my hands warm, no idea why but pockets seem better.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

My son owns more pairs of gloves than I do but he's a professional cellist and very particular about looking after his hands. He doesn't like brollies though.

DH uses gloves and always has a pair in his coat pocket. Neither of us has an umbrella - we gave these up decades ago. Living here in the rainy NW, we've found that wearing a really good (Gortex treated, or similar) coat/raincoat (with hood, or worn with a stout hat) is preferable to using an umbrella. (Leaves both the hands free, too.)

I would ban umbrellas too! I'm only 5 feet tall so I'm constantly getting poked by the end spokes of everyone else's brollies!

I also agree with another comment, they are totally useless n high winds!