Unpopular
Look, I know this is a deeply unpopular view, but I need to get it out in the open.
I like humidity.
I prefer it to dryness.
Let me count the ways:
- My hands do not crack and bleed
- My face does not feel tight and stiff
- My hair does not become a static-y crazy halo
- My lungs do not want to explode when I exercise
I always hear people say things like, “Humidity is like being in the bathtub all the time.”
To which I ask, “What’s so wrong with that?”
I like dryness because:
-My skin does not break out every day of every season no matter what time of the month it is.
-My hair obeys. It stays put for DAYS at a time. Literally. I did my hair today. I will not do it again tomorrow.
-I do not feel like I’m suffocating when I walk outside in the heat.
-It actually gets cooler in the shade, in the mornings, and the in the evenings.
I dread having to live in a humid place again.
I like humidity, but I don’t mind dry. The best part of western SD- very few BUGS.
Lucky you! My hair is the opposite. Every time I came home from BYU for a break, my hair would frizz up the instant I stepped off the plane in the Dallas airport.
You clearly don’t have curly/wavy/thick hair.
I actually enjoy the humidity as well. Your not alone on this one.
Mmmm….
Hot topic.
I love my neck of the woods. The only time I am not happy is when we experience the curse of the New England Summer: The Triple H.
Hot, Hazy and Humid.
We can count on about two weeks of misery each summer. Other than that, I’ll keep whatever. Humidity in and of itself is not bad. Just the combination of humidity plus heat is most unpleasant.
I like humidity in the bathroom. When it’s NOT hhh outside.
LOL! I’ve lived in both climates. While there were definite benefits to living in Northern Nevada (the heat never felt that hot, no perspiring, it almost always cooled off dramatically at night), there were also obvious drawbacks (we went through lotion and chapstick like crazy, the static electricity was out of control). What I noticed though, moving back into a humid area, is that humidity makes your skin look younger. That is reason enough for me to appreciate humidity.
I have to disagree with you. I hate the humidity. It’s one of the many reasons, I wanted to move north. Stepping outside and sweating as I walked a few feet to my car was unbearable. I found the air oppressive and hard to breath. I do hate the excessive lotions and chapstick I have to consume now, but at least I can go outside and not sweat to death.
I’m from Florida and am now in Utah. I’ll take FL over UT any day. My dh’s family is from TX and they’re always telling me, “Oh, this is a dry heat. It’s better than being in humidity”. No. Heat is heat and I’ll take the humid heat any day. Totally agree with you on this one.
I’m with Miri. I end up with a frizzy, curly halo. Clown hair. It’s not attractive.
I remember my friend realizing once that in Utah you use lotion for moisture, not just to smell good!
Where I live it’s super dry, so when I go into humidity I feel like I’m breathing in water and suffocating! And my hair goes totally flat 🙁 So, I do have to side on the “dry side”.
I wonder if it has to do with what you’re used to? Or do you live in a dry place and just so happen to prefer humidity? 🙂
After spending four summers in Georgia, I cannot say that I love, or even like, humidity, but after about a week of it I always get used to it. Unfortunately, my honeymoon in Purto Vallarta only was a week, and my hair never did adjust. I have pictures to prove it.
Good for you for taking a stand.
I like it except for when it’s 100 degrees out with 90% humidity. Then I want to die.
oh my gosh, I agree so much! I just spent a few days in Virginia and after a 9 month dry spell, I finally felt appropriately hydrated.
Mmm, if I had to pick one, I’d pick dry over humid. I tend to feel much more uncomfortable when I’m sticky, wet and leaving embarrassing sweat marks.