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?”
AMEN!I thought I was the only one- I too suffer from static hair and in the humidity- my hair is actually soft- and so is my skin! 🙂
You obviously do not sweat then at the drop of a hat. Those people who are cursed with active sweat glands (like myself) find the humidity to be intolerable. Especially when one has to wear multiple layers of clothing. Nuff said.
“my lungs do not want to explode when I exercise”
No, instead, you feel like you are being suffocated by a large, fuzzy, wet towel.
Sorry Janssen, I have to disagree with you on this one. 😉
Fully in agreement with ya on this one. I love humidity! (Must stem from my growing-up years in the sultry South.)
I don’t even want to think about what I’ve spent on lotions and moisturizers in my five years “up North.”
I’m with you too! Blaine was looking at a job in Tucson, TUCSON. I want to die.
I am shocked. SHOCKED. Humidity = yuck. But we can still be friends.
I grew up in (northern) Nevada too, but I hate humidity. The dry air does dry out my skin, but the moist air = more plants/pollen which sadly dries out my skin as well. Plus, I hate feeling suffocated.
The hard thing about growing up in a place with zero humidity is that I think places like Utah are humid too.
Ha! I always thought I was crazy! I much prefer humidity to dryness. That’s why I miss Minnesota so badly!
Having grown up in the midwest and suffered for 22 years in awful, humid summers, all I have to say is…YOU ARE CRAZY! 🙂
I pretty much have to just exactly echo Lady Susan on this one. Just ditto her comment for me, k?
I mean, not that EXTREME dryness is great either, but I’d rather have to use lotion if I get to have non-frizzy hair and not stink. When you’re a sweat-er, makeup and humidity are not good friends. To each his own.
Gee – You mean you don’t like to get “zapped” every time you touch metal? LOL
I’ve also lived in both climates. I think both have their good points and bad points. Overall, I’ll take the dry. I don’t like crawling into a bed that feels like the sheets just came out of the washing machine.
I know! Every once in awhile it feels really muggy here in NY but for the most part I don’t mind it. I didn’t even realize what a difference it made till I went home to Utah at Christmas and thought I was dying. My skin was cracking all over the place.
I have things I love about humidity and things I hate, but I was just having a conversation about what humidity does to food as compared to the dry weather. Even though all my crackers go soft over time, at least my marshmellows and brown sugar never go hard like they did in Arizona!
There is a big difference between the convection oven of Utah and the armpit of Houston, however.
I like OREGON humidity.
I understand Lady Susan’s comment perfectly–I’m a sweaty girl. Not a wilty girl. Not a glistening girl. A SWEATY girl.
welcome to the east coast sister…..nice to have you on the dark side.
Woah – look at all your comments “unpopular”… right… I agree with you as far as the exercise bit goes – I USED to run – all the time – and it is so much better in the humid air. But – my skin/hair turns into a grease pit and I am allergic to mold. I fare much better in dryer climates.
Mm…I think Austin and Dallas are perfect humidity. If we could actually get a job in Austin, that’s where we would live. We could get jobs in DFW, but my parents live there, and there really needs to be at least a four hour drive between us.
I’m with ya–I live in Dallas and love the humidity. Hate when I travel to visit family in Utah and my skin shrivels up. Although–Houston is TOO humid…sometimes the air is so thick it is difficult to breath (and I’m not talking about smog). I lived 3 years in College Station and couldn’t step outside my house during the summer without immediately breaking into a bad sweat. That is the only ick part for me.
I hate flat hair, so I’m happy in Nevada.
I 100% COMPLETELY agree with you! I feel like something is off when there is no humidity enveloping me and making me feel even warmer than I already do….
usually when you post something you think is unpopular, I agree with you, but in this case, no…sorry. I get the frizzies!