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Wearing a coat

posted 7 days ago by fourlemons (1643)
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Do you wear a coat when you go out and it's cold outside if you will be going straight from your house to your car and then your car into a building?

I hate wearing coats and almost never do if I won't have to spend a considerable amount of time outside. They get bunched up and then you have to figure out where to put them when you go somewhere that you can't hang them up.

I get fussed at or have comments made a lot. Am I the only person who hates wearing a coat if I'm not going to be outside for long?

[–] db20db (17235) 7 days ago

I bought one very similar to this for a steal one year and it got me through roughly 20 winters. Occasionally, in the dead of winter, I'd wear a hoodie underneath it. It was difficult to finally part with it. https://warmgoose.com/products/men-s-vintage-a2-pilot-leather-jacket?currency=USD&variant=44305256186005&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=ba98a60071b9&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxea5BhBeEiwAh4t5K49p02D0ZN1jkkEiAPABWrrhWFnoIeJFjFp1lXd-tJTMHLKwYzoL6RoCJZ4QAvD_BwE

[–] fourlemons (1643) 7 days ago

Very nice! It's possible if I had a leather jacket that I'd be more inclined to wear a coat as much for style as for warmth.

[–] Daft_Munks (4647) 7 days ago

I always go out with a coat on, I prefer coat pockets for my stuff and I get cold easily.

[–] fourlemons (1643) 7 days ago

Makes sense! If I were cold natured I would do the same. I'm the opposite though. I'm hot natured so that's another reason I'm not big on coats.

[–] michaelDclarke (1819) 6 days ago

I just got this coat from Amazon.ca:

1. https://ibb.co/S7hvBF1
2. https://ibb.co/2Mkzw3R

I love the coziness of it!

--Michael D. Clarke

[–] fourlemons (1643) 6 days ago

That's a very nice coat! Blue is my favorite color. I hope it keeps you good and warm.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14379) 6 days ago

We don't currently live in a climate that requires us to wear heavy coats at all. Our winters are mild enough to only need raincoats or heavy jackets and that's about it.

But I've lived in the Midwest and states that get a bit cold in the winter (you'd be amazed how cold it gets in Tennessee and Texas in the winter, despite their horribly hot summers). So I would wear a coat simply for practical reasons. I also dress in layers for spring and autumn, due to the bi-polar weather we get during those times.

What's interesting is seeing how people handle the cold in different states. Illinoisans wait until it gets down to 30F before putting on heavy coats (my family's like that, despite having not lived in IL since 2007). Tennesseeans are absolute idiots when it comes to bundling up in the winter. Unless they can actually see snow on the ground (which is very rare outside the mountains), they'll dress in clothing better suited for early spring or late fall and freeze their butts off for no reason whatsoever. Texans dress like they're going to the North Pole the moment the outside temperatures dip below 65F.

[–] fourlemons (1643) 5 days ago

Where I live during this time of year it can vary from 40° in the morning to 70° in the afternoon. I just dress in whatever feels physically comfortable, and that sometimes involves layering.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14379) 5 days ago

Good choice :) You can stay fashionable and adapt to the ever-changing temperatures. We're having something similar in my area, despite us living in a Mediterranean climate. Spring can be like that too. However, for emergencies, I currently keep a fake fur coat and two wool coats in the hall closet, should things get super-cold. I also have a bunch of pullovers that I can throw on over T-shirts if I need them.

One thing my family did before we moved away from Texas was gather up a bunch of clothes for the goodwill, and among them were heavy coats we didn't need anymore, and apparently we weren't the only ones to like the styles we chose back in the late 90s/early 2000s, because when we dropped the coats off at the Goodwill, there were needy people almost immediately taking interest in our warm offering :D I guess good taste can be found anywhere ;)

[–] VinceD (9805) 6 days ago

I only wear a light jacket in the winter -- if anything at all -- because it doesn’t get very cold out here, but I have a long, heavy London Fog topcoat for when I’m traveling. I never considered what you’re describing, but it can be a pain getting in and out of a cab or Uber with it.

When I’ve traveled in Europe, I take the metro everywhere, so it’s not an issue. I wonder if this is why long topcoats on men in the U.S. are uncommon? The getting in and out of cars thing? Maybe it’s because we use cars so much, and coats are already so inconvenient -- adding a long and heavy coat makes it even more cumbersome. 🤔

[–] fourlemons (1643) 5 days ago

That could be part of it. One of the main reasons I don't like to wear a coat is how uncomfortable and bunched up it gets behind/underneath me in the car. Also in other places like movie theaters, etc. where you don't have any place to put the coat and so you're just sitting on a bunched up coat.