Wearing shorts/t-shirts/sandals in the winter

[Dionysus]

When I was younger, only certain types of people were known to wear shorts in the winter...like people from really warm climates, who aren't used to cold winters.

Now I see all types of people wearing summer clothes when it's cold outside. It doesn't matter if it's forty or twenty degrees outside.

I don't see any benefits of doing this. I don't know if this is something unique to my location or not. Do you see people wearing skimpy clothes in cold weather where you're from? Are you one of those peope?

[valkyrie]

Are you talking about white people? LOL.

[aephi alum]

When I was in college (in Boston), I had a classmate who wore tank tops and shorts to class every day from September through November.

In December, he finally conceded to the cold weather and started wearing short-sleeved T-shirts and shorts.

Some people's internal thermostats are broken.

Being from so california i am use to a warm climate so when i went to college in arkansas it was snow and ice. i use to wear a sweatshirt and a pair of shorts and not think twice about it! Now older and wiser i freeze real easy. i guess after having kids my bodys thermal temp has changed drastically.

[PhiMuAmberkins]

I don't think there's anything wrong with tank tops, since layering is key where I live (and you can always wear a coat, then take it off for those places that think winter = 80 degrees inside). But I've never understood shorts and flip flops in the winter.

[AlphaFrog]

I remember in Jr. High wearing flannel-type shorts, nylons and sweatshirts in the winter.

I wore flipflops to class in college in IL...no matter what time of year it was.

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I wore flipflops to class in college in IL...no matter what time of year it was.

I wore flip flops all 4 years of high school, every day, regardless of the weather. It didn't help that some of my classes were in a different building that you had to go outside to get to, but I didn't really care. I got used to it in the winter when inside the school buildings it would be so hot you'd stick to the desks. My feet practically determine my body temperature so it helped to stay cool. The few minutes I spent outside in the snow were nothing compared to the hours I spent inside that hot hell hole.

[Lil' Hannah]

I see a bunch of damn teenagers galavanting around in 30 degree weather wearing flip flops and it's like HEY YOU ARE NOT BEING CUTE PUT SHOES ON.

[AlexMack]

Flip flops are very convenient to slip on, hence I'd wear them. Especially when it was 20 degrees Farenheit that day. And sometimes just a hoodie and jeans if I could get away with it. (If you know New England you know what that alone was a risk).

[SigKapSweetie]

I wear flip-flops pretty much all the time, but I have an excuse. I was a figure skater for almost ten years; my feet literally don't get cold. The rest of me, however, loves a warm thick sweater.

[Stef the Pef]

I've warn sandals in the snow and ice, but then, I don't really care.

As long as they're not white sandals or flip flops before Easter...why not?

And I bet I'm going to wear sandals to class this morning. It's 37 degrees as of now. My feet just don't feel it most of the time.

[Lady Pi Phi]

I'm from the Great White North and people do that here all the time. I mean it isn't cold here until it's 40 below.

Ontario has had quite a mild winter this year, until recently.

I personally think it looks a little strange, but what do I care?!

[33girl]

With a few exceptions occasionally, anything open toed gets put away after Labor Day. Period. And it doesn't come out before Memorial Day. That's what my mommy taught me.

Not to mention, my extremities are cold 2/3 of the time so I would just be a dumbass to wear anything open toed once the temp is below 65.

[valkyrie]

I'll wear shorts outside if I'm coming home from the gym and sandals if I feel like it (although it's been snowy and cold here forever, so not recently). I'm much more sensitive to heat than to cold, so I really never wear heavy sweaters or bundle up unless I'm walking somewhere and it's below 20.

What baffles the hell out of me are people who wear huge down coats and hats when it's in the 60s. WTF is that?

[breathesgelatin]

Since moving to Texas I have been amazed at the number of people who think that flip-flops are year-round footwear and that a UT hoodie qualifies as a warm jacket. I know it's warm here, but it's still cold in January!