# Teenage girls hiding hands **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865 "2002-03-12T16:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/21 "2002-03-13T02:51:58Z")
I am not sure I buy this girls feel cold more than boys theory. Looking at the girls walking down the street, many have short skirts, exposed midriffs, bare arms and cleavage - and its the middle of winter. Not that I’m complaining mind you ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/22 "2002-03-13T03:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scm1001 \* > \*\*I am not sure I buy this girls feel cold more than boys theory. Looking at the girls walking down the street, many have short skirts, exposed midriffs, bare arms and cleavage - and its the middle of winter. Not that I’m complaining mind you \*\* But that doesn’t mean we’re not cold! It’s all for the look! It’s fashion! Just like the shoes I wore to the formal this weekend. I have blisters, but _damn_ did I look good! 🙂 I think part of it may also be just the “need” to do something with your hands - I wear a lot of rings,a nd play with them constantly, but when I don’t have them on, it’s likely that I’m fiddling with the pin on my purse or stuffing my hands into the sleeves of my sweaters. And for warmth. I do get cold sometimes, mostly in my feet and hands, and I know other girls (and women) who are the same way. Why else do you think I cuddle up to my SO so much at night? He’s warm. I’m not. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/23 "2002-03-13T04:12:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kryptonite2 \* > \*\*i was under the impression that jennifer love hewitt started the trend back in her party of five days. \*\* I’m old enough to be her… um, much older sister and I remember doing it when she was probably still in elementary school. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/24 "2002-03-13T04:14:58Z")
Oops! I meant to add that for me sleeves always seemed to be too long in ready to wear. Unless it was a sweater my grandmother made to fit me or I made the dress myself, the sleeves were always too long and I tended to tuck my hands in them too, particularly if it was cold. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/25 "2002-03-13T05:52:48Z")
I do it because I am cold and don’t feel like putting gloves on. I’m cold a lot and doing a lot of stuff, like taking notes, is hard with gloves on. So, hands in the sleeves for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kissMeI\_merin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@kissMeI\_merin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kissMeI_merin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/26 "2002-03-13T06:01:47Z")
i totally do that whenever i have a sweatshirt on, and i’m 17 and a girl. i think it’s a combination of cold hands, the cuffs on the sweatshirt bothering my wrists, and nervousness. if i’m walking without carrying any books at school or without my purse to fidget with, i get self conscious and need to do something with my hands. since this is a teenage girl thing, apparantly, maybe the whole awkward arms syndrome will disappear when i get older. i’m with Breezy about needing to do something with my hands; i’ll drink a whole bottle of water in like 10 minutes when i’m not even thirsty just because it’s there, in my hands. i have said before that that is the primary reason why i shouldn’t take up drinking. i would be smashed in no time. but then i would throw up and that would probably take away from the “needing to do something with my arms/hands” problem. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/27 "2002-03-13T06:04:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jane\_says \* > \*\*It’s interesting to me that I’m doing, subconsciously, one of those “cutesy” behaviors that I abhor in silly teenagers - and I’m 27. :eek: \*\* Don’t feel bad jane - I do it too and I’m 32:D I think I do it because there is some kind of wierd comfort involved in it and IMO I’ve always thought that a woman’s hands look sexy or mysterious when halfway covered over the wrists by sleeves. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/28 "2002-04-07T03:06:55Z")
I was a tall teen (I’m 32 now and still a tall one) with very long arms. I would buy men’s sweaters in 3X that would bag around my thin torso, just so I could have sleeves that were longer than my arms. This made me feel less freakish, and much smaller than I really was. To this day, I can’t find clothing in my size that doesn’t end up halfway up my forearms, so I continue to buy oversized clothes, just for sleeve length. ---
**Author:** ![HIIIIIIIIIIIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@HIIIIIIIIIIIII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HIIIIIIIIIIIII)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/29 "2020-11-18T19:42:47Z")
First of all, its kind of just the style. It also gives off an attractive vibe like cuddling under a blanket. It makes the girl seem more petite, and so they did it. I don’t know how this started, but it’s still going on today. And with elementary students too. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/30 "2020-11-19T19:30:00Z")
> [@booklover](#): > > …Now, I’ve always wondered why boys/young men have the odd habit of sticking a hand in their shirts and feeling around…are they afraid their nipples have run away? I occasionally do this without thinking about it. One issue is that chest hair can sometimes be itchy. Men can also be self-conscious of how their pectoral muscles look. Everyone is attracted to boobs, be they soft and feminine or strong and manly. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/31 "2020-11-20T05:57:22Z")
Short pudgy woman here. I do it whenever I am wearing long sleeves just because that’s how they naturally fall. If I’m cold, I’ll stick each hand in the opposite sleeve to warm up For me, it’s definitely not about fashion ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/32 "2020-11-20T14:26:32Z")
I didn’t used to, though it might have looked that way because sleeves were longer than my arms. Now I do so because otherwise my fingers turn a cold, dead white if I don’t keep them warm. ETA: whoops, didn’t see those were zombie hands. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/33 "2020-11-20T16:08:33Z")
Winter 1645 [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/A_Muff_in_Five_Views_MET_DP823897.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/A_Muff_in_Five_Views_MET_DP823897.jpg) Winter 1882 [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Francesc\_Masriera\_-\_Winter\_1882\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Francesc_Masriera_-%5C_Winter_1882_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/34 "2020-11-20T16:14:14Z")
This thread is better suited to IMHO than General Questions. Please note that the thread itself is old enough to vote. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865/35 "2020-11-23T04:18:51Z")
So I did a Google-image search for /girls hiding hands/ and got exactly zero hits. “Did you mean /girls hiding face in hands?” There are lots of those. Quick, take a picture of a girl hiding her hands – sell it to Getty – they don’t have one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865.md?page=1)