Down here in S. Florida, I don’t get a lot of options in the weather department. It’s almost always hotter than I like. It’s always a blessed relief to get inside to the AC. But the cold snap we had recently brought back some experiences that I hadn’t felt for a while. Namely, the pleasure of coming into a warm, cozy building after being out in the cold. Maybe it’s because of the rarity of the event, but it seems to be more enjoyable than escaping the heat. To me, coming inside in the winter is better than in the summer. Entering a warm building is like the arrival of pleasure whereas entering a cool building in summer is more like the cessation of unpleasantness. A relief, but not comfort per se.
Air is not the only mechanism of heat exchange. Coming from the cold into a warm building is great, but jumping into cool water on a hot day is pretty good, too.
Coming in from the cold is nice, but I always tend to start off feeling great, then quickly overheating once I’m inside for a few minutes. Then my hands do that painful getting-warm tingly thing.
Coming in from the cold is better. Spend enough time in the cold, then get back in the house and snuggle under a blankie with doggies - heaven. Although, sometimes my skin gets really crazy itchy if I was outside shoveling and come into the warm house. Sometimes I will get the mail in just a long sleeved shirt and jeans, just so I can be cold and then come in and enjoy the snugglies!
When its hot, I prefer cooling off in a pool (what Robot Arm said).
I run very warm, and I live in LA – which seems like a fairly idiotic combination for someone who gets uncomfortable when the temp gets above 75 degrees. So, yeah, this one’s pretty easy for me. Coming into an air conditioned building from the hot outdoors is one of life’s great pleasures.
Both are good. The best experience, though, is being cold, and then going to bed when you’ve had the foresight to put a hot water bottle right where your feet will be, about a quarter hour before you actually go to bed. This gives you enough time to load up the dishwasher, set it going, take care of nightly hygiene such as toothbrushing and facewashing, and then your reward is toasty warm tootsies.
Coming in from the cold. I’ve never been so uncomfortable in the heat that I thought I could literally die from exposure. I have felt that in the cold.
It’s one thing to be a little too hot or too cold, but after that you get into the realm where doctors have names for what’s happening. I’ve been on the warm side of that and it is no fun at all.
Coming in from the heat is the best, because when I come in from the cold, I immediately have to run for a tissue to blow my nose, while also trying to remove/hang outerwear and headgear. I hate the runny nose.
Coming in from the heat brings almost instant relief. If I am really cold, though, it is going to take some time before warmth makes me feel much better, and if it is really warm inside I am probably going to get uncomfortable and sweaty before long.
Coming in from the heat, even just finding a patch of cool green grass in the shade is pleasurable. Because now that I live in snowy cold Michigan coming n from the cold means that as soon i step indoors, I am sweating from 1) the outdoor activities I just completed (walking, shoveling, skiing) and 2) the house is about a hundred degrees warmer than it is outside and it feels blasted hot as soon as you step inside.
I prefer coming in from the heat. But maybe I’ve never been cold enough to find the other way a pleasure. Generally when I’ve been out in the cold I get active and warm, and then coming in to the heat is quite smothering.
AC, most definitely. During a hot & (especially HUMID) spell in a New York/Philly/DC East Coast summer, walking into a bar that’s as cold as a meatlocker & getting a frosty beer is one of life’s true pleasures!
I’m going with coming in from the cold, because when I’m cold all my muscles tense up and it feels good to relax them again. What I absolutely love is taking a hot shower right after I’ve been out in the cold.
