Anyone else have problems being in air conditioning?

I grew up in a non air conditioned house. When I was 18 I started working in a big air conditioned office. One day I got such a stiff/sore neck, because the air was blowing on me, that I had to go to the company nurse. This was the beginning of my love/hate relationship with air conditioning. I get so cold in stores/offices/church. This gives me shoulder/neck pain and headaches. In my house I keep the air at 80 usually. I live in a hot and dry climate and this is comfortable for me. I can't stand for the air vents in the car to be directed towards my face or I get a headache. On the other hand, when it is 100+ I love my air conditioning.

I am constanly freezing. I got outside to get warm all the time. Everyone else is hot so the air conditioning is already on. I have raynaud's syndrome so the cold air doesn't help.

Puppylover, I grew up in a home without air conditioning, also. It was an older farmhouse. On hot summer nights, we would sleep downstairs in front of an old window fan. I always envied those who lived in air conditioned houses, that is until I moved into one myself! I do need to have the AC going in a car when it is hot or I get really uncomfortable. However, I am constantly adjusting the vents and temperature controls. I can't stand to have them blowing on me, but I get too warm if they are aimed away from me. I have an SUV which has a feature where you are supposed to be able to set the temperature inside-both front and back. I still can't get comforatable on warmer days, even if I use the automatic feature. Donna, I know what you mean about going to the stores in the summertime. The dairy, meat, and frozen food sections are always so cold that I feel myself tense up as I walk by. Taking a jacket or sweater with you is a good idea. It always feels so good to me to walk out of an air conditioned store into the warm air.

Definitely a love/hate relationship. I can't stand to be too hot or too cold. I grew up in a house that had 1 window fan. It was in the kitchen. I was about 14 before they bought another fan.  

When we went to the stores yrs ago, the doors were usually open and maybe 1 fan oscillating behind the cashier. If we went to the movies when I was a child, my mother and I always brought a sweater. After the first feeling of coolness, it would be absolutely freezing in the theatre.

Most of my time at work we had no a/c, offices and such, but also in schools. I worked in an office that had a/c, and very relaxed re: dress - you could wear jeans, t-shirt and flip flops. I thought I had gone to Heaven! I almost froze my tookus off. I had to wear socks w/ my sneakers and a sweater. Everybody else was very comfortable, they thought I was 'too much'.

We have a/c now and I'm grateful, but I prefer to have the doors and windows open if possible. We were dying in the heat the other day, I didn't put the air on till later - because my elderly dog was having a hard time. My DH needs the air on in the car and the house. I rarely put the air on in my car, just to start to blow out the hot air, then off. I have to turn the vents away from me in DH's car or I get such a headache and shiver. Now, when it is cold out, all vents w/ heat are pointing to me. 

I had the most wonderful boss yrs ago. In my office the a/c wasn't working and it was sooo hot. This man was not in the best of health, but he was so worried about me, he went into another office and 'stole' that a/c and switched them so I would be comfortable. That man also loved to cook and bake and would bring things in for me to bring home to my family. What a gem!

IF I have the a/c on at night, I have my flannel sheets and light quilt to keep me 'comfortable'. Yes, I am a Sugar Plum!

God bless.  Alice.

Air con means a coat for me I hate it ok when it gets really hot then ok, at home we only have fans even with it getting too 110 in summer I grew up with out and so did my husband we both love having windows open to let the breeze through when we built our home we had it so the breeze could flow through. Air con means a coat and long pants for me, the only time I love it is summer if in church or out shopping then I can take several coats off. And being cold means pain so no air con for me ever.

Kathy

I have trouble with any extremes in temperature, hot or cold. I wouldn't be able to make it during the summer without my A/C (but not too cold). I have a very low threshold for discomfort of any kind.

I get the same thing at church - - and then, to top it off, I have to hold a programme over my head to keep the ceiling fans out of my peripheral vision. Yes, my kids do love to be seen in public with me - of course!!