Talkin' 'bout the Weather

A conversation that I was having with my "significant other" the other night got me thinking. Currently he is in England where it is summer and the weather is fairly agreeable. Here however, the weather is not, it is cold, windy and wet and we were having quite the animated msn conversation about how we both enjoyed storms. After logging off msn and finishing this conversation, I remembered that thread on MOFFIA by the title of "And the weather is..." where we would simply state what the weather was like in each post. I remember someone wondering why we were doing this, to which someone else replied that it was clearly because we were all still on our first date together. I thought that this was a fairly solid reasoning at the time and it makes sense that no one posts on that thread too much anymore, it obviously means that all of us at MOFFIA have progressed in our relationships with each other. However, concerning me and my boyfriend, we have been dating since the end of May and still we talk about the weather. So, my dear readers, what does this mean? Is it that Andrew and I are still on our first date? Is our relationship ever going to progress or are we simply going to continue talking about how he prefers overcast weather and I prefer sun? Should I take this as a sign and end the relationship before we're old and grey and are still talking about how we both like staying inside during storms?



Of course, I'm kidding. I've just noticed that people, in general, are so obsessed with the weather. Last year, our Literature teacher, who was originally from England said how anytime it was sunny there everyone would rush outside and have fun in the good weather, because they didn't have that much clement weather, unlike here in Perth where we have an abundance of sun and nice weather. People here don't have to spend all day outside when there's sun because there is generally going to be good weather tomorrow and the next day too. On the flip side, whenever there's the slightest hint of rain or bad weather in Perth everyone becomes a hermit and starts complaining about the rain and cold. We just can't understand why water would fall from the sky and preventing us to all that stuff we could do when the weather was fine. It's pretty hilarious, watching everybody make a big deal about the rain and acting like it's below zero degrees when it's barely below 20.

It's interesting to think that even with the advent of airconditioning, cars, heating etc. our lives are still very dependant on the weather, the climate still determines our social activites, whether or not we are more likely to have a house party rather than go out or when to schedule a wedding. Especially here in Perth when we basically go into some form of withdrawal at first sight of rain. XD

So, how's the weather been??