Rules For Talking About The Weather

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The weather has always been the perfect conversation starter. It works so well because it’s unpredictable, always changing.

However, you may not realize that your weather conversation has a significant bearing on your perceived age. This is very important for those of us who are still trying to pretend we’re younger than we actually are.

Here are a handy guide to help you figure out what your weather conversation says about your age.

Rules For Talking About The Weather

“Did you hear how much rain/snow/precipitation we’re supposed to get this weekend?”
This conversation starter is completely fine as long as it stays under 30 seconds. Any longer than that and you run the risk of sounding too interested in the weather. Whenever possible, reference your weekend plans when talking about the weather. We all want to know how the weather is going to affect our weekend (on a side note, if you don’t have weekend plans, chalk that up as another inevitable sign of age).
“Yeah, they were saying on the Weather Channel that there’s a cold front blowing in from the south that should hit us by Friday”
Watching the Weather Channel already puts you on shakey ground since it implies that out of the hundreds of available entertaining programs on television, you would rather watch people talk about weather patterns. However, it is acceptable to reference the Weather Channel just so long as you mention that you were checking it because of your weekend plans (see above).
“I can remember back in ‘94 when we already had 14 inches of snow by Thanksgiving!”
If you’re referencing weather you remember from growing up, that’s not a good sign. If you associate weather events with years (i.e. – the “Blizzard of ‘89″ or the “Flood of ‘92″) you’re on a long and slippery slope that leads eventually to comments like…
“I read in the Farmer’s Almanac…”
Ok, just a heads up. If you read the Farmer’s Almanac, you had better be a farmer. I’m just saying. If you’re not and you not only read it but drop it into conversations, it’s only a matter of time before you’re sucking down Ensures in your rocking chair on the front porch.

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1 Abbey said:

The Farmer’s Almanac? Is that even printed any more? I know my Grandma has a copy somewhere…
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2 Vince said:

In my world, talking about the weather is pretty important.

I spend a lot of time surfing, snowboarding and mountain climbing

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3 Brad Ruggles said:

@Vince – I think activities like that negate any age-related connotations. If you’re surfing, snowboarding or mountain climbing then you’ve got nothing to worry about!
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4 Curtis Honeycutt said:

Growing up, I used to buy my dad the Farmer’s Almanac for Christmas every year, because I thought he liked it for some reason. He didn’t. Eventually he told me not to get it for him anymore.

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5 tam said:

how about correlating the weather with your achy bones and joints?

is that a no-no?

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6 CJ Mills said:

I will answer for Brad on this one, Tam – YES!

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7 jenn said:

Funny ’cause it’s true.

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8 Cherith said:

ok.. so because I’m a female I think I stray away from the “weather” conversation starter. I start with “oh what a cute…” (fill in the blank)

This will also show your age. Because if you don’t know the latest trends or stores you are SO far behind! lol.. I try to notice what the “hot” things are even though I can’t afford it.

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9 alece said:

it’s gonna rain tomorrow… my legs are giving me trouble again.

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