To some winter is the best part of the year but for others like me, winter is a living hell. I always wondered how people could genuinely love winter, but I know I hate it. Here are my five reasons for hating winter despite how beautiful it looks when it snows.

1. Everyone is always sick!

My biggest pet-peeve about winter is that everyone is always sick, and there is no escaping it. When you go to school and at least five people in your class are either sick with a cold, or recovering from the flu it becomes very annoying. Especially because you know that there is no escaping, and eventually it will get you. For some that might be okay, but for people like me who get sick times 1000 it is not okay at all. Maybe if everyone was not sick all the time I might appreciate winter more, but right now I am too busy dodging germs.

2. It is way too cold!

Coming from an island in the Caribbean where it never drops below 60 degrees makes it hard for me to appreciate the cold. I very much hate waking up in the morning cold, going about my day cold, and going to bed at night cold. I also hate having to bundle up, I think by myself I look thick, I do not need five layers of clothes making me look huge, and slowing me down. To me winter is the devil, and so is the cold. I hate the cold, and since mother nature wants to be bipolar, it really does not help at all. Yes, people, it is this serious. This has me freezing all the time even when I am bundled up.

3. The fact that it is winter most of the year!

Now I know a lot of people are going to argue this and say that it is only a couple of months in a literal sense, but to me, once it drops below 60 degrees it is winter. Since this usually starts in October and does not end until May, that means all that time is winter to me. That is most of the year when you really think about. To be honest I am not sure how most of you people survived this for most of your life. I am barely surviving now.

4. It is always so gray!

Winter really depresses me, to be honest. It always looks so gray and sad, and it makes me feel sad and sleepy all the time. Even when the sun is shining it looks so dead because the clouds are blocking it.

5. I get really pale!

I just hate not having my tan because I am always inside because it is too damn COLD!

My list honestly can go on and on about why I hate winter, but I thought I would just give you my top five reasons. If you love winter and can tolerate it, I salute you, because I know I cannot. Now excuse me while I go crawl under a blanket.