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Is Not Having AC a Deal Breaker? [“Mookie It’s Too Hot”]

Posted by NWSO • September 2, 2010 • Printer-friendly

Thanx to everyone that voted in the 2010 Black Weblog Awards. Unfortunately, there are no plaques for NWSO this year, just a few new readers and a couple press ops. If that ain’t a win then I don’t know what is. Congrats to my fellow bloggers that did take home top honors. It’s well deserved.

It’s hard to believe but it’s September already and this coming Monday will mark the American holiday known as Labor Day aka the unofficial end of summer. There’s still three weeks before the autumnal equinox, but BBQ season is a wrap come next week. Well, at least States side.

Yesterday, while getting dressed for work, I was watching the news when the anchor noted that this was the hottest summer in New York on record. Surprisingly, I survived the numerous 90-degree days without the assistance of an AC.

Every time I revealed this fact to folks this summer, I was greeted with disbelief, condolences and pleas of, “Why?”

Well, it’s not like I never had an AC because I did, but when I moved from Queens I gave mine to my moms and bought a portable air conditioner. Problem is, my windows are too high for the ventilation hose to reach and even when I got creative and balanced the unit on a crate, that monstrosity is so damn loud it kept me awake all night. I wound up stuffing it in the back of my hallway my closet and just never got around to replacing it.

My trusty ceiling fan and its portable counterpart has served me well, but I also spent a lot of time walking around naked with socks on. Okay, that’s a lie, I lounged around the house mostly naked with boxers on. LOL.

Anyway, my lack of centralized air led me to ask the same question repeatedly this summer: “Would you breakup with someone because they didn’t have an AC?”

The answers ranged from an emphatic, “Yes!” to the more reasonable, “I just wouldn’t visit your ass.” No matter which way you slice it, though, most ladies admitted that a man with no AC in the summer gets no visits and definitely no nookie.

It’s kind of like that scene from Do the Right Thing where Mookie tries to get some from Tina and she’s like, “It’s too damn hot.” But never doubt a horny man on a mission. Quick on his feet, Mook’ hit the refrigerator and broke out some ice cubes to make one icy-hot love scene that I’ve recreated once or twice in my young life.

I’m pretty sure we all have.

That doesn’t mean a AC isn’t on my personal to-do list, but there ain’t nothing like a hot and sweaty role in the hay every once in a while. Or maybe that’s just me.

Would you breakup with someone because they didn’t have AC? Or, would you just demand that they visit you until they got some centralized air? Would you be willing to sweat it out in a sticky apartment with someone you truly loved? What tricks have you used to get some during the dog days of summer? Have you ever tried to recreate that ice cube scene from Do the Right Thing? Can you appreciate a hot and sticky sexual episode every once in a while? What was your favorite memory from summer 2010?

Speak your piece…

Tagged as: AC, air conditioner, centralized air, heat wave, hot summer, New York

http://kayemichele1.wordpress.com Kaye Michele

I don't like ACs, to be quite honest. They give me head colds often. I use the fan feature on my AC. So to me, it's not really an issue.

Plus I like the heat...to a certain degree.
http://www.twitter.com/carmool carmool

I wanna rock with you with the whole ice thang an all but yeahhhhh NOPE massive heat rolling around in coitus hmmmm hella sweat an then no AC for the ultimate cool down (shakes head from side 2 side)
pdb

Well, if I lived in Montana not having an AC would not bother me. However, I live in Miami where the temperatures range from hot, to super hot, to walking around in a living hell even in the shade all year ‘round, so not having an AC could be an issue. I can understand wanting a hot and sweaty roll around in the hay, but as soon as it’s over you better be prepared to turn on the AC.
Spinster

Wouldn't break up with someone, but wouldn't stay over at their house.
Mz. Ashley

Just like PDB...I live in South Louisiana and there is NO WAY! It so hot and humidy down here, not having central air, let alone a window unit is a big NO NO! Your trying to give somebody a heat stroke! I feel you on the hot n sweaty sessions, but as soon as its over, you better turn the AC on! I have been through hurricanes this time of year where we had NO electricity and i just can't do the no AC thing. I dont think i would break up with someone because they didnt have an AC, but I would def. help solve the problem or there is no nookie at his house, he can always come to mine.
KaijaBelle

I wouldn't break up with somebody over no AC...I think that is beyond crazy to do that and I live in Hotlanta, where even section 8 has AC. We'd just make do with a whole lot of nakedness and popsicles!
Shequita

LOL @ this post!! FunnE! I would not break up with someone over no AC, but we would not be having marathon sex either! I do not like humidity (lived in Miami now in GA go freakin figure)...nothing wrong with sweatin, but DAmn!! Break out the ice cubes and keep the Bahama Breeze fan on the highest it goes!
Elle

Berlin has pretty much the same climate as NYC and there is no such thing as ACs in apartment buildings out here. Banks, hotels and malls - yes. The rest of us mere mortals - no. Needless to say I'm used to it and for the most part I like the heat. Not a big fan of humidity though. But dry heat? Bring it on 'cause that's my kind of weather.

It's never too hot for some nookie ... pft!
http://thefabfoodie.wordpress.com thefabfoodie

Growing up, I didn't have AC in my bedroom, so I'm used to the heat. I have a window unit, but I don't run it 24/7. Plus, my boyfriend gets head colds from AC, so we rarely sleep with it on when he visits. I definitely don't mind sweaty sexcapades...that just means we're putting in work!
bogart4017

I don't know if theres a name for this but since i've been 21 the hotter it is the hornier i get. It takes a lot to surpress this urge because if i didnt my wifes middle name would be 'flatbacker'. So yeah--that "sweat-rolling-down-your-back" kinda sex does it for me. And you can take the ice cubes and put them in a glass with some Tanqueray and Tropicana for when we're through.
No AC is no deal-breaker as long as you keep the cool drinks coming.
My favorite memory this summer is winning a $400 scratch-off!!!
http://msblackmansbriefing.com MsBlackmanSays

Not having A/C is not a reason to break up with someone....that's just crazy. I have a ceiling fan in my bedroom as well as an air conditioner but most nights sleep with the just the fan blowing and it works wonders on keeping me and my room cool.

I've sweat it out plenty of times with someone I really love... & to cool down tricks included ice, popsicles (sweet & sticky), frozen/cold fruit, and cold showers (you dry off by making each other hot! LOL). I love hot episodes.

I think everyone has done the ice scene from Do The Right Thing... at least if you grew up in Brooklyn you did! LOL

And fave memory from the summer so far has been a tie between the Maxwell/Jill Scott concert & Rock the Bells last weekend (yeah I'm a concert head)...but doing a spa vacation next week so that might turn out to be my best memory...we'll see.
Rastaman

I am a tropical person to my bones....I would rather sweat through my drawers in a 100 degrees than stand around in the cold and that ice cube thing is way overrated. So no AC is actually fine by me, the stuff makes me congested, I will do the ceiling fan, window fan to cool a room but AC is a last resort to tell the truth. I will admit I like sweaty sex, there is something very sensual about that whole look and feel...so yeah, I would give my girl a "heat stroke". LMBAO!!

But, if you in shape and well hydrated it should not be a problem, think of it like a good workout with the endorphin effect and all of that. I would rather get it on in a hot room rather than a dirty/messy room. The latter would more likely kill my desire than the former. If anything we can take a shower to cool down if she needs it...she probably will. HA!HA!
http://thecandyshoppe.wordpress.com Ronnie6676

I'm an AC whore lol but I could be persuaded to cheat on him by an ice cube or two
Shannon

Hell to the no! I have to have AC. I grew up in Texas, where even the devil was walking down the street with a fan and a glass of lemonade, lol. No joke; I was in Texas a few weeks ago on vacation and I swear, temperatures hovered at the 105 degree mark and on top of that it was humid. My mother is cheap and won't run the AC, so I had to go to a hotel so I would survive the whole stay there. It was so hot, after three or four days I decided I'd had enough heat and made my way back to Ohio, where it was a cool 93 degrees in the afternoon and down to 84 by evening.

I'm too conservative to reenact that whole scene with the ice. The closest I've ever come to doing something like that was when my husband and I fooled around in the garage while looking for the Christmas decorations and it was cold in there. We had to come inside where it was warmer when we started shedding clothes--I can't deal with heat rash, but I can't do frostbite either--but I can't do the whole no-AC bit. That is a definite dealbreaker in Texas and fans just won't do in that kind of heat.

In Ohio...the heat isn't as bad, but I sweat way too much to sit next to my man, let alone getting naked and rubbing up against each other. My BF was holding me the other night and I had to move around because I was sweating so much and he likes to open the windows instead of using the AC. Bullshit...I turned on the AC and closed the windows and ahhhh....relief! We actually got into a fight about it and we started to laugh at the silliness of it. Now we just use the AC during the peak heat hours and open the windows at night and in the early morning. And you definitely need to crank it up if you're cooking a big meal, like Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
sunshyne84

Um....I'm in Houston, but people always say its hot in my house. I guess all those years growing up and my mom wouldn't let us turn the AC on made me used to the heat. IDK, it just depends on how hot it is.
Vanessa

This Summer has been horrible for me. I don't like the heat and humidity and even if I'm horny, I can't have sex without A/C.
lola289

the 'ice scene' has happened to me b4! yay me!
And I had a couple of good times in summer 2010, but Lollapolooza is prolly the best!
Preach the Comedian

To quote the late great Robin Harris(who Played Sweet Dick Willy in Do The right thing)
" It aint never too hot or too cold for some lovin'. I had my best piece of woman on a humid day."
Hot weather, Cold weather, No weather ...It doesn't matter...IM READY...lol... I know the combo of Ice cubes, a slow jams cd/playlist, and the viewing of Love Jones/Love & Basketball tends to solve most weather issues....
c0c0puffz

I would have to see him in the winter.
Samantha

I wouldn't break up with the person i'm dating but they sure can visit me sometimes. I live in an apartment that has central air conditioning which i LOVEEEE when it's 100 plus the humidity, but i also loathe because i have a year 'round cold.

However, I would also stick it out in the hot room or wherever we may because i want to be in his presence despite not having A.C. I never used any tricks to get some during the summer because with the three months of not seeing one another we both lose self-control. Summer 2010 was not what i hoped for, but hey there's always next year and then in 2012 the world ends. LOL. I've never seen Do The Right Thing so i couldn't recreate the scene. Sue me, but i just seen School Daze last year.
KittyKat

LOL, if u wanna have sex with the other person, details dont matter. I hate AC anyways. And trust me... It gets HOTTTTT where i'm at! Talking botu 110 degrees during Aug. Lol
BKsunshyne

it's so not a deal breaker with me. i would probably visit him on days when we arent experiencing a heat wave. That's what cool showers are for. na dtruth be told there are times when i've had the AC on and still broke out in a sweat from an intense session...
Comoria

Sex is something special and i don't think that there any weather that can stop having sex, even in the sahara desert or kalahari. lol
M.A

An AC is still something of a luxury in the UK. Though our summer lasts for about 5 minutes, before we return to our cold, grey, climate. Though, we have our fair share of hot days in those "5 minutes", and there's no stopping having sex in the middle of the afternoon sun if you really want to. Like someone else mentioned, that's what post coital showering is for.
Jessica J

@rastaman "heatstroke" legendary!

@naked Why won't it let me like or reply to any comments on the page?

As for A/C, I love cold. Freeze me till I'm shivering and I can't make it without a blanket. Now when I'm trying to be cute, 75 is the temperature I prefer. When I'm inside, it has to be 60 or below.
http://nwso.net/ NWSO

Hmmm, looks like the new bottom bar I added the other day is conflicting with those functions. You can LIKE from the bottom bar below. But the reply function, I'll have to look into how to override that conflict.

Thanx for the heads up..
http://nwso.net/ NWSO

Hey, JJ,

Thanx again for the heads up, I resolved the issue and I now return you to your regularly scheduled Naked experience. LOL