What In The World Is A Pluviophile?

I used to actively dislike the rain - being stooped over trying to avoid getting it in your face. I also used to straighten my unruly hair quite a lot which made the rain even more bothersome. But after living in Chile and not seeing a drop of rain in over half a year, I found I really began to miss it. More recently I realised that rain is only miserable when you are trying not to get wet. (I have also embraced the wild hair, which changed things a lot.) 

A friend from Pakistan asked me a little while ago how we cope with all the rain here. Here are some of my best reasons for not just coping with it but enjoying it...

It makes the countryside all green and luscious and wonderful.

Rainbows! 

Food. 

Jumping in puddles. 

Monkeys get married. (My grandma used to say that when it is rainy and sunny at the same time it's a monkeys wedding.) 

Rain is made in different ways - some blows inward and upward from sea air, some is made by warm and cold air colliding and some is caused by land moisture being heated by the sun. Learn more.

Being grumpy is much more dramatic in the rain. 

Dogs do funny things - mine bites the rain drops or pounces on them as they fall on puddles. 

Running in the rain.

If you're British it's pretty much part of your cultural heritage.

You can feel closer to nature when you're outdoors in the rain.

It smells nice after the rain. Read why.

You can sing and dance and swing on lampposts...

Or sing that song "raindrops keep falling on my head, lalalala."

Ducks are really happy. 

Wasps are really pissed off. 

It's sexy time for frogs.

You can do stuff you've saved for a rainy day. 

Kissing is ten times more romantic

You can watch raindrops racing down windows.

Cultures all around the world have/had rain dances and rain gods...Chaac (Mayan), Tlaloc (Aztec), Cocijo (Zapotec), Yu Shi (Chinese), Indra (Hindu) to name but a few.

You can get under a duvet and enjoy warm drinks and old movies. 

Or you can just throw your arms out and enjoy it...

...like 15 month old Kayden here, who is experiencing rain for the first time.