I have discussed this with doctors. They attribute it to my "thermostat" and the fact that I am a very fair-skinned redhead. My mother had the same problem.
Of course, I stay in air-conditioned places. The problem arises when we're invited to cookouts or to the home of someone whose place isn't air-conditioned. I don't know how to explain that I simply cannot come.
I am forever trying to think of excuses to get out of invitations. I feel bad because the problem is mine and I can't control it. Even people who know about it don't understand the extent of it. Do you have any thoughts on how to handle this with tact? -- HOT AND BOTHERED IN NEW YORK
DEAR GINGER VAMPIRE,
Buy a coffin and move to a castle in a European country.
*I was born a ginger, as pictured above. Around 14 my hair started to turn brown. Now that I'm getting older I guess I'll start calling myself a Greywalker. Sorry, American readers, I'll spell it this way just for you: Graywalker.