pluviophile (noun) - someone who has a thing for rain
As the adage goes, "April showers bring May flowers." Rain is necessary on so many levels. Although most do not prefer moist days over dry, when precipitation is scarce, we tend to miss it and so do our plants and lawn. On the flip side, some of us rather like the rain: the look of it, the sound of it, the feel of it, the smell of it and yes, even in some cases, the taste of it. These rare individuals are pluviophiles. I may even border on being one myself since I just realized some of my original songs either feature rain or allude to it in their lyrics. The imagery is not positive, though. Poetically, rain tends to be associated with pain, especially as the two words rhyme. Which doesn't mean that all of my personal experiences with rain are negative. For instance, one of my first kisses was in the rain. It wasn't nearly as romantic or as passionate as Ryan Gosling-Rachel McAdams's smooch in "The Notebook," but it wasn't all that bad, apart from my partner's insistence on biting my lower lip. At the time, the rain acted as a natural healing toxic for the sore lip, though, so all was eventfully forgiven.
Most likely each of us is some kind of "phile" as we all have preferences and/or fetishes. It is good to know that a term exists for each of us.
Happy Monday to all!
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