JodyHiighroller
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Nobody Prepared Me For Thermostat Battles With My Wife
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Just got mini splits installed in every room in the house 3 weeks ago. Aside from the bedroom, I put whatever room in at 68 -70. Wife does 70-74.
We used mostly fans though. The house stays pretty cool in the summer aside from the 3rd floor. Got all these mini split units mostly for heat though.
Waiting to see how the winter goes.
We used mostly fans though. The house stays pretty cool in the summer aside from the 3rd floor. Got all these mini split units mostly for heat though.
Waiting to see how the winter goes.
Badda_Bing
Pro
I had the same shyt but my girl is always leaving lights, the TV, heating on through the whole night so I swapped the bill into her name
Sounds like you have a healthy relationship and each other’s boundaries are respected. I like to think I have the same.That said, out here in cali PG&E raping
us charging bullshyt fees AC not getting turned on unless thermostat hits 85My thing is cold showers late night cause that’s when it seems to be the worst
This or a zoning system is the way to go.
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
It’s the opposite for me and my girl. She likes the house hot as hell and I can’t sleep in anything more than 21 (70) degrees.
I’ll be laying there hot as hell dying and she’s looking at me like “Babes, how comes you never get under the covers and cuddle?
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I dunno, maybe because I’m hotter than an Arab on a flight with a brick
I’ll be laying there hot as hell dying and she’s looking at me like “Babes, how comes you never get under the covers and cuddle?
”I dunno, maybe because I’m hotter than an Arab on a flight with a brick
Hazel Brown
All Star
We will have been married 5 years come November. Beautiful relationship. Kids. Healthy marriage. But throughout all of our pre-marriage counseling, I was not warned about the wars I'd have to endure over the thermostat. This is my wife. My Queen. I want her to be comfortable. I compromise a lot in this relationship and so does she. It is necessary for a successful marriage. However, I grew up in a home where my parents kept the temp between 63 and 65 degrees F.
The vent in my room at my parents house was ALWAYS closed. They kept it freezing in that house. I slept in a jacket throughout the Summer and they still kept it cool in the Winter like around 70.
So naturally, I like to keep my home warm. Not overbearingly hot but a modest warm temp 78-79 with no A/C on. Plus it saves money.
Last night, when everybody went to sleep, I stayed up to play my game. My wife turned the air on before she went to bed. Had it set to 75. I said cool. I put on my jacket and chilled for the next 3 hours until she was asleep then I turned it off like I always do. I don't like sleeping with the air on because we already keep our fan on in our room with the door closed, might I add. We get a good circulation of cool air throughout the night.
So last night, I'm playing my game, it's about 1am. My wife come out the bedroom door looking like this:
It was chilling seeing her standing in the doorway in pitch blackness staring at me with a cold, evil intent. She gazed at the thermostat in disbelief. It was at 81 degrees. She said "Coolest, it is 81 degrees in here in the middle of July. I AM HOT. How can you sit in here at 81 degrees and not be hot!?"
I said, the air has only been off for like an hour.
Her response:
I could see her agitation increasing. My wife gets very irritable when she's hungry and doubly so when she's hot and sleepy. I felt like I had sat in this freezing air for 3 hours and it was my turn to be comfortable. Give and take, right? Compromise right?
I was wrong.
Now, I understand that she is hot. I do not deny this. Each of our bodies interpret temperature differently. I do not think 80 degrees is hot. She disagrees. She does not think 75 degrees is cold. I disagree.
I allowed her to turn the air back on because one thing I've learned in my 5 years of marriage is to never allow a dispute, no matter how small, to fester without resolution. I put back on my jacket, zipped it up and continued my gaming. When I got ready for bed about 2 hours later, I turned the air back off
I pay the power bill, so I feel like I have more authority over the thermostat. That authority is challenged consistently, however. Therefore, I have no authority at all.
When I got up this morning, she said she woke up AGAIN at 4am to go and turn the air back on. We had a healthy little 7am "disagreement" and I conceded completely.
I knew this was a battle I could never win. Never. I told her that I hear and understand her grievances and I threw in her face "happy wife, happy life". This is a statement I always throw at her whenever I feel I am forced to compromise unnecessarily/unfairly and it gets under her skin.
Her response:
My points were made but it was all for naught. Keep your wife happy, no matter the cost. I have put my foot down on other issues, but this is one battle I lost. I am the sole casualty of this war. But my wife is satisfied. That's all that matters.
A great musician, songwriter AND story teller lmao.
NegroTurbo
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The war over the thermostat I'm sure has led to many cases of irreconcilable differences, let your case not add to the casualties of war/marriage...
JodyHiighroller
Superstar
@Copy NinjaIt's just passed midnight and the A/C is on 76
Her ass next to me knocked out while I'm laying up here in a mf jacket. My nose running n shyt.
Happy wife, happy mf life
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
It's amazing how little authority the average man has in his own home.
nikkas can't even change the thermostat without getting permission from their woman
Nikka stfu
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
Ba gawd.Op outstanding gif execution. For me it’s purely financial. My ole lady runs the AC all damn day. Electricity bill last month: $794
Wait until she hits menopause…god help me
That's more than I spend on water, power, and food (no #Powder) each month.
Hacksaw Jim Thuggin
Superstar
breh...nobody trying to sit in an 80 degree house....
fuq is wrong with you?
fuq is wrong with you?
