Me too, me too. Just wear long pants and a sweatshirt. In the long run its more comfortable then fighting over the temp.
Thermostat war with the wife
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Me too, me too. Just wear long pants and a sweatshirt. In the long run its more comfortable then fighting over the temp.
pineappleshooter
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Not the kind of tstat your thinking of but me and my buddy played a great trick on his Mom and Dad. They had a dual zone, king size electric blanket on their bed. We switched the controls so she was freezing and cranked up "her" side while he was roasting and turned "his" side almost off.
Took them a couple of nights to figure it out.
Took them a couple of nights to figure it out.
We don't have a/c and when it's hot we open windows and turn on fans. When people ask me how I can stand the heat, I just tell them that I'm not this color because I'm a cold weather person.
Fishslayer
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A/C? What is this A/C you speak of?
In a house? Strange.
I hear ya, brother. Believe it or not some people actually go to the BATHROOM in their houses as well!
samuelrp
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In our new to us remodeled house, one of our best ideas was a two zone heat pump. Her wing (bedroom-sunroom-master bath) is 67 degrees, and the rest of the house is 69, which I can liveith if I wear a flannel shirt in the summer. Then she turns on the ceiling fans and it feels like 60 ! Glad others admit suffering too. At least we sleep well.
Economics won at hour house. She likes a $100 monthly A/C bill in the summer so 79° F in summer with ceiling fans on is ok. I'm into boxers and a t-shirt. The winter setting is 68° F with sweatshirts and sweat pants for a $75 monthly gas bill. On our summer trips you get really good prices on sweats in Minnesota and Wisconsin in July.
I am very fortunate to be married (41 yrs) to a woman who shares my same 'temperature' preferences.
A/C downstairs daytime 77, w/ ceiling fans + a floor fan to move the cool air from the unused living room into the kitchen-family room area.
A/C upstairs nighttime 75, w/ ceiling fans + an oscillating fan on her side of the bed to cool her hot flashes.
Thermostats are programmable but haven't been touched in years.
A/C downstairs daytime 77, w/ ceiling fans + a floor fan to move the cool air from the unused living room into the kitchen-family room area.
A/C upstairs nighttime 75, w/ ceiling fans + an oscillating fan on her side of the bed to cool her hot flashes.
Thermostats are programmable but haven't been touched in years.
DeathGrip
US Veteran
I came home today and the stat was set to 67. I'll be paying this summer.
Hot flashes are most permanent here. That's OK. I like my house cool. But 67?
Checking now......70.
I hope the AC don't have to come on the rest of the night.
Hot flashes are most permanent here. That's OK. I like my house cool. But 67?
Checking now......70.
I hope the AC don't have to come on the rest of the night.
shouldazagged
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My first wife and I married in 1960, and were given one of the recently-developed dual control electric blanket as a wedding gift. She was very susceptible to cold and I was very warm-natured. Once in the middle of a cold spell of winter weather, when she changed the sheets she accidentally flipped the blanket so her control operated my side and mine set the temperature for her side.
It was a very, very long night. She was freezing and kept cranking up her thermostat, and I was sweating like a plow mule and turning mine down.
Not fun.
It was a very, very long night. She was freezing and kept cranking up her thermostat, and I was sweating like a plow mule and turning mine down.
Not fun.
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I pretty much keep it on 70 all year no matter weather the A/C or Heat is on. Works for us. We do have central air but I found that keeping the ceiling fans and a few antique vintage fans on around the house makes the 70 degrees feel like 67 or 68 which is where we like it.
In the Winter we also keep the house about 70, but I like it a bit cooler while sleeping, around 67 so we just turn it down a few degrees when we retire.
We do have friends that keep their thermostate down so low in the Winter its actually uncomfortable to sit at their dining room table when we are invited over for dinner. We always dress very warm when we go there.
In the Winter we also keep the house about 70, but I like it a bit cooler while sleeping, around 67 so we just turn it down a few degrees when we retire.
We do have friends that keep their thermostate down so low in the Winter its actually uncomfortable to sit at their dining room table when we are invited over for dinner. We always dress very warm when we go there.
This problem must be universal because we go through the same thing here. But, after 41 years of marriage, I found out one thing:
If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
If Daddy ain't happy...ain't nobody cares.
If Daddy ain't happy...ain't nobody cares.
flgolfer29
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My wife had a hysterectomy after the birth of our third son, and has had trouble ever since keeping her hormones adjusted. She does take her medication regularly, but it doesn't seem to work some days...or even at different times during the day.
She would keep the thermostat on 60 year around, if it was just her...I didn't use to be susceptible to cold, but as I get older, I seem to feel it more. In the winter, I wear long underwear, a sweat suit, a sweater, a knit cap, and sit in my recliner under an electric blanket to watch TV...while she is right beside me in her recliner wearing shorts and a T-shirt. She wants to have the ceiling fan on, which I refuse, so she has a small fan on her side table blowing on her.
In the summer, she really does suffer...we can't afford to keep the house as cool as she would like, but we do keep it a lot cooler than I would choose to do if it was just me. That's what they call a compromise...an agreement that makes no one happy.
She would keep the thermostat on 60 year around, if it was just her...I didn't use to be susceptible to cold, but as I get older, I seem to feel it more. In the winter, I wear long underwear, a sweat suit, a sweater, a knit cap, and sit in my recliner under an electric blanket to watch TV...while she is right beside me in her recliner wearing shorts and a T-shirt. She wants to have the ceiling fan on, which I refuse, so she has a small fan on her side table blowing on her.
In the summer, she really does suffer...we can't afford to keep the house as cool as she would like, but we do keep it a lot cooler than I would choose to do if it was just me. That's what they call a compromise...an agreement that makes no one happy.
smokindog
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My wife just seems to like it to be different than what I set it to I work from home and am comfortable all day until I hear the garage door open!!!
I solved the problem by installing WiFi controlled thermostats. She comes home, changes the temp, changes clothes, and sits down with the placebo of the new temperature. I then sit there on the couch and change the settings from my PC If she goes near the TStat, I can change it back in a jiffy!
Works like a charm!
I work from home and am comfortable all day until I hear the garage door open!!!I solved the problem by installing WiFi controlled thermostats. She comes home, changes the temp, changes clothes, and sits down with the placebo of the new temperature. I then sit there on the couch and change the settings from my PC
If she goes near the TStat, I can change it back in a jiffy!Works like a charm!
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MrJT
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Set it to 74 and get her a sweatshirt.
We have a two story house and we keep it at 75. Last few years we would turn it down at night because I have to be cool to sleep at night. So we decided to get a window unit in the master bedroom so that we can just cool that room only instead of the whole house
Horace & Daniel
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72 in the summer and she's freezing. 70 in winter and she's freezing. Of course, she runs around the house in summer attire and sleeps with 2-4 blankets year round. Go figure.
Re: OP. My wife works all day in a state facility where the AC is set at 80. During the winter the heat is set at 68... and in her area it stays right at 66. So... when she gets home the AC/heat is set on what suits her. Me? I guess it's not that hard to adapt.
LoboGunLeather
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A very useful phrase in the Spanish language is "pax en la casa", literally translated as "peace in the house". In reality, it means "if mama ain't happy there ain't no way anybody gonna be happy".
Pax en mi casa (peace in my house), y (and), Pax en su casa (peace in your house).
Keep mama happy. Or else.
Pax en mi casa (peace in my house), y (and), Pax en su casa (peace in your house).
Keep mama happy. Or else.
My ex kept the bedroom so hot year round that I finally started sleeping in my office on the first floor.
Mcwsky09
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lagavulin62
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In the winter when my stepdaughter complained of the house being cold I used to tell her to walk around the block a few times, then she would appreciate things inside. In the summer if she complained of the house being too hot I would tell her to run around the block a few times, then she would appreciate things inside. That never worked on her mother.
My ex and I didn't have much an issue in the summer but in the winter when she was cold she would tell me I could start a fire or she was turning up the thermostat...... I burned a lot of wood when I was married.
My ex and I didn't have much an issue in the summer but in the winter when she was cold she would tell me I could start a fire or she was turning up the thermostat...... I burned a lot of wood when I was married.
