Let the temperature wars begin....

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I don't know about anyone else, but DH and I do NOT have the same internal thermometer. He hates the heat, I hate the cold.

Every summer when it gets about 75 outside, he starts complaining about how hot it is while I'm just starting to think about pulling out my shorts. Last night I walked into our bedroom, he had the AC on 66!! It was 74 in the room and he said he couldn't sleep if it stayed that hot. We've been married almost 18 years. You'd think by now we'd have come to a compromise. So far I wear sweats in the house all year round, I would love to just once sleep in a room that is over 70.

Just wanted to vent. Thanks for listening.
 
DH and I have the same sleeping thing. I *must* have it cold to sleep, be it winter or summer. In the winter I throw open the windows (this is in New England) and in the summer I crank the fans and AC. He sleeps in flannels until May.

Actually, summer is my least favorite season because of the heat thing :) Give me winter and fall all the way.

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DH has our thermostat set at 79 x( That's too hot for me. He swears that's where we've always set it during the summer, but I think he's wrong. I'd be happier with 76. I am married to a tight wade LOL.

Catherine
 
Steve and I have temperture issues but they are opposite. I can't sleep in a room without AC if the temperture is above 60... seriously. I wake up sweating-- meanwhile Steve is huddled up under the blankets!
 
BF and I like it the same temp, fortunately, but at work it's like a meat locker. They've had the AC on since early May, even when it's 60 and raining. The men walk around in jeans and tshirts; all the women have on 2-3 layers of sweaters. Drives me nuts-it's so inconsiderate to keep it that cold.
 
Gym mom, I do feel for you since you can't come to a compromise. I'm very temperature sensitive but I'm like your husband. I am not a heat person. My favorite temperature is 73 or 74 degrees. When it gets beyond that, it's too hot for me unless the sun isn't out then I don't mind it being a bit warmer. I can't stand the humidity. I wouldn't have a problem sleeping in a room that was 74. Does he fall asleep before you? Could you put the temperature up a little after he goes to sleep?

Sparrow, although I don't open the windows in the winter, I'm like you in how I feel about summer. My order of season preference is Fall, Spring, Winter then the "S" word. :7 It's going to be 90 over the weekend and into next week and I ain't lookin' forward to it. x( Gym mom would be in heaven, though! :)

Bam
 
You're right - I am SO looking forward to the weekend - 90's and sunny, it'll be great. At least it will be outside. Inside, it'll be cold.

No, he doesn't go to sleep before me. I'm the early bird, he's the night owl. I usually fall asleep ok because he's still up and I just turn off the AC. But when I wake up in the middle of the night, I'm freezing.

Fortunately he has enough redeeming qualities that I'm willing to put up with this one bad characteristic. It's just that I don't think he even registers how the temp feels on his skin. He can be sitting there perfectly comfortable, but when he sees the thermometer say that it's 76 in the room, it's suddenly HOT. I should hide every thermometer and tape over ever thermostat in the house. Then we'll see how cool he really needs it.
 
My DH hates the heat which is why he is pushing to move back to PA from FL. He can tell when I change the AC temp up 1 degree:) At night we have the AC and 2 fans! I have a comforter on in August:)
 
We live in Phoenix AZ and I am from PA and my husband is from SD so its toooooooo hot here for us. We keep the air on 75 during the day and 70 at night and its semi-comfortable for both of us. I am always hot though and my husband is the one who gets cold. I long for the day when we can get near snow again!!!!!!!!!
Lisa
 
It's time to curse this two-story house in Tucson, AZ. To keep it comfortable upstairs, it must be freezing down. I had to put on a sweater last night. I turn the thermostat to somewhere between 75 and 78 and my husband drops it. It's crazy. It never gets too cool upstairs though. I told him we are going to have a $10,000.00 electric bill but he doesn't care because he's a sweaty man. :D
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Yeah, my husband and I have the same thing, but this year it's only been the winter months that we were changing the temp on each other. I try to keep the house at 76 on semi hot day (85+), on really hot days I turn the air down to 78 so that our electric bill is somewhat more manageable. But in the winter, that's when it's on as far as the two of us going to war over the temp in the house. I try to keep it at 68, I'm cheap, he wants it at 72. So, we now have a programable thermostate and I have it at 68 during the day when he's not here, it goes up to 70 just before he gets home and then it goes down to 67 at night and so on.. That has helped me out tons! Maybe you can get one of those?

Kathy
 
My DH drives me NUTS in the winter!!!!!!!!!! We are in NY so it get's pretty cold. He is constantly monkeying with the thermastat all day and night. 68 keeps it perfect in the house. He always turns it up to 70 and for some reason it shoots up to 74 degrees in the house. Sweltering in my opinion. He always says "I don;t want the kids to get cold", but me and the kids wake up sweating every night!!!LOL!!
I love him, but boy this really drives me insane. We have oil for our heat source, mega bucks!! Anyway, why can't he just leave it alone!LOL
Atleast I get a break in the summer because he enjoys the AC. Weirdo!!

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DH and I are opposites too. He's always "chilly" and I'm always opening windows. If it's not cool in the bedroom, I can't sleep. But what's really weird is that at those times when I AM feeling cold, he's suddenly "comfortable". It just makes no sense.
-Nancy
 
Hubby and I are different but he likes it cold and I need some heat. We have a programmable thermostat but it doesn't help because we both leave and come home at the same time (we carpool). So I am usually on the couch under a blanket with the AC is one because I think it is too cold. I will go outside to warm up.

Winter isn't too bad as the heater is set to 70-71 and that is just fine.

Rhonda
 
My war with DH is about leaving the windows open or turning on the AC.

I prefer the AC set about 78. He prefers the stifling humidity with the windows open. (it's a money thing) The problem is I can't sleep with road nose going past the house. Especially, motorcyles at 4am.
 
Brenda - we too have the noise traffic to deal with, and I'm not completely against the AC. When the humidity gets way up there, the AC is nice, but it doesn't have to be 66 in the bedroom to sleep for goodness sakes.

Winters aren't too bad because we do have programmable thermostats. We keep the temp at 69-70 when we're up and about, down to 65-67 during the day and at night. But we don't have central air and I think that's where the conflict comes from. Since the AC units have to be managed manually, we each play with the temp setting. He usually aims for an indoor temp of 72 in the summer. I asked him a few weeks ago if we could try 74 just to see if it would work for us. At the time we didn't have the AC units in, and it was 75 in the house and he wasn't complaining. He agreed - until the AC units went up and then the tug of war began.

Oh well, I guess I'll just go get that sweatshirt out of the dryer now. It really is one of those nuisance things that just isn't worth getting bent out of shape for. I still love the man, even if he does like it cold. :)
 
The funny thing about my DH and I is that our internal thermometers have completely reversed since we were married 24 years ago.

I used to huddle under an electric blanket set on "high", while he wanted the AC on the lowest possible setting.

Fast forward to now and I'm always hot, always trying to keep it cooler and throwing off blankets. I've got the air on abuot 70 and he's over there huddled under a blanket! Sheesh!
 
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