Nice and warm

[cosmolinguist]

Andrew was feeling really ill last night, which is sad (especially because I was away and it's nice to have someone to offer cuddles and fussing when you're sick). But it had the upside of him not being preternatually warm, so he actually turned the heat on and kept it on today when I got back and...

All afternoon/evening I've been in my house but at a temperature comfortable to me and it's so weird and glorious. It's so hospitable. No part of me is so cold it hurts or is distracting me. The house never seems to reach that point normally, when the heating is on only when I'm out of bed, and not always then.

I feel bad that I'm benefiting from his suffering (he says he feels better today, but apparently hasn't overheated enough to turn the heat off again) but I guess at least that's better than how these things usually work out, where there's just suffering and nobody benefits?

Comments

[po8crg]

I hope that at some time, you can have a decentralized heating/cooling system that will allow you to have a room where you are comfortable and allow Andrew a room where he is comfortable. Both at the same time.

[alithea]

Yes, this.

[rmc28]

Yes!

(Spouse always prefers the bedroom cold; by default the radiator in there is never on and the window is open at least a crack, while the door to the house is kept shut to keep the heat out. We also tend to keep the study cooler than the rest of the house, if not quite as chilly as the bedroom. There were a few nights over the winter where I deliberately slept in with Younger Child - as opposed to the times I fell asleep there by accident - but overall harmony was preserved.)

[theandrewhickey]

Definitely. Currently, *neither* of us ever get properly comfortable -- Holly will be freezing and wrapped up in multiple layers while I'll be walking around topless complaining about the heat.