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Just clocked PIL thermostat reading

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Pascha · 28/11/2021 16:06

25° 🥵. I'm slowly dying of heat exhaustion.

Just clocked PIL thermostat reading
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Lipsandlashes · 28/11/2021 16:07

Jesus! I’m in a sweat if ours is above 18

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EmpressCixi · 28/11/2021 16:08

My father is 76 and that is what he has his on. Is your PIL elderly? They do seem to feel cold easier.

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DramaAlpaca · 28/11/2021 16:09

My 80-something parents like their house that warm as well. It's far too much for me, but they like it and are very lucky they can afford to have it at that temperature. We take summer clothes when we go to visit in winter.

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bettybyebye · 28/11/2021 16:28

Ha ha are you at my in laws?! There’s is always above 24 - when we go to stay we wear lots of layers and DH and I practically down to vests by the evening Grin
They are early-mid 60s and not frail at all so no idea why they like the house as hot as Dante’s inferno!

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Itsalmostanaccessory · 28/11/2021 16:30

My parents keep their house that hot. Never did it when I was growing up. Thermostat was always around 18. They're definitely feeling the cold more as they age.

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Soontobe60 · 28/11/2021 16:32

I think your MIL has just started her own thread “AIBU my DIL won’t put the heating up and I’m bloody freezing!”

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DowntonCrabby · 28/11/2021 16:32

Can you strip down to bra and pants as a hint OP? Grin only joking obvs but I’d feel the same, I tend to join the family smoker outside every time they pop out just to cool down a bit when at my relatives.

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ShirleyPhallus · 28/11/2021 16:34

One Christmas at my grandma’s I was really hot so took off my jumper, she saw me wearing a T-shirt and thought I must be cold so put the heating on even higher. I was absolutely dehydrated by the end I swear

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RainbowZebraWarrior · 28/11/2021 16:35

I used to treat a lady at home where I'd be doing heavy manual physio work for an hour. Her thermostat was never below 27 degrees. I used to fall out of her house gasping for cool air!

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madisonbridges · 28/11/2021 16:35

I feel your pain. I have to stay at my mum's (86 with demetia) two days a week. Its like living on the equator. I've got a constant headache and sweat dripping off my nose if I do the slightest bit of housework. I'm forever tweaking the blessed thermostat.

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Pascha · 28/11/2021 16:37

@Soontobe60

I think your MIL has just started her own thread “AIBU my DIL won’t put the heating up and I’m bloody freezing!”

😂 My house is at a comfy 19°.

FIL is 70 this weekend. He still works full time as a tradesman. He's not known for sitting around. He just likes to stay warm.

There are 11 of us here and a cold spread going on the table for tea. It's going to be a hot squash around the table that's for sure.
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JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 28/11/2021 16:38

Visited MIL last week, was absolutely baking in her house. Found her thermostat, she'd got it set to 30!! I turned it down to 18, figured she could turn it up again after we left.

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whiskersonkittenss · 28/11/2021 16:39

My PIL have it on the same. When I visit I'm sat there with sweat dripping down my face.

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GoGoGretaDoll · 28/11/2021 16:40

Have you invented time travel and gone back to visit my deceased MIL? I actually fainted there once - combo of extreme heat and her mad air scent spitty out thing.

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TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme · 28/11/2021 16:42

Mil used to have hers at 32° God bless her soul. I used to tell quite ill after a time

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Wallabyone · 28/11/2021 16:42

My in-laws have their house cold 🥶 When I go over, I say ooh, it's a bit chilly and they turn it up for me. I couldn't sit there boiling or freezing and not speak up-there is usually a compromise.

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alwayswrighty · 28/11/2021 16:44

I have our house at least 21. I've got a chronic illness so feel the cold even if it's mildly nippy. Plus I work from home sitting at a desk all day. Even though I get up and move around and wear bed socks over normal socks and a fleece over a jumper I still feel cold.

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SquigglePigs · 28/11/2021 16:46

I can sympathize. We had my study and lounge at home at 23/24 most of the week last week because I've got a chest infection and it was the only way to stop me coughing. I was ridiculously warm though so 25 and actually having to do things is pretty warm!

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mumwon · 28/11/2021 16:47

Opposite - aged us have temp at 20
ds came to stay he turned it up to 24
(put a jumper on ds wearing a tshirt & turning the temp up -grr)
guess what I will be buying him for Christmas!

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muddyford · 28/11/2021 16:47

Ours is about 18.5C. Much above that and I fry. I have to ignore DH who feels the cold. But he can put on an extra layer.

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DaisyandSimeon · 28/11/2021 16:48

Ours hovers around 20. Sometimes it feels hot (like now) and sometimes it feels cold.

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Spectre8 · 28/11/2021 16:50

Older people feel the cold more, one day that will be and your kids will be sniggering about you behind your back. Nice!

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tiredanddangerous · 28/11/2021 16:52

My DPs are the same. We're due to stay with them for a few days over Christmas and I'm already dreading the heat. I have to keep finding reasons to go outside!

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TheCreamCaker · 28/11/2021 16:52

Grin. I'm 62, husband 63, and our heating is permanently on 20-22 at the moment. Just been to our son's house (37) and it was bloody freezing cold there

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Hapoydayz · 28/11/2021 16:53

I have mine at that temp, I like a warm house

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