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Opinions before I overreact about this - dangerous / wasting money.

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Torturedheart2 · 25/04/2024 06:39

My DP has a constant habit of falling asleep on the sofa half of the night while I go to bed early. There's now been numerous occasions I've gotten up in the morning or middle of the night and he is fast asleep with a fan heater blasting. This morning is the straw that broke the camels back. I leave for work early and just had an urge to check nothing was left on as he had only came to bed half an hour before I got up. I went into the lounge and there was a storage heater left one and had clearly been on all night as the room was sweltering hot. He'd also left a bottle of red wine on it to heat up which he hadn't even opened.

I am feeling really pissed and was ready to march upstairs and wake him but stopped myself. 1) I feel it is so dangerous to leave an electrical storage heater unattended (especially with a glass bottle on it) 2) he is wasting money and it's half my money that will be paying for this ridiculous waste.

I know I am probably overreacting so I am here asking how to bring this up properly and am I blowing it out of proportion? As I say, this is not the first time he's done something similar but going to bed and leaving it on and the wine bottle is a bigger issue as I think it would have been on all day had I not went to check. Feel like I'm living with a teenager.

OP posts:
Emmz1510 · 28/04/2024 12:11

Eggplant44 · 25/04/2024 14:13

OP doesn't have the right to bin family possessions to make point.

yeah, you’re right, she should just leave it and allow him to burn the house down and kill them all instead 🙄

Vonesk · 28/04/2024 11:56

Theres no other option now : You have to ' up the anti'. ' EVERYTHING is turned off before you go to bed : new Rule for the ' Teenager'.
Are you familiar with the Fuse box??????
You can disconnect certain areas ( secretly) by fiddling with the fuse box.
Then ,when questioned , can just plead ignorance . Ask me , I ve done, and am still actively doing this in my house. ha ha ha ha!!!!

WingsofRain · 26/04/2024 09:32

WarshipRocinante · 25/04/2024 11:29

But then she’d have electric central heating and he wouldn’t be plugging in fan heaters and leaving them running all night.

Not everyone has central heating, I don’t. Portable electric heaters are my only option.

PTSDBarbiegirl · 26/04/2024 07:38

Samlewis96 · 25/04/2024 09:22

Where does it say he is tired so early? The OP takes herself off to bed and he stays up

The OP says partner falls asleep on couch early and she goes to bed early. Do you have a point to make?

"My DP has a constant habit of falling asleep on the sofa half of the night while I go to bed early"

Yellowhammer09 · 25/04/2024 14:37

That is annoying, but if he's one of those men that refuses to change his ways you should get some mechanical plug timers so that it automatically turns off at X o'clock. That way you don't have to buy any new storage radiators, and you can be sure that it is always off overnight.

Edited to add: Make sure your smoke alarms are working, and that there is one in the living room as well.

Eggplant44 · 25/04/2024 14:13

TeachesOfPeaches · 25/04/2024 07:48

Tell him if he does it again then the heaters are going in the bin.

OP doesn't have the right to bin family possessions to make point.

CantGetDecentNickname · 25/04/2024 14:08

I know someone who burned their entire house down by falling asleep with a fan heater on. Luckily they were ok. I'd definitely get rid of it. Other than that, have a chat with him about his behaviour and either get him to go to be with you earlier or set an alarm at the other end of the room when he is downstairs so he wakes and comes up to bed. Tell him he needs to behave like an adult. At the very least he is going to create huge heating bills and probably end up with a sore back from sleeping in an uncomfortable position on the sofa.

Woodandsky · 25/04/2024 13:33

Just be careful with times and electric heater, some aren't designed to cope with the large draw. We had one that pretty much melted...

Sandytoesandcrabs · 25/04/2024 13:11

Laughing so hard at ‘take away his football watching’ ahahaha as if you can treat a grown man like a child. How about ‘you left the heater on again it was well hot in there and the wine was boiled. Ive ordered a timer plug thing. Love you’

JustEatTheOneInTheBallPit · 25/04/2024 12:44

Tell him why you're pissed off and throw the fucking heater away.

2024please · 25/04/2024 12:18

LTB, no ifs, no buts. 👍

MsMcGonagall · 25/04/2024 12:18

I think it's fair to be angry about the danger.

No more warnings- the fan heater must disappear from your household.

If he doesn't want to disturb you be going to bed late, be pragmatic and arrange things so he has his own bedroom. Then he can get warm under a duvet and sleep in a proper bed at midnight.

Trulyme · 25/04/2024 11:57

Why is he putting the heating on so much?
What an absolute waste!

If he’s cold then he needs to put on another layer or go to bed.

The heaters can be used for taking the chill off but he’s using them excessively.

I’d be pissed off with him wasting the electric as it is, not to mention the fire hazard too.

DirtyCheeseBurger · 25/04/2024 11:52

Get rid of the fan heater as a start.

cfmtb · 25/04/2024 11:49

Get a smart plug and set it to turn off automatically at 10/11pm or whatever time!

WarshipRocinante · 25/04/2024 11:46

Torturedheart2 · 25/04/2024 11:32

He's just doing it to heat up the one room rather than turning the central heating on which I mentioned earlier. Not an effective strategy clearly and I would obviously rather he didn't.

That only makes sense if he is turning it off. If he leaves it on then he might as well use the central heating on a timer for a few hours rather than the plug in for 12 hours or more.

I’d be losing my temper over this one.

Torturedheart2 · 25/04/2024 11:32

He's just doing it to heat up the one room rather than turning the central heating on which I mentioned earlier. Not an effective strategy clearly and I would obviously rather he didn't.

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WarshipRocinante · 25/04/2024 11:29

35mph · 25/04/2024 11:21

Why are you using electric heaters?

Some people don't have gas or oil. I don't.

But then she’d have electric central heating and he wouldn’t be plugging in fan heaters and leaving them running all night.

35mph · 25/04/2024 11:21

Why are you using electric heaters?

Some people don't have gas or oil. I don't.

Gettingonmygoat · 25/04/2024 11:04

He is putting your life at risk. I would wake him and go nuclear on him.

springsprungx · 25/04/2024 11:02

what time does he go/start work? what time he finishes work? wfh?

it what the poster meant when they asked if he didn't work!
@Orophile

ButWhatAboutTheBees · 25/04/2024 10:21

Ridiculousness
He's not uncaring about you. He's doesn't need treating like a child. He's not an alcoholic...

Get rid of the fan heater and get a timer for anything else.

Don't start "billing" him for what he uses least he starts doing the same to you. "You don't need to use the hairdryer, you're using my electricity so I'm going to knock Xp off my bill for the heater"

GoawaySunrise · 25/04/2024 10:09

A glass bottle of alcohol left on a heater while everyone's asleep? Yes I'd be quite upset.

Crispsandcola · 25/04/2024 09:50

You said your DP has difficulty falling asleep and he had a bottle of wine out to drink mid week (I understand that he didn't open it on this occasion). Does your DP drink alcohol every night, possibly to help him sleep? It's concerning that your DP goes to sleep/bed without thinking about the implications of leaving the heater on. Is he generally 'bad with money'?

PrincessHoneysuckle · 25/04/2024 09:47

Not the point but can anyone explain heating up red wine?
I have it ar room temperature am.i doing something wrong?

P.s yanbu op

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