Controlling for being angry at DH using oven

Sounds as though this runs way deeper than a cooker / cool house issue.

We’d create as little extra heat as possible- we certainly wouldn’t create heat for everyone cooking a meal for only one person.

In the summer we use the microwave, electric pressure cooker and slow cooker when we can.

We eat a lot of foods cold the next day, so if the oven does have to go on, it provides food for more than one person and more than one day.

I’m surprised to see it’s unusual. Lots of warm countries have outdoor kitchens for hot seasons

I don't want to live on cold food all summer, thanks!

OP you sound bonkers. I have 3 double coated dogs, French doors wide open, cooling bandanas on the dogs and they lay happily in the shade in the garden or on the floor indoors with all windows and curtains open.

Frozen towels are ridiculous, their coats protect them from the heat.

I’d be exactly the same as you OP - I also managed to keep the house under 23 degrees yesterday and today / we both agreed the oven wouldn’t be used this week as temp shoots right up and then hard to get it down, I hate getting overheated and my partner respects this so we get creative without using an oven for a few days a year

This is the same poster whose teenager pretended to go to college for 2 years because they couldn't tell them they failed their first year and did an access course instead.

Can't think why 🤔

I wouldn’t call this controlling but selfish actually.. his need to eat is much more important than your need to keep at an ambient temperature of your choosing!!! I wondered if you’ve got thyroid issues. Seems a very strange thing to be so insistent on. He’s allowed to cook as he likes.. you need to buy a fan or air con unit and maybe think about seeing a gp if you can’t bear a temperature of 26…!

The hottest part of a hot day is around 3pm. So your kitchen will be hotter at 3 than at noon generally on a hot day. That's nothing to do with a non fry up in an oven.

If your oven is giving out so much heat maybe the seal is broken and you need to fix it.

Prawn vindaloo? Brave!
Hope he has a strong stomach! 😁

Are people really saying that if we had a summer that lasted from. May to October then no one would use the oven? For all that time?
P. S my son is having prawn vindaloo tonight. He's going to be hot.

Your poor husband!!

It's not hot!!

If you have a loft hatch, open it. We have rooms in our attic and on hot days we open the doors into the loft space.

I’m quite surprised so few people think there’s an issue with pumping extra heat out on one of the hottest days of the year.

As it should be.

But the husband has done nothing wrong.

So, so many questions.

My poor dogs have thick, long coats that cannot be shaved. Double coated

That should mean that their coats act as both insulation against the heat and the cold😊. I live in a hot country and we don’t shave dogs with double coats in hot weather (as many do with other dogs here in summer) given it provides them natural insulation against the heat.

The kitchen is reading 26c

Okay. Thats not really hot. Certainly not as hot as you are making out. That’s ‘pleasant’, we wouldn’t even consider our air con or any steps under 28ish, and then it would depend on associated airflow and humidity at that point. A dry heat of 28 you wouldn’t blink an eye or consider doing anything and particularly if air flow is active, but over 28 with humidity and still air you would start and consider turning the air con or a fan on.

Frankly, your poor DH, it’s extremely odd and controlling behaviour you are displaying. I won’t use the BS word.

Why’s it mad? It’s perfectly sensible not to use an oven in this heat.

I know. I have nothing to add, it's been said, but I can't help but to come back and catch up!

Disclaimer before someone starts….no I know that dogs shouldn’t be hosed down when they’re on the verge of heatstroke.

You sound very controlling and a bit mad, tbh. 99% of responses say YABU and you're going on and on!

YABU.

I’m with you OP!

I said you weren’t being unreasonable OP. It’s funny how things go on here….I wonder if these are the same people who are horrified at dogs being walked when the outside temperature is over 20C?

There are a lot of people who go around opening and closing windows to keep their homes cool. They’re just not on this thread.

Also, no I’m sure the dogs don’t like having cold towels thrown over them. Mine don’t like having water tipped over them at the time, but it cools them down. They just don’t understand that it will cool them down because they’re dogs!

😂

If this is such an issue for you, buy a new standalone oven that sucks the heat back in and is cold to the touch. My ovens, you can touch the glass when they are on and you will not get burnt. They also suck the hot air back in when you open the door. You need a more efficient oven, then you can give your poor husband a break when he needs to use it.

I also say this as someone who struggles with the heat. I voted YABU as your reaction to your DH cooking in his own home is OTT.