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Controlling for being angry at DH using oven

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SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 13:32

Dh likes to eat healthily which means he never fries any food. Even the 1 cal spray is not acceptable. Fine.

But DH knows I’m very funny about the heat. Hate it and do very well to keep a cool house. I’m the person who goes around closing curtains, opening windows at the optimal time to keep things cool.

Just got off a work call to a sauna downstairs. DH has made himself a fry up (chicken sausages, egg, mushrooms, tomatoes). The kitchen is reading 26c - it was 22.5c when I looked at around 12 pm.

I told dh that this was really selfish behaviour. And now I’ve been called controlling.

AIBU?

OP posts:
ScrollingLeaves · 30/07/2024 16:09

People must be able to use the oven.
if you are so distressed by the heat could you open the window and get a fan?

pinkstripeycat · 30/07/2024 16:06

Like PP said, get a fan.

My dog won’t be cooled with a paddling pool, cool towels or any means, he just has to lay flat and keep still. Doesn’t stop me cooking though.

Get an air fryer so DH doesn’t have to heat the oven. I doubt an oven heats the kitchen by THAT much. If it does, get rid of it as it’s not economical, a huge waste of energy and making a big carbon footprint.

You really are hard work and very odd.

grapesstrawberriesplease · 30/07/2024 16:06

Get a grip.

TattoedLady · 30/07/2024 16:06

SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 13:37

Opening windows does absolutely no good. My house is or was cooler than outside.

Surely you mean "our" house?

focacciamuffin · 30/07/2024 16:06

I’m feeling a little chilly. The temperature in here has dropped to 28.5.

TeenLifeMum · 30/07/2024 16:06

Omg, as an adult I cannot imagine living in an environment where I have to tread on egg shells for just wanting to use an oven for my meal! You cannot control adults to that degree - that outrageous. It’s hot for a few days. Seriously, get a grip!

rwalker · 30/07/2024 16:06

Your poor husband
whilst 26 is hot nobody is going to spontaneously combust

TravelInsuranceQ · 30/07/2024 16:05

You seem to be getting a hard time on here
I'm with you though - I really suffer from the heat as do our pets so if the other person in the house was to use the oven on such a warm day I would be pissed off too.
Luckily he uses the airfryer most of the time anyway (and he's pretty considerate and not selfish like your H)
Maybe you need a more efficient way of cooking: a range cooker on for 40 mins for a fry up does sound pretty inefficient....

PuddlesPityParty · 30/07/2024 16:04

KeirSpoutsTwaddle · 30/07/2024 16:03

@SharpOliveHam II’m with you but apparently we’re in the minority.

We don’t use ‘hot’ cooking methods in these temperatures. Luckily we all suffer from heat so are generally on side with it.

We use the instant pot a lot, the microwave, and eat cold food. Creating unnecessary heat during a heat wave is selfish and short sighted.

How much heat do you seriously think putting the oven on for a bit causes? 🙄

Gitfeatures · 30/07/2024 16:04

Your level of rage is probably responsible for at least 2C of the temperature increase.

KeirSpoutsTwaddle · 30/07/2024 16:03

@SharpOliveHam II’m with you but apparently we’re in the minority.

We don’t use ‘hot’ cooking methods in these temperatures. Luckily we all suffer from heat so are generally on side with it.

We use the instant pot a lot, the microwave, and eat cold food. Creating unnecessary heat during a heat wave is selfish and short sighted.

DavidBeckhamsrightfoot · 30/07/2024 16:02

SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 14:00

I live in England. It is perfectly mild enough for my dogs except for a handful of days a year. And I do very well to keep them cool on unseasonably hot days.

They are both rescues. Don’t be ridiculous

You're telling me not to be ridiculous 🤣🤣

Have you met you?!

And no it's not ridiculous to expect responsible dog owners to choose dogs based on their needs.
If you can't meet their needs without this ridiculousness then you have failed

Flossflower · 30/07/2024 16:02

SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 13:50

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

Well you, along with many other people, are being silly having dogs like this unless you live in the artic.
I was at the beach at the weekend and saw someone at the beach with a husky!!

Wanttobefree2 · 30/07/2024 16:01

26’c isn’t that hot at all, your dogs will be fine, if they overheat they will pant like they are designed to do.

BobbyBiscuits · 30/07/2024 16:01

He's using the stove to make a fry up, or cooking it in the oven? I guess it's foolish and wasteful of energy in summer to run the full oven for one persons meal that could be cooked in a pan on stove top? Otherwise he does need to eat. You can't just blanket ban the cooking or eating of hot food just bc it's summer.
Buy an extra fan or a portable Aircon unit if the heat is bothering you.
Could he buy an air fryer for his 'fry ups'?

PuddlesPityParty · 30/07/2024 15:59

If your oven has heated up the whole house that much then something’s wrong with it. I have a range cooker too and it doesn’t do that.

PuddlesPityParty · 30/07/2024 15:59

You’re not suppose to put cold or freezing towels on your dogs in hot weather!!!! Do your research instead of acting like you and you alone are correct!!

You are being ridiculous and hysterical. Don’t even bother with the “hysterical is misogynistic” because in this case it’s absolutely true.

Miyagi99 · 30/07/2024 15:59

He needs an air fryer!

Sunnyjac · 30/07/2024 15:58

SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 14:00

I live in England. It is perfectly mild enough for my dogs except for a handful of days a year. And I do very well to keep them cool on unseasonably hot days.

They are both rescues. Don’t be ridiculous

It's not "unseasonably hot". It's summer

lalalapland · 30/07/2024 15:57

SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 15:16

More surface area was my only point

Stop moaning about it and buy the poor guy an air fryer. If you’re so obsessive about this you really should consider getting a/c installed.

This is very unreasonable of you. It’s his house too

Cnidarian · 30/07/2024 15:56

Yes, yes you are. If you really truly cannot tolerate it to this extent you could get air conditioning or move to the North East it is a balmy 23 here.

DPotter · 30/07/2024 15:55

I don't know about controlling but your reaction is completely over the top.

26C is not swelteringly hot and it's certainly not the temperature of a sauna. It probably feels hotter to you as you've got yourself all unnecessary and are 'running around' trying to cool down your dogs.

Get yourself back to your work, with a cool drink. And seriously take on board the thoughts and suggestions people have been saying here today. And then go and apologise to your husband.

Jazz7 · 30/07/2024 15:54

Surely the dogs can go into another cooler room in the house? I sympathise with hating the heat It is also worth getting a portable air conditioner. Then you can keep one room cool with the door and windows shut (try to have good seal where vent goes out one window). I do that and me and the dogs go there. Also if you put a bowl of ice in front of a fan in the kitchen it will cool down the room quicker.

haveacat · 30/07/2024 15:54

At a total tangent.

He doesn't fry food but had a fry-up. He only eats healthily but was eating sausages (which are extremely processed and definitely not healthy).

Not criticising anyone's food choices. (Sausages are quite tasty).

It all sounds a bit bonkers. 😁

FamBae · 30/07/2024 15:53

I have a double coated rescue dog from Macedonia, she is a Malamute / Carpathian Shepherd cross and has a coat like a Bear. She will be 5° cooler under her coat in summer and 5° warmer in winter, she's used to 50° summers and knows all the cool spots in our house and wont go near a paddling pool😁I'm only saying this because I think you can afford to relax a little.