The main point of conflict in my relationship is a disagreement we have over the room temperature in our bedroom. We also disagree on other things like light and noise, but the temperature is the main issue.
He likes to have it incredibly hot (his ideal would probably be around 24°), window closed, radiator on, sleep naked, hardly use the duvet at all. I can't handle this, I feel like I'm suffocating and I wake up with the sweats.
My ideal is to have it cold (maybe 17° max but I do love it really icy), window open, radiator off, cosy under the duvet and I prefer to wear pyjamas. He can't get to sleep in these conditions.
We are finding it hard to reach a compromise that we can both be happy with. I ditched the pyjamas and he has a much thicker duvet than me (we have two singles). We usually do window closed and radiator off or window open and radiator low to try and get some middle ground. Always seem to end up with me too hot or him too cold. It doesn't help that he comes to bed already freezing most evenings from sitting at the computer, he's like a human icicle. So I understand why he has trouble warming up. He's tried hot water bottles but they don't seem to work for him.
We've been together for 8 years, lived together for 7, so you'd think we would have worked this out by now, but apparently he was just putting up with my preferences for a long time and is now unwilling to do so anymore. He thinks we should just have it his way because I had it my way for so long, but I can't sleep properly in that heat and apparently he can't sleep properly in the cold.
Did anyone else have completely different sleeping preferences and did you manage to find a solution that wasn't separate bedrooms? (Which honestly I would consider if we had the space, but we don't).