When OP says its 8 degrees I really hope that’s outside not inside! If it’s inside you definitely need your heating on!!!!
Honestly after how lovely and warm it’s been outside for so long I was really shocked this evening when I went out in a t shirt and cardi (and trousers, for the pendants thinking I went out with my knickers on show!) to pick up DP from somewhere and the car thermometer told me it was only 6C!
For the benefit of the conversation about how people know the temperature indoors, my heating thermostat states the temperature of the room it is in - which happens to be 19C.
It’s a little chillier than ideal for me, but DP has an obsession with leaving the bedroom window open all day and night, and opening doors and windows when he’s downstairs in the house in the day time - and at a risk of sounding like my parents, I am not paying to heat outside!! Fortunately at the moment a warm cardi or jumper (and some fluffy socks!) will suffice and I haven’t been tempted to put the heat on just yet.
I’m with you OP, and trying to save on heating bills. Though if it’s really chilly, I might pop the gas fire on in the living room/sitting room/whatever you call it (with the doors closed!) for a few minutes, then it keeps the warmth to one place, and is I hope cheaper than heating the whole house.
I find doing the washing up helps warm me up (I guess warm hands helps raise body temperature) and I’m also a bit of a sucker for wrapping myself up in a lovely fluffy blanket when I’m comfy on the sofa in the evening! Helps keep me warm!
I imagine soon though a conversation is going to have to take place about the window vs heating!
When I first bought my house (in the days when people bought houses and then didn't have money to get new furnishings or go on holiday etc) not long after that I had to take a much lower paying job so things became a real struggle - couldn’t afford the heating and I remember a point in time it was warmer in my fridge than it was in my house!!! (Someone had given me a fridge thermometer, if anyone is wondering how I knew the temperatures!). I never ever want to live through anything like that again if I can avoid it - and memories of that time stops me being stubborn with regards to waiting out until a certain time or date etc until the heating is going on. That said, I’m still not paying for heating to go straight out of a window into the street!
For the superiority debate, it’s not a sign of toughness if you’ve not got your heating on, nor a sign of weakness or that you’re nesh if you have! Not only do different areas have different temperatures, temperatures can vary by a few degrees from one town to the next - the next town to me, which is higher up on a hill is a good 2 degrees cooler. But also different houses retain heat/cold differently. A mid terraced sandwiched between two houses that do have their heating on the vast majority of the time, is going to be warmer than a 1960s brick build detached - latter probably needs their heating on much sooner - doesn’t mean one household is better than the other.
What I don’t understand though, is people who have their heating turned up so high, it’s literally sweltering indoors so they’re having to wear shorts and vest tops etc … what is THAT about? Isn’t it uncomfortable? Is it some kind of flex? Is someone else paying the bills?