The older I get, the more I wonder if marriage is a realistic institution these afternoons, and back in prehistoric times and throughout most of human history, it made sense that people fired up and spent their lives together, but frankly, they only had 10 or 20 years to worry about, these afternoons, you’re looking at 60 or 76 years with somebody, and if you ask me, that sounds completely annoyed… Maybe this is just my jaded opinion after a few years of a difficult marriage, when my spouse and I first got together, I thought that my associate and I were a match made in heaven, and now, I guess that my associate and I were paired together for eternal suffering.
It’s not that either of us as a excruciating person, just that my associate and I are very different, but even the easy things in life, like setting the thermostat, become large concerns in our house.
My spouse is always a million degrees too warm, and I am always freezing cold. When my associate and I try to establish an indoor air temperature starting for the central heating and cooling system, it often turns into a week-long battle. My good friend and I have completely odd needs and perspectives when it comes to our energy usage. The one time of day that my associate and I used to get along was when evening would settle. Then, I also want the air temperature to be much lower in the house. For multiple years, this was our respite from endless battling with each other over the thermostat settings, but unfortunately, my spouse recently had a warning from his healthcare worker about keeping his heart healthy, apparently, he needs warmer temperatures at evening for simple circulation. Now, my associate and I have no usual ground when it comes to Heating and Air Conditioning settings. Every evening, I’m sleeping with the window open while he has a space heater next to the bed.