Today, like always, my parents are such tightwads that they refused to turn the heating system on, despite the ball-freezing temperatures. I was so cold, I had to resort to warming my hands up over the toaster. FML
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Wild Nights Out
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Today, my parents have kept their bet going about not turning the heat on all season. I woke up this morning to it being the same temperature inside as it was outside. It's snowing out there. FML
Today, my mom made me go shopping with her. It was freezing out, but she didn't wear a coat, boasting that she doesn't feel the chill like I do. By the time we drove home she was whining about freezing to death, and now I'm stuck in a house whose heating is set to "inferno". FML
Today, my parents went on holiday, finally, and since I’m always freezing I took the opportunity to actually turn up the temperature on the boiler. Not 30 seconds later my dad called pissed and told me either I turn it back down or he’s coming home from Spain to kick my ass. FML
Today, my heating broke. It's 22 degrees outside, and my father won't let us call someone to fix it because apparently the cold helps the soul grow. FML
Today, the lack of heating in my room has gotten to the point where I have to cuddle my clothes for the next day at night so they're not freezing when I wake up. FML
Today, my mom wants to save money on both heating and electricity. Put into practice, this means that the temperature in my room is about the same as that in our fridge. FML
Today, my boiler packed up on me just as the weather has turned cold, with no money to have it fixed. Hello to a week of freezing cold showers. FML
Today, the whole upstairs was so cold that I had to wear mittens inside. When I asked my parents why it was so cold, they replied that to save money, they had decided not to heat the upstairs, since "nobody is ever up there, anyway." My bedroom is upstairs. FML
Today, I found out that shutting off the heat in the rental property my parents owned was a bad idea. The water froze and the pipes burst, causing the whole kitchen ceiling to fall down. The water ruined the wood floors and the appliances. I turned off the heat to save money. FML
Today, I got a phone call to say my workplace was closed due to extreme weather conditions. Looking forward to my day off, I then realised the boiler was broken and my house has no heating despite there being a foot of snow outside. I'm spending the day in bed, wearing all my clothes. FML
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Top comments
Lanceeden 12
Toasters scare the shit out of me when they finish.
Rico_Mal1116 0
Well I bet you feel toasty now!
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Comments (170)
cmars3 7
Blankets are your friends
iwadasn 33
So put on some extra layers or get a blanket. Or you could do exercise or even housework to warm yourself up. There are plenty of better ways to go about this than complaining about it on a website.
RhuLynette 8
MY dad does that too!! he calls it the 'how long can we go without heating game' -.-
Roevera 14
So were you actually making toast? I mean, you might as well just turn up the heat if you're going to waste energy by using an empty toaster.
mhnilo88 0
I'd rather be freezing than stuck in 100+ weather without AC. Welcome to AZ
xtmc87x 0
Stop being an ungrateful bastard maybe money is tight douche bag!
trooper250 0
That's actually pretty smart, I would have never thought about using the toaster.
PYLrulz 17
Hey! It's not called being a tightwad! It's called being frugal!
justbigbs 6
Leave your computer on and play all the 3d games you have, you should be warm about 2 days for desktop and 4 days on laptop
wriptidez 0
get some of those warm hand inserts from walmart?