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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, I woke up to a quite frigid room, which wasn't out of the ordinary since my building's heat is broken. But I realized that the extra cold I was feeling was due to the snow piled up on my bed. It had snowed 20 inches last night. My mom had apparently opened my window. 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 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, 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 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, 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
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 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 can't get my heat to turn off. It is currently 87 degrees Fahrenheit in my house, and my heat is running non-stop. It's about 20 degrees outside with over a foot of snow on the ground, so a repairman can't come out to fix it. My electricity bill will be about $1000. FML
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OhDearBetrayal 25
It's not only a bet; it's a test of pride. Also know as a fight to the death. You are a casualty of war. Congratulations.
misspulkadot24 17
The cost of the hospital bill when your entire family gets pneumonia will be a lot higher than the heat bill.
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lizzilla8297 2
My parents do that here in Minnesota, where it gets to negative 40 degrees F and my room doesnt have insulation... Way past snowing
starcrossddream 14
My parents are also Eskimos it seems, and unfortunately not because of a heat bill, they are really just comfortable with the freezing temperature. Luckily they have come to understand that I am a warm climate creature and bought an electric blanket for me last Christmas. So I may be confined to hiding under my blanket most of the winter, but hey at least I'm not an ice pop ^_^
Relenaz 9
Buy a personal mini heater for your bedroom and blast that sucker until it's a "toasty" 65 degrees... Your parents can still have their silly bet, and you will be warmer than them! If they criticize it or don't like it, tell them that if you were a dog forced to stay in a shed that cold, it could count as animal cruelty.
charvisioku 22
I know exactly how you feel, my room is cold enough for my breath to be visible a lot of the time because my house mates are really against having the heating on because "it costs too much" (yet they bought a tv license; evidently that's more important). I hope your parents regain sanity soon. Maybe you could get a personal heater for your room if you have the money for it - they can't complain, you're doing it for the sake of your health. It's what I did in the end. Life is so much more bearable with this thing xD
skyeyez9 25
Sounds exactly like my parents! Both are doctors and make good money, but they are so cheap. I remember freezing in the winters at my childhood home, because they refused to turn the thermostat up to a comfortable temperature.
10showgirl 16
Some people never grow up... Just turn it on....
BananerzFresh 12
Time to spend as much time away from home as possible. Sleep at a friends house or someones house. Better than getting sick.
Hiphuray4peas 27
Have fun when the pipes freeze!
vbmg152 19
You'll live! Our heats been broken for 3 years & it gets cold here in VA. If we can survive, you can!
MrsAlexander83 10
I bet they have heated blankets. My parents do this crap too, and refuse to turn up the heater when we come to visit from out of town! I hope I'm not as frugal when I'm this old! My advice to you would be to go get a heated blanket too!