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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Fall
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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Comments (86)
heyred 11
I'm surprised your faucet pipes haven't frozen yet!
rivaraven 35
Why can't you turn the heat on?
sig4life 18
When they go to bed, spill some water all over the house so you have little bits of ice all over the house. When they start sliding around, they will end up turning on the heat. Just remember where they are do you don't fall on your own ass.
guyverzerox 6
Is it snowing in there?
redbluegreen 41
Sounds like how it is at my house, except there's no bet and it happens every year.
Crzysht96 3
Call CPS and complain lol...
Squeak9001 1
WOW, how did you survive the 3 weeks it was below freezing here? That's torture.
ATOMIX_fml 9
Man, I feel you. I went through the exact same thing this year. Except that now its summer, and she won't put up the A/C. Mg life is worse.