What's weird about where you are staying - Thanksgiving 2025 Edition

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The above-stove microwave has been broken for at least a year. The handle has been glued with Krazy Glue and Gorilla Glue, and taped heavily with clear packing tape. The man of the house refuses to believe that yes, it could be replaced, somehow and some way, even though it is an above-stove model, so they aren’t replacing it, just dealing with a broken microwave that you have to handle “just so.”

Yes, we’re staying home this year and hosting. This is my house and my life, and there’s no escape.

Eh, if it is just the handle I wouldn’t replace it yet either. That isn’t broken in my book, and I am the cook and mom. Broken means it doesn’t function.

Yeah and if you wait until it’s all the way broken, enjoy a month of inconvenience when you wait to buy one and have it delivered and installed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

Are your electric bills high ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are hosting. Thermostat has to be set at 72 for the grandparents, plus the fireplace has to be on. Unfortunately, the fireplace is in the small seating area in the kitchen, and I am simultaneously cooking tonight's dinner and also baking a pie for Thanksgiving. Between the thermostat, fireplace, and the oven and stove, I am roasting.

No. They can put on extra layers.

Definitely. I have an extended family who is always cold. Last Christmas I hosted, it was 20 degrees out and I had the back door wide open. Caused lots of bickering. Thankfully my husband and son like it cool like me and we can turn down the heat when everyone leaves.

You're a bad host if you kept the door open knowing it kept your guests cold.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

I would absolutely freeze. Our house has floor to ceiling glass on most sides and that is in reality much colder than 72. It depends on where your thermostat is, ours is in the most protected part of the house.

Also, it is below freezing here right now and I’ll be spending several hours outside today working around the farm and riding. I like it to be warm when I come back in to thaw.

So wear a sweater

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

I would absolutely freeze. Our house has floor to ceiling glass on most sides and that is in reality much colder than 72. It depends on where your thermostat is, ours is in the most protected part of the house.

Also, it is below freezing here right now and I’ll be spending several hours outside today working around the farm and riding. I like it to be warm when I come back in to thaw.

You would absolutely freeze over a 3° difference? Sounds like you might need to get some labs done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

Thats roasting. Normally our heat is set to 64 at night and 68 during the day. But we have a new toddler who loves to be warm, so I pushed it to 68 at night and got her a heavier TOG sleeping bag.
We arent traveling or seeing anyone but whats weird about my own house is that my husband insists on having a turkey. Literally, wont accept a ham or duck or whatever. So I ordered a turkey since his feelings about it were so strong and now hes complaining that I didnt order both a turkey and ham because the kids will only eat ham. We have 2 adults and 2 kids. One of whom has RSV. We will be lucky if we arent in the hospital this week but sure lets get BOTH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

I would absolutely freeze. Our house has floor to ceiling glass on most sides and that is in reality much colder than 72. It depends on where your thermostat is, ours is in the most protected part of the house.

Also, it is below freezing here right now and I’ll be spending several hours outside today working around the farm and riding. I like it to be warm when I come back in to thaw.

You would absolutely freeze over a 3° difference? Sounds like you might need to get some labs done.

Yes, I would. Wait until you are older, you’ll see. And my labs are perfect but I do have hypothyroidism, treated.

I do wear sweaters! I have a polar fleece jacket or full robe on 24/7 with it “72.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

I would absolutely freeze. Our house has floor to ceiling glass on most sides and that is in reality much colder than 72. It depends on where your thermostat is, ours is in the most protected part of the house.

Also, it is below freezing here right now and I’ll be spending several hours outside today working around the farm and riding. I like it to be warm when I come back in to thaw.

You would absolutely freeze over a 3° difference? Sounds like you might need to get some labs done.

Also I am in full menopause. I think that is as much a culprit as anything! I take HRT but menopause messes up your norms badly. But my family likes it at 72 as well. We are all thin, though…when I was fatter I was warmer so maybe that is it.

Yes, I would. Wait until you are older, you’ll see. And my labs are perfect but I do have hypothyroidism, treated.

I do wear sweaters! I have a polar fleece jacket or full robe on 24/7 with it “72.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

I would absolutely freeze. Our house has floor to ceiling glass on most sides and that is in reality much colder than 72. It depends on where your thermostat is, ours is in the most protected part of the house.

Also, it is below freezing here right now and I’ll be spending several hours outside today working around the farm and riding. I like it to be warm when I come back in to thaw.

You would absolutely freeze over a 3° difference? Sounds like you might need to get some labs done.

Yes, I would. Wait until you are older, you’ll see. And my labs are perfect but I do have hypothyroidism, treated.

I do wear sweaters! I have a polar fleece jacket or full robe on 24/7 with it “72.”

Also I am in full menopause. I think that is as much a culprit as anything! I take HRT but menopause messes up your norms badly. But my family likes it at 72 as well. We are all thin, though…when I was fatter I was warmer so maybe that is it.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone staying at a place where the tv is on at all times and at full volume? I feel I am being absolutely inundated with fake-nice daytime talk show banter and commercials for personal injury lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

We are at 63! Put on socks and a sweater. I grew up in New England with wood stoves - 63 is toasty!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

We are at 63! Put on socks and a sweater. I grew up in New England with wood stoves - 63 is toasty!

63 may be fine for you, but it is definitely not toasty during the day. We'd all be shivering, even with sweaters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

We are at 63! Put on socks and a sweater. I grew up in New England with wood stoves - 63 is toasty!

63 may be fine for you, but it is definitely not toasty during the day. We'd all be shivering, even with sweaters.

Really depends on how much moving about you are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

We are at 63! Put on socks and a sweater. I grew up in New England with wood stoves - 63 is toasty!

63 may be fine for you, but it is definitely not toasty during the day. We'd all be shivering, even with sweaters.

Really depends on how much moving about you are doing.

Well, this is a Thanksgiving thread, so we'll be sitting around the table for a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought everyone kept the thermostat at 72. That doesn’t seem unreasonable. I turn the fire on when I sitting near it too, it is cheerful.

In the fall winter!!?? We’re at 68-69.

I would absolutely freeze. Our house has floor to ceiling glass on most sides and that is in reality much colder than 72. It depends on where your thermostat is, ours is in the most protected part of the house.

Also, it is below freezing here right now and I’ll be spending several hours outside today working around the farm and riding. I like it to be warm when I come back in to thaw.

Most people don’t live in such an impractical, poorly insulated house.