My boyfriend and I used to fight about the temperature on the thermostat

I love my boyfriend, but we fight all the time.

And now that we live together, we fight more and more.

He hates it when I take food from his plate, and I hate it when he leaves his dirty socks all over the house. Obviously, these are not major problems that we are fighting about, they are just growing pains until we can figure things out as we go. When we lived separately, we used to fight about the air conditioning. When he lived alone, he used to sleep with his A/C set to 76 degrees. I believe that was too hot, as I slept with my air conditioner set on 72. It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but 4 degrees can mean the difference between a good night’s sleep and not sleeping at all. When we first moved in together, this was a major issue for us, and I suffered through some restless nights because he used to set the temperature to 76 after I fell asleep. Then I would wake up in the middle of the night and lower it to 72 degrees. I am sure the air conditioner was working overtime trying to make us both comfortable. Well, after a few months of adjusting and re-adjusting the temperature for the A/C, my boyfriend came up with a great solution, he bought me a tower fan. He said that he did the research, and the tower fan can cool down the room by up to 4 degrees without adjusting the temperature for the A/C. He was right, ever since I got the fan, I was able to sleep comfortably and of course, I keep it on my side of the bed.

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