I graduated school and then moved to Fort Worth with my boyfriend.
We decided to buy a house and live together for a year before getting married.
I am really glad we did that. I realized quickly that living with him was a nightmare. We fought about a lot of things. There were issues with cleaning, cooking, and upkeep of the house. The worst was probably the thermostat wars. Our house in Fort Worth was a central HVAC system. That means there was ductwork stretching room to room throughout the house. You set the thermostat and then the whole house was affected by it. My boyfriend always cranked the air conditioner no matter what. I was constantly cold in the house. It was so annoying since he wouldn’t listen to me at all. I was cold. I didn’t want to wear pants during the summer. I hated that I had to wear a coat when I ate dinner. If I dared bump up the thermostat he lost his mind. In the winter I wasn’t allowed to turn on the heater. It got to the point that I was sneaking changing the thermostat on him. We fought so much about heating and cooling. After we broke up I made sure to buy a place just for me. It is my place, my thermostat, and my HVAC unit. I now love being able to set my own heating and cooling. I save quite a bit in the summer since I don’t run my AC that much. In the winter I treat myself to decent heating settings.