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We are staying with my SO's family for the holiday.
They live were it is very cold at night.
The house is heated and VERY hot!!! ... Easily 85+ degrees F.
I'm sweating and miserable.
I casually mentioned it felt hot but my SO's mom says, 'The thermostat is set to 68 degrees'.
I checked, and she's right.
Clearly it is out of calibration but it's not my house and I'm not sure if it is okay to continue the conversation.
I constantly struggle with 'teaching moments' when visiting here or when they visit our house and my SO insists that I STFU since he is quite loyal to his family and says I can come across as a know-it-all.
I'm sure he's correct, so I work on it.
What would you do/say?
What's surreal is they have fans running all over the house too.
Last T-Day I posted that after the feast they left the cooked turkey and everything out on the kitchen counter for several hours, maybe 5 hours IIRC.
I found an appropriate opportunity in the last 12 months to talk about food-safety and why meat should be refrigerated within an hour of leaving the oven.
But this year the same thing happened, so I'll not be having leftovers tomorrow.
I really try to respect diversity, especially as a guest, but sometimes you just wanna slap someone.
They live were it is very cold at night.
The house is heated and VERY hot!!! ... Easily 85+ degrees F.
I'm sweating and miserable.
I casually mentioned it felt hot but my SO's mom says, 'The thermostat is set to 68 degrees'.
I checked, and she's right.
Clearly it is out of calibration but it's not my house and I'm not sure if it is okay to continue the conversation.
I constantly struggle with 'teaching moments' when visiting here or when they visit our house and my SO insists that I STFU since he is quite loyal to his family and says I can come across as a know-it-all.
I'm sure he's correct, so I work on it.
What would you do/say?
What's surreal is they have fans running all over the house too.
Last T-Day I posted that after the feast they left the cooked turkey and everything out on the kitchen counter for several hours, maybe 5 hours IIRC.
I found an appropriate opportunity in the last 12 months to talk about food-safety and why meat should be refrigerated within an hour of leaving the oven.
But this year the same thing happened, so I'll not be having leftovers tomorrow.
I really try to respect diversity, especially as a guest, but sometimes you just wanna slap someone.