Room Temperature

Mar 23rd, 2011 - by Susan
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This is going to send me into marital counseling.

My husband is so dramatic. He came into the bedroom the other night dressed in a down jacket, wool hat and mittens. 

"It's so f**king cold in here...move over", he said.

I started laughing and vapors came out of my mouth. I have always had a high internal thermostat but lately, my hormones are going into overdrive and according to my husband, my core body temperature seems to be off the charts.

Well the easiest, non-medication way to fix that is to open the windows. It's a known fact that a lower core body temperature initiates sleeping. Ask any insomniac. Covers on, covers off. Tossing and turning is your way of trying to adjust your internal thermostat.

I  love my cozy comforter but I need a cold bedroom to fully enjoy it's benefits. Sweating is for exercise, not for sleeping.

"But it's 50 f**king degrees in here", muttered my husband.

I did a little research and discovered that the optimal sleeping temperature is between 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures in this range, it seems, help facilitate the decrease in core body temperature.

I wonder if I can sell him on 60?

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Susan

Susan is one of the creators of mypheme.com!

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    Debi Mar 23rd, 2011

    Beware, I used to play roller coaster with the thermostat and now , it's covered. That's right , hubby put a f***king plastic cover over the thermostat and it locks with a key of which I don't have. So now I am used to colder temps at certain hours of the day and night and I DO cover with a blanket but I AM NOT a child ............. anybody got a screwdriver cause I'm about to remove that mother .,........

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    Rozzi Mar 23rd, 2011

    It's nice to see that after all these years he is still reading your "internal" temp!

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    Janet J. Mar 23rd, 2011

    When you age you are always cold. I live in the south. Temps at 60 degrees and I have socks and a sweatshirt on. A temp up North is not for seniors very happy with my heating pad!

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    Shelley Mar 31st, 2011

    I think hubby gave up long ago on the thermostat battle. Somehow he came to understand very quickly that my keeping cool was NOT negotiable, and very necessary for harmony in our homelife. He's become very adapt at layering, and I don't even think he remembers how the thermostat works.

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