Steph, you should have moved in with me, and I should have sent my husband to live with your Boy.

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68/65 or lower, too.

Unless it is really windy and I'm feeling block of ice-ish. Then I might run it warmer while home & awake. Of course, by Feb, I may be getting into the 73 vicinity.

In summer, I'm pretty ok with 78/75 as long as it isn't too muggy. Well, ok, at night I might maybe just barely tweak it a little lower.

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For people who live in a part of the country that experiences 4 distinct seasons (basically, I'm thinking, WINTER as seen on TV), what temperature do you keep your thermostat at when you're home (1) and awake (i.e., doing normal home stuff -- reading, loafing, cooking, working, whatever), and (2) asleep?

I keep things in the low sixties during the day. And somewhere in the high fifties at night. But I know I am weird. In summer anything below 80 is fine but I am happiest at about 76.

My personal loathing is places too heated in the winter and too chilled in summer. It's winter, I am wearing socks, please don't make me icky sweaty. I'm the one who always has a sweater in offices in summer. Because it's freezing.

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The year Joe was gone, I kept out house at 71 or 72 during the evening. If I didn't, my hands and feet got cold. For me, it was totally worth the extra money to be comfortable in my own home And I wasn't walking around in shorts. Usually sweatpants, a T shirt and a sweater. But I'm always cold.

My parents kept our MN house at 69 in the winter and it was just too cold for me.

I think 65 is as cold as I can take it at night.

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Feel free to join me.

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Regardless of all y'all's personal preferences, that is -- it sounds like 68-70 is a more or less "common" room temperature, yes? It wouldn't brand me as an unreasonable Heat Miser?

Yes.

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My personal loathing is places too heated in the winter and too chilled in summer. It's winter, I am wearing socks, please don't make me icky sweaty. I'm the one who always has a sweater in offices in summer. Because it's freezing.

Yes yes yes!!!!

I hate having to carry sweaters to the movies or the grocery store in summertime.

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I guess a more accurate question is: what's a reasonable upper limit for room temperature?

For me, I think 75 is generally Way Too Hot for me in the winter because I dress like it's winter.

Also, I'm poor and I was raised by a skinflint, so I'd rather not waste money on utilities when I could just put on some socks and a hoodie.

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Teppy, my dad would have screaming fits if anyone touched the thermostat.

We keep ours around 69 all the time, because the kids tend to throw off blankets, pull off socks and sometimes get entirey naked. DH prefers it cooler at night.

If I feel cold, I'll nudge it up to 70 during the day.

Now that we've got a fireplace, we'll sometimes burn some wood, which doesn't raise the temp all that much but gives us a lot of psychological warmth.

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Um, worksafe.

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