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Have you considered just not living with people you think so little of?

I have an analogue thermostat in my home, but vacations (in rental properties) with the in-laws turn into thermostat wars. I particularly don't appreciate the ones that use proximity sensors to light the thermostat display's backlight. Whoever came up with that idea was a genuine asshole.

Besides, would you really break off a relationship over something so petty as temperature preference? The people who find somebody who's literally perfect for them must be very rare, I think most people have to make small sacrifices and concessions.

I agree, everyone makes small sacrifices and concessions to the people they live with, and I would never break up with someone over such a small issue as temperature preference. But trying to trick your partner or housemate into thinking you haven’t changed the temperature? That’s the kind of strategy you use when you’re stuck with someone you can’t communicate with, or don’t respect enough to want to communicate with, or have given up on communicating with. At that point I’d be packing my things.

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