Sometimes I just have to look at my boyfriend and shake my head.
Thank God he’s pretty, because he’s not necessarily the brightest bulb in the box.
I love him nevertheless, but there are times that I have to question what he’s up to. This was definitely the case when we first moved in together and I realized that he had never operated a central HVAC system before in his life. Let me be clear, I wouldn’t expect him to be a professional HVAC technician or anything like that. I mean that he truly didn’t know how a thermostat controls the indoor air temperature. Apparently, his entire life his parents have been in charge of the indoor air temperature to the extent that he was unaware of a thermostat purpose. When we moved in together, he kept wandering around and saying that he didn’t understand why the indoor air felt so bad. I would simply shrug and tell him to go ahead and adjust it if he thought it was an uncomfortable temperature. After several days of this back and forth, I wasn’t understanding why he was so frustrated with me. Finally he exploded and told me that he didn’t understand how he was supposed to change the indoor air temperature when it was so hot and humid outside. No matter how many windows he opened or how many fans he turned on the indoor air temperature only got warmer. That’s when I looked him dead in the eye and asked if he understood what a thermostat was. The sheer confusion on his face said it all. From that day forward, I taught him how a thermostat works and even how to program it. I have a lot of questions for his mom when I meet the in-laws.