My spouse kept telling me my buddy and I had to save money.
I had already split down on our grocery bill and was buying mostly store brand products instead of name brand. I was watching how much electricity my buddy and I used, by turning out all lights when not in the room, and shutting the control component off in rooms not being used. I hadn’t had my nails or hair done in over a year, and I couldn’t figure out where else to save money. When he told me I had to find some other way to split back, I told him I could make him more than one meal a day instead of more than two. He wasn’t thrilled and told me to quit being snarky. I told him it was strenuous to save money when the gas furnace was running all the time. He looked at me savor I was making it up. He asked me what I meant by running all the time. When I raised my voice and reminded him I had been telling him for almost a month that the gas furnace was running more than usual, he blanched. He told me he thought I was exaggerating. I stared at him for an hour and then walked away, then after slamming the family room door shut, I locked it, not wanting him to come in until I was no longer miserable. I heard him talking to someone and realized he was talking to the heating and air conditioning worker. He asked them to send out an actual heating and air conditioning worker as soon as possible. His loving wife told him that the gas furnace was running nearly all the time, and the energy bill was through the roof.