About 4 years ago my best acquaintance started dating somebody that I did not care for.
He seemed like a nice enough guy, but I never liked them together, however further, it never seemed like they actually were together.
No matter how long or how drastic their relationship was, they always felt like cousins more than sentimental partners. I was waiting for the relationship to end this entire time, to be honest. That’s why, I wasn’t truly surprised when she finally revealed to me that they had broken up about a month ago. I weighed my response carefully, and didn’t show too much enthusiasm when I asked what went wrong? She replied, she never actually enjoyed him.., but the Heating & A/C system was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Apparently, since they had been living together they have been fighting over the indoor air temperature on a biweekly basis, and everyday, he wanted to use the heating and cooling system to its full potential. This meant he wanted to adjust the indoor air temperature control settings up and down to match his exact preference at that moment. Meanwhile, my acquaintance was tied up out because they could barely pay the energy bill and the Heating & A/C system needed diagnostic repairs every few months. Whenever she talked to her ex about curbing his Heating & A/C habit, he got belligerent and they fought for days over concerns that barely included air quality, but one morning, when the a/c failed to turn on and he casually mentioned buying an replaced cooling system, she lost her cool once and for all. She left him with the busted AC device and never looked back.
