{"id":139893,"date":"2023-10-17T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-keeps-couples-warm-in-winter-the-battle-over-the-thermostat-zoe-williams\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:21:28","slug":"what-keeps-couples-warm-in-winter-the-battle-over-the-thermostat-zoe-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-keeps-couples-warm-in-winter-the-battle-over-the-thermostat-zoe-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"What keeps couples warm in winter? The battle over the thermostat | Zoe Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe UK has suddenly gone from summer heat to shivering cold and across the land the annual arguments have begunMy dad had one weird pocket of chauvinism in an otherwise solid worldview, which was that men and women did not, and could not, like the same films. My sister once told him that she couldn\u2019t imagine going out with someone with a completely different taste in cinema, and he said: \u201cIn that case, you are destined to marry someone who lies to keep you happy, and there are worse people you could end up married to.\u201dTake out the nonsense gender essentialism \u2013 indeed, gender altogether \u2013 and films, substitute \u201cany couple\u201d and \u201ccentral heating\u201d, and I\u2019m pretty much with him. There is no such thing as a couple who wants their house the same temperature, and there are definitely couples who lie to keep each other happy.Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/oct\/17\/what-keeps-couples-warm-in-winter-the-battle-over-the-thermostat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What keeps couples warm in winter? 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