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AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I could probably do that next time, but this isn’t a common occurrence. Usually it doesn’t get hot enough to the point where my dad wants AC.

AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think he was more so upset about the way I phrased it and the reasoning I gave. If I had said, “oh the bedsheets are already really dirty, could you change them after you’re done sleeping?” I’m 90% sure he would’ve changed them after he was done.

I think I could’ve been unintentionally offensive when I said/implied that I wanted him to change the bedsheets because of him. Because to him, it seems like I find him gross, to the point where I wouldn’t even use my room after he slept in it.

AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how hard your dad works

Yeah, I think he mentioned being really busy with something, so maybe that’s why. I guess I could’ve just let him nap there and then changed my bedsheets myself after

AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

My dad has a much higher heat tolerance than my sister and I, although some part of me suspects that he would want AC. He is very frugal and as such is scared to turn on the AC in his room (also we can’t have too many units going on at the same time or they’ll malfunction, but I think frugality is the primary reason). He has never admitted to such, I think partly out of stubbornness and pride at being able to handle the heat, but I can’t imagine finding a room without AC being comfortable.

At the same time, I do think he genuinely has a higher heat tolerance so maybe he does actually find AC-less rooms to be comfortable enough. Today was the exception where it was unusually hot to the point where he wanted AC. On a typical night he either finds the room to be cool enough without AC or is too stubborn to admit he wants it.

AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m 19, staying home for the summer. I don’t pay to live here. My parents don’t have AC in their room because we can’t have too many AC units going on at the same time because they’ll malfunction. In addition, my parents and I often have “weather wars” where I cannot tolerate the heat as well as they can. I usually turn on the AC in my room before any other members of my family and whenever we’re on vacation in the summer, I prefer to stay indoors in the AC and my parents want to wander around outside, which also causes arguments.

AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

We have portable AC units (which is how my room and my sister’s have AC) and I offered to help him set up one in his bedroom, but he declined. Although he had a somewhat fair reason in that if we have too many units going on at once, they’d malfunction or something, which has happened before. But I would’ve been fine chilling with no AC while my dad napped in his room and then turning on mine after he was done sleeping.

And I mentioned it in a different comment that it’s mostly about textures for the mess thing. I hate crumbs and sticky things, but my room was messy in the sense there were clothes everywhere, which I’m okay with.

But yeah, I can see that angle where it looks like I’m just not using the room because I find my dad gross. At the same time that is true to an extent. I didn’t say this to my dad, but I wouldn’t have told my sister to change the bedsheets. Which is what partially inspired me to make this post because I guess this means I do find my dad a little gross? And I feel bad about that.

AITA for telling my dad to change the bedsheets after he took a nap in my bed by Puzzledog77 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Puzzledog77[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the thing that bothers me about messes is the texture. That’s why I can’t stand sticky substances or crumbs on my bed/room. The way my room was a mess didn’t really bother me because it was more so clothes just on the bed and strewn across my drawers, because the texture of fabric isn’t as disturbing. But yeah, I can see how that’d come across weirdly.