With my husband, I have to be really persistent when it comes to getting stuff that we need. He’s the one who is always worried about spending money. And I’m more like what’s the use of having money if you don’t use it. So the fact that it took almost a decade to get a smart thermostat is a great example of how resistant he can be. When the smart thermostat came out, I was intrigued. I liked the idea of HVAC technology that I didn’t have to worry about. The smart thermostat was HVAC technology that would allow us to sort of walk away from managing the heating and cooling output. And that’s for sure something we both have done since we became homeowners. We agree on money when it comes to saving on stuff that we don’t need to overpay for. Heating and cooling costs definitely fall into that category. So we figured out how to program the digital thermostat and spent time managing the HVAC. But with the smart thermostat, all we had to do was let it learn our patterns, adjust and save us even more money. It was a no brainer. But of course, my husband found every reason he could to resist. Thanks to the boys playing football in the house, I now have the smart thermostat I always wanted. The old digital thermostat took a direct hit from an overthrown spiral. I should have thought of that a decade ago. Regardless, once the digital thermostat was in pieces on the floor, my husband just didn’t have a leg to stand on any longer resisting new HVAC technology.