I try really hard to fit in with our wife’s family, but please don’t get myself and others wrong, I feel that they are delightful human beings.
However, they are a bit uppity and strenuous to deal with! For as long as I can remember, they have been trying to deter her from having children with me. They say that if the people I was with and I have kids it’s a lifelong commitment to each other. I already thought the people I was with and I made a lifelong commitment on the afternoon that the people I was with and I got married. However, they are convinced that there is a better match on the market for our wife. Specifically, when they are talking about the indoor air handling equipment market. You see, our in-laws are a bit obsessed with being eco-friendly. This pertains to all areas of their lives, from their cars to their heating and cooling devices. They refuse to use any indoor air handling method that is not incredibly energy efficient. They want to reduce their carbon footprint more than anything on this planet. I understand that they are anxious for the global climates and they want us to have eco-friendly solutions in our current home whenever possible. That being said, I cannot afford the heating and cooling devices that they prefer. When they updated their forced air oil furnace and air conditioning equipment they opted for a geothermal heat pump. This way, they could rely on the passive energy transfer between the Earth’s crust and their current home separate from relying on any outside source of energy. I feel it’s fantastic so that they have a neutral carbon footprint. However, I cannot afford a geothermal heat pump… And it will not labor for us living in the Deep South, anyways.