Turn the Light off!!!

Personally speaking, sometimes I don't turn the light off when I leave a room, especially in the evening. I don't think such conduct should easily attribute to a kind of problem. I was often told that turning on and off frequently would shorten the service life of the light, which means I need to buy new lights frequently. So in my view, if I'm sure that I may go back to the room some time later, I usually leave the light on. Of course, if I'm going to leave the house, I will certainly turn all the lights off.

hello rosepedal64, well, i guess your husband and me has one thing in common. that is also my wife kept on complaining to me. i turned on the light withou me turning it off. i do that everytime i go to one room and even outside. my wife was the one turning it off for me. or she will remind me to turn it off. i don't know why i kept forgetting to turn the light off. but my family does. it's alreday in their system. though sometimes, i can but most of the time not.

When my cousin was 17,she came and stayed with us for a while. Every time I turned around she had left a light on, a door open, the toilet lid up, etc. I guess she just grew up with different standards. Not to mention had no experience with actually PAYING THE BILLS!!! lol Nowadays, it's more the children leaving a trail of things behind them, toys, jackets, shoes and socks, school things, etc. They're actually pretty good about turning off lights.

I am Mrs. Frugal when it comes to the use of electricity but it does pay of in a reduction of bills. I turn everything off and remove plugs from sockets etc.to conserve. My children learnt too from a young age to conserve. Out here we pay th most for electricity - more than the developed nations of the world. I actually start palpitating when the envelope comes containing the bill.

hello rose, NOrmally i would stay up until three in the morning because of what i do here at mylot. that some times when ever evening strikes and the lights are off am just gonna turn it on because it doesn't feel right to me when ever it is off and am all alone awake while my mom is asleep. sometimes i can't help turning it on after watching on the hell raiser or other horror movies for the matter. am done who's doing it but i do turn it off when ever i feel i need retire and sleep

I'm glad to say that I don't have that problem in my house. Even my 4 year old daughter knows to turn off the lights when she leaves the room. I'm sorry that your husband leaves the lights on all the time. Does he like paying the electric bill?

Well its not a problem for someone you're living with but a problem for earth. Yeah, this is not one of the times I over-exaggerate stuff. I mean leaving lights and equipments on when you're not using them is a blow directly to nature. We're hurting nature that minute fraction of a bit when we're producing electricity. Oh yeah, it hurts your pocket and leads to overload and shut downs at the electricity plant. Sit him down and let him know. Take care.

i don't leave the light on. i only leave one light on and all other else i turn it off . most specially at night.

O YEAH my boyfriend does this all the time!! and then i go in behind him and shut off the lights and he doesnt even seem to notice...but its ok i dont make a big deal i just make sure i shut them off when they need to be...hes getting better at it tho

No, I do not have that problem. My husband use to once in a while leave a light on but not no more. I would just ask him if there was a reason he did not shut the light off. If he said know than I would say okay I guess I can shut off this time. After doing that a few times he learn to shut the lights off when he leaves the room and is not going to need that light on anymore.

[b]Hello my friend Thank you so much for the comment, I am o.k just really busy so by the time I come home I am to tired to get into mylot, I did get some bad news today about a friend of mine, so right now I feel pretty bad, I will be o.k, smoochesss thanks for caring my friend, I shall return soon. As for the lights I like to have the lights on after a certain time, my daughter loves the dark, and I hate it, so I turn the lights on just for the heck of it, so bring on the lights my friend lol Have a good day/night and know that I shall return really soon. Thanks so much my friend, smoochesss[/b]

Well, it seldom happens in my family. Most of the time when it happens is just that they forgot to close them unintentionnaly. But my family will say it out to make sure we always remember to close our lights to save energy if we did not use them. Mostly, the lights which we always forgot to close is the bathroom.

yes, even my hubby and kids do this regularly, you know how irritating it will be. when i go outside, and back in each and everyroom will on the lights. just i scold them and switchoff that. see how much we reponding to everthing. when powerbill came then my hubby use to tell why so much amount came.ooopps. mostly this situation gets in every home. thankyou for your topic, have a nice day.

Hi rose: I have this problem so i understand your husband, maybe it's a men's problem. When i arrive home i don't like to see my house in darkness if you know what i mean, so first thing i always do it's to turn all lights on

Yep, hubby, son, whoever. Of course people tell me I take after my dad too much. I turn everything off. I can walk around in the dark just fine.

My mom drives my dad nuts doing that. She'll leave every light in the house on. He gets so exasperated. I find myself going into any room she's been in after she's left it, and turning out all the lights. My dad is the only working right now, so he is really trying to keep the bills low. My mom just never turns the lights off! Today my sister came to visit, and she and I were both at my parent's house. Everywhere she went in the house, SHE left the lights on. I knew she would get angry with me if I pointed it out, so I just "followed" her around after she would leave a room and turn off the lights for her.

My kids do this constantly. My hubby does it but with one light & that's the one that goes to the top of the back steps & down into the basement. If you are in the kitchen you can't really tell if the light is on when the kitchen light is on. So I"m always turning that darn thing off. I wouldn't mind so much if he would switch it to one of those CFL bulbs but hasn't & I'm not attempting a ladder in a spot that barely has enough room for a kitchen chair to be situated to change it in the first place. So if you haven't already swich them over to the CFL's atleast that way they won't cost as much if they are running so much. Or nag them to turn them off or they have to sacrafice something else or make a rule of only so many items on at one time & everything else has to get turned off or unplugged.

Well in my situation, It's me who always leaving the lights on, i keep forgetting to switch them off. Sometimes when i go upstairs in the bedroom or bathroom. Switching ligths off is always in my mind but i do still forget. My hubby always shouting on me if it happens lolz. He keeps reminding me that our electric bill is gone up again coz i keep leaving lights on. Happy myloting.

Oh yeah, I know what you mean.Sometimes he has lights on and it's still day time. Or I go in the bedroom and leave the light on for him so he can go get ready and he comes out but never turns the light off. At least I had mt power bill adjusted this year so I pay the same amount every month.

Do I ever? Is it a husband thing? My mom used to complain about this with my dad (she still may, but since I live away now, she doesn't vent to me about this anymore). Now, my husband does the same thing. He's actually worse than our 3-yr-old daughter. She, at least, sometimes remembers to turn things off. :)