Put out that light!

Blimey! Put out light on. I dare say you have worked all your life one way and another.

Sorry about your unhelpful partner.

DH is being unreasonable and, basically, a bit stupid! Sort him out!

Assuming it’s a 40w? If so it is costing a fraction of a penny to run.

Your DH is being a pain, over to you with how to deal with it.

I agree with what the others say, it happens so often, houses being burgled when there are no lights on when the owners are out, he'd have something to grumble about then.....leave it on..

No you are not being unreasonable! If he is unable to grasp your explanation is he confused? Hope not , but my husband has Alzheimers and for a few years prior to diagnosis there were times
when he just couldn't understand my reasoning.

Leave it on!
I’ve outdoor dusk to dawn lights which cost next to nothing to run and give me a bit of security in my dark corner.

DH is being totally unreasonable.

Blimey! He would be really annoyed if he lived near us………the number of street lights lit up in daylight hours is off the scale!

I am frightened of the dark (I know it’s silly) I like outside lights and hall stairs and landing lights on as soon as it becomes dusk.

I couldn’t live with someone constantly overriding my wishes/needs.

I hope you can come to a compromise with him.

Crikey!! What decade was he born in?
Just tell him the light’s for you and that you matter. And to stop behaving like some throwback Dad.

Lord, what a Grumble Guts! (Apologies). But you have to turn a deaf ear to his whinging and grizzling or, before you know it, he'll reduce you to a single candle in the living room which he will STILL grouse about as he sits in 'his' chair, wearing his greatcoat, stovepipe top hat and fingerless mittens!

Tight bugger. LED lights hardly cost anything to run.

My father was exactly like this; he would switch all the lights off except the one room we were in, and if I had a light and a lamp on he would switch one off; hall and landing lights out, no outside lights, and when he was in my house he would turn out any lights out he saw, which was why the boiler was switched off and the central heating. He turned the light off on the brand new freezer he had bought, so when they returned from holiday all the contents were ruined and the stench was awful.
There was no reasoning with him: you don't have to pay the bills was his response.

This is in my experience a ‘man thing’ as women do not do this

or what Mt61 said

A 40W bulb equivalent is 470 lumen. Typically it consumes about 6-9 watts of electricity.

Here's how to work out the cost.

Convert watts to kilowatts: 6 watts / 1000 = 0.006 kW

Calculate daily cost: 0.006 kW x (say) 8 hours/day x (say) £0.25/kWh = £0.012 per day i.e just over a penny for 8 hours.

(At the moment, I pay 0.2216 per kWh.)

Calculate yearly cost: £0.012/day x 365 days/year = £4.38 per year.

I turn off lights that DH leaves on. He doesn't really like turning anything off - likes the TV on constantly when he's home, even if he's in the garden & not likely to watch it for ages.
I'm not like OP's husband - if we're downstairs I'm OK with the kitchen, hall and living room lit, but I'll switch the upstairs lights off.
All that to say, not always a man thing!

You GNers are so kind.
I would tell him if he turns that light off again, I will unplug it and hit him with it so it's definitely off.
Now I know that sound violent, but it might get the point across!

Thanks to you all for your supportive and amusing messages. It is reassuring to know that I'm not being unreasonable. I smiled at some of your suggestions, although I may not act on all of them
Thanks to @PaynesGrey for the calculation I was after. I will have that up my sleeve the next time the conversation arises!
@GrannyGravy13, I am also afraid of the dark, and also know it's silly, but. (I try to take the bins out when it's still light, but if I've left it too late, I have to steel myself to do it.) Having lights on in the house really does help.
@Shelflife I don't think he has Alzheimer's but I do think that he is unnecessarily worried about money. We're not rich, but we have enough. My view is that the money we have should be being used now in a way that aids our comfort, helps us to enjoy life and makes memories for us and our children and grandchildren while we can. We can't take it with us, as they say.
On a practical note, perhaps I will tape the light switch on the lamp so it can't be turned off!

I once had this with my ex-husband after I put the bills in his name. He made such a fuss about it, I turned on everything I could in the house before I went out to work and left them running all day. He was livid but the next day got his own back when he took the fuses from the fuse box to work! I'm not sure that is any help to you but it probably isn't worth getting into too much of a fight about.

I agree that OP's husband is behaving outrageously.
OP, would your children collectively sit down with him and explain?

I thought the OP had something to do with Dad’s Army from the title😂
I’m a great switcher off of lights in empty rooms but need lots of light in a sitting area.

I have always switched off lights going from one room to another. My Pa used to say "Who do you think is paying for the electricity?