Does everything break at the same time in your house?

veloelle

I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, but it seems like everything needs replacing now. Our oven has been on it's last leg for a year and DH refuses to replace it until it completely breaks. We desperately need a new mattress, our fridge is 20 years old and runs all day. Of course DH thinks it's all fine and we *maybe* could use a new mattress after having it for 20 years... The feather top (added 11 years ago, just the $99 one) blew a seam and is leaking feathers. And the dryer ate ANOTHER shirt of mine. Of course according to DH, the washer and dryer are just fine since it only eats mine and the kids clothes, not his (dryer grabs little items).

Ug. I could drop $5,000 just on things that need replacing, not even touching the things we want to do.  I guess it's nice to save $ and not buy the lastest and greatest, but then it ALL breaks at the same time. And my car needs a tune up, but DH does that.

The curse/benefits of being married to a mechanic. Everything is fixable and gets drug along until the last possible second. I do love that he fixes 99% of stuff, but hate that he'll never concede that we could actually use appliances that aren't 20-30 years old.

Ah. Vent over. Thanks for reading. 

 

lollitots

I doesn't sound like everything is breaking now, it sounds like it has been breaking over a few years but your DH was too cheap to replace things and now things are at the bitter end. I feel for you. Both DH and I were laid off for almost a year. Once employed again, it cost a fortune to fix all the things that should have been fixed during that year but got put off (couch ripped, termites found, both minor and major home repairs, etc.).

You might point out to him things like that fridge is costing more to run in electricity than a new one. Also the cost of replacing clothes eaten by the dryer (maybe make a spread sheet). Then he may see that his cheapness is actually costing him more than he thinks he is saving. Good luck.

 

ccm1203

At our previous house everything was going at the same time (built in 1994 , we lived there 2003-2006, all the appliance starting dying).  This house which is much older we haven't had everything go at once, probably because things have been replaced here and there over the years.   But house repairs, car repairs etc seem to come in groups. 

veloelle

Trust me, I've gone the energy saving route. He doesn't buy it; according to him it is energy efficient. Yea, when you bought it in 1993! He can be the most stubborn mule. When it comes to spending $ on certain things, I have to let him come to the realization on his own. Short of that, I'm just talking for nothing. It is irritating. He is a great guy, but can be unbending on certain fiscal issues.

kittycarr

My DH is the opposite - he's an auto mechanic and finds things that are "broken" just to be able to fix it or replace it.  This is why we are broke.  Yet somehow, nothing to show for it.  But yeah, it all hits at once.

peekaboo716

Yes - everything does. Our garage door, car battery, thermostat, door bell, exterior light have all broken or needed replacement in the past three weeks.

We had that issue with our washer and dryer, too (eating small things). We found that if we kept our loads smaller, things didn't get eaten. Not sure why, but we managed to save some clothes until we replaced by paying attention to the load size.