How fair am I being?

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I told DH recently that if the house wasn't 98% done being remodeled by December, I was taking my favorite things out & burning it to the ground.  Am I being overly harsh? 

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ashleysyn2:

Yes, but I get it.

LOL!  He said he was gonna pretend he didn't hear that & hope the insurance would cover things.  hehe

Manateearmz

Only slightly harsh. At least your burning it and not using explosives.

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FWIW, he also said no to my yard redo idea.  Who says no to napalm?  My husband.  Pssh.  I think he's over protective or sumshit. 

grr_aargh

sofamonkey:

FWIW, he also said no to my yard redo idea.  Who says no to napalm?  My husband.  Pssh.  I think he's over protective or sumshit. 

If you burn the house, just cover the yard in hay. It'll go up in flames too.  Win-Win.  

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mbenit4:

Hormones?

Possibly.  Or because we're on our 3rd year of this effing remodel & I am sickanddamntired of the dust, mess, and other such nonsense.  Also, IT IS NOT DONE STILL. 

Hormones?  Possibly. 

Wufroggy79

More fair than some other anti husband posts up in here today.

Cheekers2010

I think I would go high tech, guided missile style.

klondikebar

OMG a 3 year remodel? No, you are not being too harsh. Was it supposed to take this long? Depending on the original timeline, you may be entitled to be even harsher;)

Smootchy

Harsh on who? DH? ...think of it as considerate, less work for him.
Make sure insurance is paid, and if any fire dept dues, and burn baby burn.

...oh, and dd this post!

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KlondikeBar:

OMG a 3 year remodel? No, you are not being too harsh. Was it supposed to take this long? Depending on the original timeline, you may be entitled to be even harsher;)

To be fair, we're doing a lot.  We got the upstairs done before P got here, which included gutting/redoing the bathroom, installing hardwoods, building a walk-in closet, and painting. 

Now we're finishing the addition to the dining room & the redo of the downstairs bath.   Eventually, we will do hardwoods in the office downstairs & the living room.  I said "STOP" though.  He didn't argue one bit. 

Manateearmz

Wufroggy79:

More fair than some other anti husband posts up in here today. :

::nods head at Wufroggy::

Word girl....word.

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Here's our current sitchiation.  

ShellShockedMama

It's only harsh if you threatened to burn him down with the house

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ShellShockedMama:

It's only harsh if you threatened to burn him down with the house

I said I'd take out my favorite things. He happens to qualify, even if he doesn't finish on time. LOL

klondikebar

Oh I thought you meant 3 years in the same room. lol It can take a while with multiple areas. It's still a long time to put up with it though. I'll be over in an hour with a full gas can. I'll grab some marshmallows for smores too.

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GhostMonkey:

sofamonkey:

mbenit4:

Hormones?

Possibly.  Or because we're on our 3rd year of this effing remodel & I am sickanddamntired of the dust, mess, and other such nonsense.  Also, IT IS NOT DONE STILL. 

Hormones?  Possibly. 

Only year 3? Pfft. Bish, come talk to me when you are on year 8 and the drywall is still not completely sanded in your bathroom, the door is still unfinished, the cabinets you sanded and stained have to be done again because some jackass never got around to finishing them, plus 50 other things. At least when he started the garage he finished that. And the siding. Well, mostly on the siding. There is still stuff to finish up there too. 

 Fire is too good for this place.

 

Oh, I think I had a mini-stroke reading that.  Ahhhhh!

NerdyMama2

mbenit4:

Hormones?

 

LnR70707

sofamonkey:

mbenit4:

Hormones?

Possibly.  Or because we're on our 3rd year of this effing remodel & I am sickanddamntired of the dust, mess, and other such nonsense.  Also, IT IS NOT DONE STILL. 

Hormones?  Possibly. 

Nope...sounds pretty reasonable to me.  Sometimes you gotta light a fire under someones a$$ to get sh!t done.

MandaPanda518

Totally fair.

Make sure to follow through for consistency and shiit. You know, because if the situation happens again, he needs to know your serious, and consequences have actions. 

gimmietimmies

Aside from the fact that a conflagration would be awesome, it'd put you back time wise. Should just get a case of wine and munches, I'll come help finish! 

French Dads Are Best

Three years is two too many, I'd say, so you've been very kind and generous with time. We did a very similar set of renovations and finished it in one year flat. As we both hate living in a construction site, we worked hard to finish in the timeframe defined.