(vent....I still love DH...I"m just about to kill him...lol)
ok, so our garage door opener broke. He called around, the part to fix it was going to be too expensive, so fine, we are going to get a new opener. But he is not willing to pay the $99 to install it....and as I've vented on here in the past, my DH is the epitome of NON-handy...seriously. So I'm gearing up to install the garage door myself when one of his friends says "hey I've installed 3 in the last year, I can help!" GREAT!!!!
Friend comes over last night...they get it all installed in a whopping 4 hours...but whatever, its up...the only thing left to do is tap down the wiring to the sensors...something that SHOULD be easy, so the friend leaves. Its late, DH is tired, he decides to do it in the morning, then says "no, I'm going to finish tonight."
And NOW!!! Our garage door doesn't work....he can't even put the damn tacks in to tap down the wires correctly!!! He fvcking hammered them TOO fvcking hard and somewhere broke the connection to the wiring, so now the sensors aren't registering and the garage won't go down.......
TO replace the wires?? I"m not sure what its going to cost...probably 20-30 bucks....they had one trip to the hardware store last night and I'm not sure how much THAT cost...but we are probably getting CLOSE to the fvcking $99 to install the damn thing.
I hate that my DH is sooooo fvcking incompetant that he cannot do ANY handy project around the house without constant supervision. Its ridiculous. I'm going to have to teach Mitch to use a fvcking hammer.
But if I suggest that I just do something myself, he gets all butthurt because I've stepped on his "masculinity"...I wish he would just accept that he can't do sh!t and let me do it, or hire someone...it just MIGHT be worth the few bucks for someone else to do it.
Vent over.....I can continue with my day without killing him. And I'll get the wires fixed while he's gone at work.....
Re: about to scream at my DH....
(((HUGS)))
I could never......
Sorry! (((HUGS)))
Sorry, this made me laugh.
My DH is not handy at all either. I'm handier than he is. But, he has the sense to hire out jobs. Seriously, we get someone in to do the most mundane repairs. But it is better, faster and inevitably cheaper than the alternative.
I suggest wine. It is the magic elixir for all that ails us.
I think we are married to the same man. I'm going to make damn sure ds gets classes in this crap somewhere...and my dad is an electrician and plumber so hopefully he can teach him a few things. My dh is brilliant and can do anything on a computer, but can't work a tool to save his life.
And I totally WOULD scream at him, but he's having such a big fvcking pity party for himself that anything I say will just hit a nerve.
SO I"m totally just saving this....and the next thing that breaks in our house, I will be ripping this out and putting my foot down....if I can't fix it, HE cannot even try. End of story.
I totally blame his dad for this too...his dad is SOOOO anal retentive when it comes to all things house, that he would NEVER let the boys help him with any project...and his dad IS handy. So there is NO REASON that DH couldn't be a little bit handy too. His dad also did all the cleaning, and wouldn't let the kids help, so DH's idea of "cleaning" is fvcking ridiculous too. He had to clean the house without my help for 2 of the showings when our house was on the market...and both times I came home first and noticed his fvcking hair in the bathroom on the sink, and kitchen floor with crumbs.
GAH! I need some sunshine and wine!!!!
So frustrating! DH is handy, but it still drives me nuts when he chooses to do some project himself that takes hours, when a professional could have done it in less than an hour. At some point, I think his time (and mine) is worth more than the savings.
My dad doesn't do any house projects, so growing up my mom was always the one fixing things. She'd buy a book, read up on how to do it, and fix whatever. She actually got DH a book for Christmas one year that your DH may find handy. It's from Home Depot, and it's called "Home Improvement 1-2-3." I think I may actually be able to follow the instructions, so I'd think your DH could too.
Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
Are you married to my husband?? It sounds like it.
((hugs)) That sounds super irritating.
Our garage door broke last month too. DH insisted on fixing it himself. I mentioned it to my dad because he's always been really handy around the house and my dad let us know it was a terrible idea and very dangerous to boot.
I tried telling DH we should look into a professional and he flipped his sh!t. Sigh. He's so oversensitive about fixing crap himself and gets all butt hurt when I talk to my dad about it. You know, the guy who has actually done this crap before.
In other words, I feel your pain, sister.