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my dad is driving me nuts *vent*
If he says one more time "Well you should have had a plan." re: renovating our bathroom.... ugh. I don't know what I'll do. My dad is just acting so weird right now.
We started renovating our bathroom Memorial Day weekend, and we had a plan. Unfortunately once we got some of the demo done we realized that the electrical work and drywall work that will have to be done is above our skill level / comfort level. Ya know... I don't really want to (1) electrocute myself (or Ted) or (2) burn our house down.
So now our plan has changed. We're at a bit of a "stand still" until we can save up some $$ to get a professional drywaller and professional electrician in there. It shouldn't take us more than a month to save the money, we just don't like to charge anything on a c.c. right now.
Every time we see my parents my dad brings up the bathroom and keeps saying "Didn't you have a plan?" or "You should have had a plan." and he's not saying it to me, he's saying it to Ted.
At this point Ted has taken all he can take from my dad, since he's basically telling Ted he isn't doing good enough or he's screwed up.
We see my parents for dinner about once a week (we live only about 10 minutes away from them). Lately whenever we see them my dad tries to get into some kind of "pissing contest" with Ted. Like, act mightier or something. It's weird, he hasn't done that until now, I have no idea where this behavior is coming from.
I finally just told my mom we can't go to dinner with them anymore if he's going to act this way. Luckily Ted doesn't let this sh!t bother him, he lets it slide... but I can tell it's starting to get to him now.
I find it really difficult to talk to my dad anyways, for many reasons. Now it's almost impossible to deal with him.
Sorry, just venting. Big ol' slice of pie if you read all that!
Re: my dad is driving me nuts *vent*
Exactly! I'm fine with it. Our bathroom is still usable, it's just torn up a bit. Plus it's our house. He told Ted yesterday "Well I'll come over next weekend. You know, I've done all this stuff before. I'll tell you what to do." Ummm.... NO. No way in hell are you coming over & telling my husband what to do. I told him we're busy next weekend and he can't come over. wtf.
Oh, & btw - my dad my very well have done all this stuff before I was born, but I know with 100% certainty that he has not done any hands on construction in any of our houses since I've been around.