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DH vent
Today has been a craptastic day, and todays like today I cannot work with DH. Usually we work well together, today not so much
This whole kitchen sink faucet thing is just stressing me out. I wanted to look for a new one online, and kept sending him emails and he kept blowing me off. Went to his desk and he would blow me off there too. I get it he is trying to work, but it made me feel like he didn't give a damn.
Then he finally looked at lunch, I was fuming by then. Me knowing it has to be fixed, him waiting to see. Then he gets a call from his dad who was kind enough to look at it and yep we need a new one (the old one is rusted on the inside since it has been leaking for over a year).
Decided on one - yEA!
Then he says they can start working on it tonight. He will stop and pick it up after work. But that leaves me with bedtime. Pluss I am going to a dance workout class tonight at 7 and need his help getting everything together and for him to do bedtime. I say lets just go get it now and he doesn't want to.
And I don't want him replacing the thing tonight while Evie is sleeping! Come on - it is right below her room and WILL wake her up. NO! he doesn't understand that.
So I bring up, why don't you guys start working on it at 7 tomorrow and get into work after since they say it wont take long (but every trip requires 3+ trips to the hardware store at least it seems).
No he doesn't want to take time off of work. yes someone got fired last week for being far behind, and getting talked to for a year. But still *** happens in life and I think everyone would understand. Pluss I said just make up the time later in the week or stay late that one day. No he wants to wait for the weekend.
So i get to live without a sink for a week. Thanks hun for not wanting to get your a$$ out of bed early to wokr on it when we are all out of the house.
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I'm so sorry you are stressed.
If it were me, I'd make him stop at the store and get paper/ plastic plates, cups, and utensils along with easy meals for the week that don't require you to wash anything (like stouffer's lasagna that comes in it's own pan, pot pies, pizzas.)
Or maybe you can wash the dishes in your laundry sink or bath tub in the meantime? I know it's not ideal.
I hope it gets resolved soon.
Is Evie a really light sleeper? I ask, because if it were me, we would definitely be fixing it after Nora was in bed. But, Nora's not a light sleeper.
That said, I have replaced faucets before and I would not classify it as a loud job--as long as the obligatory cursing is kept to a minimum.
And if your DH and FIL are handy (which is sounds like they are), it probably won't take them any longer than an hour. Especially if your FIL already has the old faucet removed (he does, right? since he had to take it apart to see if it could be fixed?).
I know it's not an ideal situation, but if skipping my aerobics class to put my kid to bed meant that I wouldn't have to live without a kitchen sink for a week, I would totally do it. And this is coming from the girl who is currently living without a kitchen sink for a week (due to renovations we're doing).
It sucks today/tonight, but you'll be so happy when it's fixed and you have a beautiful, shiny new faucet!
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Evie is sick so yep very light sleeper. we don't talk in the kitchen since it will wake her. but he understood eventually.... dh and his dad have problems controlling the volume of their voice so i know it will end in waking her....but tomorrow am!!!!!!
ETA: Thanks you all for listening to me. He just wasn't and I felt a breakdown since he was saying will have to wait till SAt.. Which made me like wha?? And he said we will just make food and wash in the bathroom... Which means me and he wouldn't since yeah. Anyways,,, its getting better. Alll is always better after a good stress cry
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Well since you're going to wait for the weekend - do you have time to order one from your local supply? Then you could get one with the all metal parts on the inside... or maybe they have one in stock?
Just a thought. :-)