"Colbyt" wrote in message
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Wives don't understand home repair.

W: What are you doing today?
H: I need to install that last 4x5 area of insulation in the attic.

Seven hours later I come home to a skeptical wife. Seven hours because:

To install that 20 square foot of insulation and finish the attic portion
I need to first install the bathroom vent duct.

To install the duct I need to locate the fan assembly. To locate the fan
assembly I need to trim some plaster. Before I can trim the plaster, I
need to cover a hole in the floor to minimize the mess.

And I went ahead and installed the fan to hold the duct in place.

Geez. I knew what I had to do!


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Colbyt

From my experiences, women just want to see results.

I built a house. I'd take my wife there daily or every other day to see the
progress. What I was seeking was her approval. During the framing process,
she could grasp nothing except that the workmen had left their lunch
sandwich wrappers and Coke cans on the floor. She did not notice that they
had framed several walls, or put the trusses on, etc. It got worse, with
her picking apart every minute detail, every scarred stud, every hanging
wire that was awaiting a receptacle. I finally just had to bring her once a
week, or at the end of a stage of construction where she could see a final
result, i.e. after the drywall was up, after the painting was done, after
the cabinets were hung, etc.

When we explain or even describe what we are doing, it's just a search for
approval, and that's not going to happen because most women don't understand
that it really does take seven hours to put in a little insulation when you
run into things that you never expected before you popped the first bit of
sheetrock off. So stop seeking it, and bring them in when the job is done
enough so she can see definite progress, or that stage is covered up, and
there's just some sort of finished work to cover the internal exposed parts.

And don't turn it over to her until you say so, or she'll have the pots in
the cabinets before you even have the range/stove/oven installed.

AND tell her not to talk to the hired help. That's your job.

HTH

Steve