Today is our 6th wedding anniversary.
On the positive side, he got me beautiful flowers, my favourite chocolates and perfume and body stuff and a silly book and a lovely card. And he booked our favourite Italian restaurant for lunch. So all good so far.
As we were getting ready to go out the washer went on the bathroom tap. Now, this is a regular thing and I keep a supply of washers ad the two tools needed in the bolier cupboard. But they were not there.
Me. Have you moved them
DH. No.............oh yes I did.
ME. Well could you get them please?
DH. I think I put them in my toolbox, I am sre that is where I would have put them.
Note, he has no idea where he put them, and he refers to his 'toolbox' which is a euphemism for 'box of useless old toot'. Anyway, he went to look for it and came back 10 minutes later looking puzzled saying it was not in the shed or garage. I went down and it was in the garage - took 30 seconds to find. He opened the 'toolbox' and looked at it thoughtfully.
DH. They don't seem to be in here. I can't think where else I would hae put them. Have you been in my toolbox for aything Lu?
Me. Nope
He goes off and comes back 5 minutes later with a screwdriver by which time I am lying on the bed with DS eating chocolates and rubbing body lotion on my arms.
DH. Did you turn the water off?
Me. Yes
DH. Right off? It's important it is right iff.
Me. Yes
DH. If I can just remember where I put the washers I can get started on the job.
FFS it is changing a washer, it isn't like he was re- plumbing a bathroom. (God forbid!) He ferrets on looking for the packet of washers- in bedside drawers, DS's room. medicine cabinet. Then remembers he put them at the back of his pants drawer so they would be safe. ( From what?? )
As he is changing the washer, which I could have done in 5 mins but he insisted and it took him 15, I photographed the 'toolbox' for you so you knew I wasn't making it up.
It contained the following (all essential to any well-equipped toolbox)
a piece of string
a filthy plastic eye bath
a small unused nailbrush
a hot water bottle stopper
a Remington nose hair remover
2 bottle openers
a drawing pin
a pack of Christmas cracker screwdrivers
two used wall plugs
about 6 mixed size screws
6 old tools, most of which are screwdrivers but one is an ancient adjustable spanner with the words KING DICK impressed in the steel
He had no idea what I was so amused by and is so cack handed he managed to cut his hand on the screwdriver and I had to do some first aid.
Anyway, we had a lovely lunch and walked back home along the sea front. DS is asleep. DH is consolidating all the tools he can find in his toolkit to beef it up. He is up to about 10 and 8 are screwdrivers.
So, is he a keeper or should I kick him and his KING DICK adjustable spanner out?
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to stay married to DH or should I ask him and his KING DICK adjustable spanner to leave? ( Lighthearted and long)
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LuluJakey1 · 01/08/2015 16:24
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