So I am the DIY enthusiast in our house, I love redecorating, fixing up old furniture, flat pack building... anything like that.
ATM I am 10 weeks PG with our first baby, so before the little one arrives we decided to fix up the house bit, this includes painting all the magnolia walls white and stripping all the horrible varnished wood.
Me and DH started the white walls today and he is awful at painting! he doesn't start from the bottom and work his way up, he just picks a section of wall (usually the middle) and uses a kind of "scrubbing" motion with the brush resulting in an uneven, patchy mess. I tried to be tactful and show him the best way to get an even coat but DH is very sensitive so I had to tread carefully... then he went to take a phonecall so I started going over some of his patchy bits and he caught me and was very hurt. I tried to explain that we need to do a proper job and want to avoid doing lots of coats but DH just walked off in a mood.
I finished the wall and then went and spoke to him, he had decided he's not helping me with any more painting. I will have to do it all myself because he can't handle being criticized.
There's the whole house left to do! AIBU? I just find it so hard to sit back and let a shoddy job be done.
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owltrousers · 17/06/2017 17:06
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