To feel murderous rage at DH's faffing

[Oysterbabe]

Anyone have a faffer in their life that leaves them fighting the urge to kill?

In laws visiting and I cooked a meal. Was just serving up and asked DH to lay the table and sort out drinks. A few minutes later I pop my head round the door and he has one of the chairs upside down on the table and is tightening it with an allen key. Apparently it seemed a bit wobbly so he thought he'd tighten them all. They are no more wobbly now than they were a year ago.

The other day he suggested we go to the allotment straight away as DD would probably nap and we could get some stuff done. Half an hour later DD is asleep on my lap and DH is reorganizing the medicine cabinet.

He can't just do anything ever. Is it too much to ask that we just leave the house sometimes?

[101Handyrepair]

Read most of the comments and found them very amusing and obviously all the comments are from the lovely ladies, but could I please add a comment from the mans side.
There is no mention of how long the ladies have been married to these useless men but I can only say its your own fault, this should have been all sorted in the first twelve months of marriage, you now only have yourself to blame for allowing it to continue.
I think you should all try the following test.
A couple of years ago I was repairing an armchair in a customers house and the lady of the house was sat watching what I was doing and after a while she said you are really clever, my husband is useless cant even knock a nail in or hang a picture, he is useless, my reply was, I have been doing this job for over fifty years so maybe possibly I make it look easy, and the same reply came back, no you are really clever and my husband is useless.
I then asked the lady a question, I said would you marry your husband again tomorrow given the chance, and instantaneously the reply was oh definitely yes.
I the said I dont think you realize what you have just said, After saying in no uncertain terms how useless he was you didnt hesitate not even for a milli second in saying yes I would marry him again tomorrow.
So how many of ladies quite happy to slag of the male of the species would happily remarry tomorrow to the same person.

[Zaphodsotherhead]

I wouldn't. My XH was a faffer and that was just a symptom of how much of a complete dick he was. His faffing was a way of controlling me (we only left the house when he decided it was time, however ready we might be), and he could ignore me asking him to do something for hours - because he had to check Facebook to see if someone had responded to his 'witty riposte' and that was far more important than picking up a child or getting to a meeting.

He was a faffer and a dick and I am utterly delighted to be divorced from him.

[BigSandyBalls2015]

DH seems to have some sort of toilet anxiety before leaving the house.

He ALWAYS has to go to the loo the minute we are due to leave the house. I'd understand this if it was a long journey but yesterday we were driving 10 min up the road!

[Riskybiscuits]

My husband is currently sanding down the loft hatch

[Riskybiscuits]

There is no back story here. It's just something he feel about needs doing urgently.

He is from a long line of faffers- running joke about my FIL is as soon as everyone is geared up ready to leave house it is time to 'out on a record and roll a cigarette'

[BatShite]

There is no mention of how long the ladies have been married to these useless men but I can only say its your own fault, this should have been all sorted in the first twelve months of marriage, you now only have yourself to blame for allowing it to continue.

Women aren't meant to 'train' men

[Namethecat]

Going out for a long walk today. I made the sandwiches,flask of coffee, fed the cat, washed up the breakfast things, semi stripped the bed. Husband decided to look at a book I got him for christmas ( for the first time ) Then once he'd put on his jacket then berated me for getting my phone out of my bag to bring with us !

[Scabbersley]

Yes, that's right, it's our fault.

Dfod

[problembottom]

I’ve said this before but DP was banned from our local taxi firm for faffing. The taxi drivers even spread the word to people we know around the village, about how he had issues! They weren’t wrong.

And sadly while he’s still a monumental faffer he’s not cleaning, tidying or fixing anything while faffing. It’s a mystery.

He has improved since I resolutely refuse to make a move until he’s been to the loo, has his shoes and coat back on, finds his keys, wallet and phone, checks the doors... Only then do I do my own coat, bag and shoes. He hates this!

Any sign of further faffing once I make a move and I’m back on the sofa. It’s the only way to deal with him.

[MrsMaxwell]

Urgh yes DH faffs horrifically - but he has terrible anxiety and it’s always when we are about to leave the house so....

[StipyTiger]

My BF is an epic faffer, as is his father and two brothers. My solution to this annoying, and pointless, part of his personality is always to add an hour extra on arrival times. If I have to be somewhere on time I just leave and if he's not there tough. It seems harsh but I just can't be arsed to hang around for him to finish not doing anything. He only got to the departure gate at the airport 1 minute before they were closing check in (literally). I was checked in and bags were loaded and was ready to go on my own if he hadn't have made it! His father decided to pop out just as Christmas dinner was served - I told the collected family I wouldn't have saved him a plate as it was inconsiderate and rude as he knew what time Christmas dinner was - the only one who understood and agreed was the mother who had cooked it. Unbelievable. .