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Original poster

DH has filled the water butt with tap water

64 replies

19Bears · 27/02/2022 21:36

Obviously there are more important things.
But DH spent quite some time this afternoon filling the water butt with water from the garden tap. The butt had fallen over and emptied in the high winds, and I stood it back up this morning. He's obviously seen it empty, and his first thought is to fill it back up....... Please tell me I'm not crazy here in thinking the sole purpose of a water butt is to collect rain water for use on the garden when needed, for the explicit reason of avoiding using tap water.

OP posts:
KindlyKanga · 27/02/2022 21:37

What an idiot

NiceTwin · 27/02/2022 21:37

Maybe he has filled it so it is weighed down, to prevent it tipping over again.

Duracellbunnywannabe · 27/02/2022 21:40

Are you on a water meter?

TeddyTonks · 27/02/2022 21:41

LTB

Snaketime · 27/02/2022 21:46

Have you pointed this out to him?

79andnotout · 27/02/2022 21:46

I presumed this was a prepper activity in case nuclear war cut off the water supply. I need to stop reading the news.

jytdtysrht · 27/02/2022 21:47

It would have been sensible to put some in for the weight but filling it seems a bit silly.

OfstedOffred · 27/02/2022 21:49

Yeah this is madness

He'd have been better running a pipe from a gutter into it. It'll rain before long.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 27/02/2022 21:49

Numpty!

Fairylightsongs · 27/02/2022 21:50

Wow. If he’d left it it would have been filled in a few days. I’d be annoyed at this level of stupidity.

Fuckitsstillraining · 27/02/2022 21:52

This made me smile so much, did you ask him why?

Momicrone · 27/02/2022 21:53

Fill it with your tears - or his!

mommydragonn · 27/02/2022 21:53

Rain is being forecasted for most of next week in the UK Grin

AutumnOrange · 27/02/2022 21:55

Sorry but this made me laugh 😂
Who the fuck has voted YABU?

MrsSkylerWhite · 27/02/2022 21:55

Hope you’re not on a meter?

We’ll be buying 4 new butts this year. To avoid high water bills 🤯

Original poster
19Bears · 27/02/2022 21:59

Thanks all. Just wanted to confirm he's a f idiot before I launch into "are you a f idiot?!"

I could go into more detail, but this is a microcosm of the whole situation in which I'm trying to find the right moment to tell him it's time to call it a day...

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godmum56 · 27/02/2022 22:01

I don't fill them but when my water butts get empty, I do put enough in from the hose to keep them stable. Also it saves getting the hose out to just water a few pots. I have got 7 butts, I'd have more but I have no more space

godmum56 · 27/02/2022 22:02

oops I miscounted....its 8

dotdotdotdash · 27/02/2022 22:07

You have eight water butts?????

MakeThingsRight · 27/02/2022 22:09

That is quite funny.

Original poster
19Bears · 27/02/2022 22:12

He also picks up the bottle of handwash rather than just leaving it where it is on the sink and pressing the pump down, leaving a dent in the side of the bottle. Ffs.

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Wedonttalkaboutrats · 27/02/2022 22:15

19, I think we’re married to the same man. Toddler has more sense.

NewYearCalavicci · 27/02/2022 22:19

Ha ha what a silly sod , next time he needs to put a couple of breeze blocks in the butt to weigh it down .

Wedonttalkaboutrats · 27/02/2022 22:20

I say:
“Don’t do that, because x will happen and it will break”
“Please try to remember not to do that because x will happen and it will break”
“Remember what I said about not doing that because x will happen and it will break.
X happens and it breaks.

Migrainesbythedozen · 27/02/2022 22:23

What is a water butt?