My husband is really handy. Over the years he saved us and family members a fortune. He can fix cars (they’ve never been near a garage apart from mot) he can mend bikes, toys, (our grandchildren answer when they tell their parents a favourite thing is broken is “give it to grandad” ) lawnmowers, paint and do most simple electrical and plumbing. The only thing is his attempts with wood look awful. He’s made a bed, a garden bench and latterly a wine rack. If a bomb landed on our home all three would remain standing. They are solid structures but look awful. I couldn’t move the bed to make it and needed help. Thankfully it’s long gone because I had backache. The bench has nettles coming through the slats and is not only an eyesore no one has ever sat on it, that’s still there. It’s the wine rack that’s my main problem. I’m terrified of it. It’s over six foot. I have to pull hard to get any wine out of it and it tilts the bottle the wrong way. I know I’m going to hurt his feelings when I ask him to take it down. I appreciate everything he does but honestly his carpentry skills leaves more than a lot to be desired. Maybe I should just drink all the wine pull the thing off the wall and get so drunk I don’t care if I hurt his feelings or not. Or maybe I should encourage him to drink all the wine then tell him his carpentry skills are well not as good as his other skills of which .....there are many!(the last bit is to make him feel appreciated )
How much do you spend on yourself?
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