Angry with dh

Ooooh dear!!!!!

Oops I think you might need a stiff drink ?

In answer to your question -because they are men.

Men don't have ears they have mufflers that allows selective hearing.
Can you not get someone out to put a temporary sheet of glass up I had to do that when we were burgled.

Try your house insurance. They will usually get the door boarded up within 24 hours.

A slap about the head comes to mind Gingster. ?
Hope you get it sorted before you go away.

If he didn’t hear you when you were in garden how could he hear you knocking on window? It seems to me it was 50% him not hearing you and 50% you not making your point.

You also need to make your house secure before you go away as it will invalidate any insurance, as I’m sure you know already.

Next time you want his attention appear in your underwear or with a cup of tea in hand or both ?

It seems to me it was 50% him not hearing you and 50% you not making your point.

No, it wasn't; it was 100% Ginster's husbands fault. She clearly said in her OP: He stopped for a second and I shouted to him to tell him to stop strimming the drive because of the stony ground, but he chose to ignore her and carried on regardless. It's his fault that the glass was shattered; even a 10 year old could foresee the consequences and would have stopped. He broke the glass; he should be the one to sort out an emergency glazier to fix it.

Thankyou Chewbacca - yes it was 100% his fault. No excuses!
I’ve just had a stuff g and t GG . It does take the edge off my fury! ?

Haha have the same issue with power washer! Every year men have to power wash the drives even if they are not very dirty. Any dirt is then sprayed up the house wall or on anything nearby which has not been moved which then needs cleaned. Why? At least it doesn't usually break glass though. Let him sort it and enjoy your gin Gingster.

Oh no. Strimmers are notorious for doing that, it’s one reason why I don’t use one. We’re on holiday this week and a neighbour told me last week that some masonry had come loose overhanging my other neighbours garden. Thankfully a local builder came out and fixed it for me. Why do these things always happen just before you go away!

Going off at a tangent here but do all men get really huffy when they’re criticised about something? We always have a car full of stuff when we go away but DH bought a load of plants to take with us this time even though it would make far more sense to just buy some up here. In the end he left some behind. And I had to leave the soup maker I’d bought from a garage sale to keep here.

Why don’t ‘they’ listen

I’m not the person to ask, today! This afternoon my dh asked why I was trying to carry too much stuff outside (rubbish and recycling) and that I should let him do it. I said ok and left some of it for him to bring out. He then appeared without the recycling I’d left behind! Said he didn’t see it. ?‍♀️ So I pointed out that that’s why I do things myself and he said I only had to ask. I responded that I didn’t see why I needed to ask, it’s fairly obvious what needs doing. Except it clearly isn’t obvious to him. ?. The atmosphere in the car was a bit chilly, and we didn’t even have the air conditioning on. ?

OH: "Why are you standing on that chair reaching so far back in the cupboards? You could fall!"
Me: "Because stuff has been sitting on that step for days/weeks/months now and it needs putting away."
OH: "Why didn't you ask me? You only needed to ask!"
Me: "I've asked every day for a week/month/year/lifetime and you didn't do it so I'm doing it myself."
OH: "I hate it when you nag. I'd have got round to it".

I'm having a nice chilled rose in solidarity with everyone who has one of these dhs.

Ps, I mostly love mine a lot!

Oh Gingster I feel your pain. I hope you enjoyed your G&T xxx

Don't tell your DH this but male brains aren’t designed to listen to female voices. However, I do sympathise with you, I have been telling DH for years that our raspberries are producing low grade fruit because he doesn’t cut the canes back after fruiting. The other day I went into the garden to find him cutting back the raspberries and he told me that the berries were poor because they were growing on old wood. He looked puzzled when I told him I had been telling him that for years but he thinks it’s his idea. It’s insignificant compared to your problem Gingster but infuriating nevertheless..

Nice to hear many of you sympathise with me and know ‘the feeling’.
Thanks - yes the G and T went down a treat. .

How much can you tell someone in a second. Not enough to put your point across properly I would think.

What is it with men and strimmers? The bungalow next to our house has grass about 6ft square. They are not gardeners when they moved in they cut every tree down. It's now like a rubbish yard filled with anything and everything.
Yet every week their son is out with the strimmer I mean literally about 3 hours on the small patch of grass. As soon as I hear the shed door open I get myself out of the house because it drives me mad.

Gingster, I have had a day like that, only without the broken glass, thank goodness. I am weary of it. Youu have my utmost sympathy.

I am beginning to think there is a condition called Old Man Syndrome.

Symptoms:

•They don't listen
•It is their way, or no way.
•They are never wrong.
•They never put anything back where it belongs
•They are permanently grumpy and anti-social.
•They have a fixation on sport, any sport. Even two ants racing.
•They tell you that you are mumbling, when in fact they
need a hearing test.
•They will never deviate from their plans, especially if it
is a golf day.

Spot on Marydoll . You must know my Dh as you have described him down to the ground. ?

There are more symptoms, but I'm sure someone, not realising your post was tongue in cheek will come along and tell me off for complaining about my DH, Gingster!

Spot on, Marydoll.