What a husband should NEVER do!

Typical!
There's alot of painting needs doing at our house, but every time I say I'll just get the paint out, husband panics - No you always make a mess!
Probably true, but does he do it? Rarely.

I love! D.I.Y my dad used to work away a lot so I ended dup doing the bits n pieces, I would rummaging to see what tools he had and what they were for, and even now if I go in a store I head to the gadget tool department, I like to have the right tool for the right job (I don't ! but I would like to)!

I have built stone fireplaces in our old home with stone just found in the fields at the back of the house (used to trudge with the wheelbarrow at all hours of the day )

laid concrete/flags/patios/built small walls.
Leaded all the windows in our old house.
put plate racks n beams up.
sheds/changed head gaskets/oil change on the older cars.
lost count of how many flat packs Iv'e gone n built for friend as they hated doing them (even the men)
hired scaffolding just over a year ago and climbed up to paint all the rendering on our mews house, had to climb up two sets of ladders (the neighbours think I'm am not full shilling lol)
underdrawn a staircase.etc etc
biggest project was about 9 yrs ago, we (yes that's we) built a conservatory from a kit form B n Q dh was the brains, he sat and read the instructions and held things !
I have just decorated neighbours kitchen and will be doing their lounge soon, that's in between doing my own, I also like house work

Ditto, Hilda! In fact, Theseus will suggest that before I do. Today the exterior of the house was being painted (it's a cream wash) by Dave 1, while Dave 2 was fitting the front door he had made, and painted, for us.

But yes, the long term planning of anything is a feature I recognise!

My DH even calls himself "Manyana Man" i.e. Why do today, what I can put off until tomorrow!

Today we took the curly, whirly metal chair thingy back to the old lady's garden. She was out at the time. Later DH got a phone call thanking him profusely for all his hard work

Over the years my husband as said he would deal with certain maintenance jobs but hasn't so I have just got someone in to deal with the jobs.
He would never ever ring anyone up to get jobs done I do it or it doesn't get done.
Some things like clearing out loft or garage if I start them he'll get involved but I think this is more of he doesn't want me to throw anything away he want to keep.
He'll also do decorating with me, does the ceilings because I sometimes feel dizzy getting up and down the steps.

A man has been here all day replacing some rotting wood at the front of the house and painting it. DH has been saying he would see to it for at least five years!

I thought it was just him but now I see he is not alone.

I have no such problems with my DH. I get a man in!!!

Does your DH have a twin Mishap?

The record (and the final straw!) is 15 weeks to replace a bath and washbasin and tile a minuscule 7x4 bathroom....... a DF couldn't believe how long it took!

After 19 years of DH saying he'll sort out the unfinished utility room which came with the house, I have said I'm calling the builders as soon as my private pension pot can be accessed. Suddenly he's animated about him doing it (no flipping way)
If he dares to say 'I was just about to start that' he'll be under the new tiled floor!

And, because I want to redecorate the living room too Grayduster, should he dare to say that he'll be joining your DH in A+E

Happy days!

Although it has to be said, the slippers are just shabby.

It does seem to be the norm for a lot of men to have to think about a job that needs doing, the psych-ing up bit if you like for a while before a chore is actually started.That part can take weeks!
Merlot, are you still doing all the grey shabby chic stuff around the house?My own DH is that without any work done on him.

My ex DH used to wait until I had almost finished a job and then say 'You should have said, I would have done it' He never attempted any job around the house or garden.

he my OH belongs to the "you don't want to do it like that" school of thought,....he dosent pick up paint brush often,but likes to help/interfere in kitchen ....what is remarkable he tells me I don't want to do things the way I always have..he being 20 years my junior and only being together 12 years makes you wonder how I managed for the first 51 years till I met him......teaching granny to suck eggs comes to mind ..

He should not do what mine does when I have planned to do something he has conveniently put on a back burner for the duration and say "....of course, you could do it that way - the only problem is.....". He would have the paintbrush wedged in an uncomfortable place. I'm sure A&E have seen it all before!

DH still has the scars of the days when he used to say things like that and also the burden of doing it all his bloody self now!!!

vampirequeen Does your's also tell you "No you don't want to do it like that!" When he has left it to you to have done 99.9% of the decorating in the house for the last 40 yrs.

It's the pointing out the bits you've missed that's the real killer

Love reading these, my OH exactly. I do appreciate that he is so practical but it amuses me that he can spend all day doing something to the exclusion of everything else. Whereas I'm multi-tasking, thinking about food, other things that need doing and the mundane things! And who gets the praise for being so creative at the end of the day?

Do we all have the same OH? Is it the same man racing around the countryside?

Is that why he takes so long to get started, or do the job, or even - god forbid - finish it????

Yes indeed - my OH says that the most important thing is the preparation - this appears to include working up to the job psychologically (quite a lengthy process!), then sanding, wiping down, filling in microscopic blemishes, buying new brushes, reading up different techniques on the internet, discussing with the neighbours........ - I just pick up a brush and slap some paint on!

The shabby bit would be easy but the chic might take a bit of imagination.

DH runs a mile when he spots me with paintbrush in hand (which is most days)

I think he's afraid if he stands still I'll shabby-chic him!

Are they ALL the same. If I see a job that needs doing I do it. My DH has to think then plan for weeks, obtain the bits needed takes another two weeks then he starts just seconds before a hot meal is due to be served. Thus I end up doing it. DH then complains "what's the rush"