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Why my husband mustn't leave me!

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kittylester Thu 05-Oct-17 21:32:37

Ooooh, I'd forgotten the loft, lemongrove and, if we had a cellar, he'd have to do that too.

Phoenix, the mouse might not have been properly dead!!!!shock

I've told the story before of DD2 phoning us from home while we were on holiday in Scotland because there was a spider outside her bedroom door and she couldn't get out!

Lisalou Thu 05-Oct-17 21:28:49

He does all the DIY in the house, repairs things I would declare beyond such things, he bigs me up - and when I am down, boy does that take some doing, he puts up with the grumpy version of me...what the heck, i fancy him too!

lemongrove Thu 05-Oct-17 21:26:14

Hedge trimming
Log sawing
Lawn mowing ( I could manage that though)
Car washing
Investigating any sinister sounding noises (?usually hedgehogs)
Going up into the loft for anything

Welshwife Thu 05-Oct-17 21:18:19

Goes to lock the outbuildings when it is DARK!!! I am a scaredy cat even though we have bright lights which come on!
There are lots more things too such as fixing any plumbing or electric issue, eating any food I cannot manage when we are out !

phoenix Thu 05-Oct-17 21:16:57

kitty , just wondering why you had a problem with the dead mouse? I appreciate that many people have problems with rats and mice, but would you have had a problem with a quick dust pan and brush job to get rid of it?

(No criticism implied, just a genuine question, we all have our "things" when I lived in Windsor Castle I once had to phone the chaps at the trade door entrance to come and deal with a crane fly! blush)

merlotgran Thu 05-Oct-17 21:12:04

Rods the drains when they get blocked - one of the perils of country living.

Mows four lawns and a one acre field. OK, I could do it but when he was ill I managed to chew up a chunk of lawn when I couldn't get the ride-on in reverse. hmm

All the hedge trimming - I can't lift the damn thing above my shoulders.

Saws all the logs for our very greedy woodburner.

Cleans out the shower trap as I refuse to do it after I found a dead baby rat in it just after we moved in. shock

I'd better not show him this list or he might go on strike! grin

tanith Thu 05-Oct-17 21:07:09

He takes things back to complain
He deals with workmen if they need to work in the house
He set up the new smart TV I hadn't got a clue.

kittylester Thu 05-Oct-17 20:59:49

because the kitten brought in a (dead) mouse so I had to shut the kitchen door until dh came home.

Nor can I cope with large 'crunchy' spiders!

And, I can't change the bulbs in the glass cupboards in the kitchen.

I quite like him too.

What vital tasks does your Dh perform?