I think that's half the reason why I'm allowed to do these things, she likes the fairy lights (they're on most days) and the tinsel she doesn't see as overly xmasy but also likes it.I think you'll find "it was like Xmas again" because you've left the tinsel and lights up until April!
You know the sort, rebuilding carbs in the kitchen, using the bathtub to recondition door rubbers, having the motorbike in the house.
.........not our fault that most women don’t have hobbies like us is it
I am sad to hear that. My condolences !There's an old saying (and a song lyric) "you don't know what you got till it's gone" so unless you are both coming to blows, don't wish your partner away. My Missus was always giving me stuff to do where I was not keen and moaned about car parts arriving. I did wish for some peace & quiet at times & wanted to do my own thing but since she died last year I wish I hadn't and had spent more time together. Really struggling not to become a sad, middle aged bloke trying to relive his 'yoof' in an old car that he couldn't drive around till recently because of a poxy pandemic. Having said that, the Zed does put a smile back on my face every time I start it up
There's an old saying (and a song lyric) "you don't know what you got till it's gone" so unless you are both coming to blows, don't wish your partner away. My Missus was always giving me stuff to do where I was not keen and moaned about car parts arriving. I did wish for some peace & quiet at times & wanted to do my own thing but since she died last year I wish I hadn't and had spent more time together. Really struggling not to become a sad, middle aged bloke trying to relive his 'yoof' in an old car that he couldn't drive around till recently because of a poxy pandemic. Having said that, the Zed does put a smile back on my face every time I start it up
My wife never reads this forum (or I hope she never does!) so I can say this. When it comes to the house she's pretty much like the Hollywood version of a drill sergeant - you know, making you do 100 press ups if your shoes aren't shiny enough . I remember when I read AliK's post about him cleaning something in the dishwasher (rocker cover maybe?) and thinking that I wouldn't even be alive to write that if that were me. Unfortunately over the last month or so she's been pretty ill and has had to spend a while in hospital and has been bed bound when she has been home but everything has an upside as I moved a door into my study to disassemble . She'd never see it and she never did! I'm completely whipped and I know it.
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Is that all? At my peak I had 9, now just the 7 (2 more will be going at some point though).My wife doesn't drive and until recently I had 3 cars!