a mild rant

[viper86]

upon finding this site several months ago, I (naturally) have been spending a bit more time in my garage. Built some storage and some workbenches and have done a fair bit of cleaning up (rather throwing stuff out - it is still a mess). I finished my winter project in the house and decided to take on the task of redoing most of the tape joints on the drywall in the garage and then giving the walls a coat of paint (the drywall is '70s style brown and has taken on a fair amount of stains). Most tape has come loose or is cracking at the edges. I started this on Saturday. Tonight, I was out there sanding some of the new work, and my girlfriend comes home and has a fit that I'm spending time sanding to make it look decent! I'm not trying to make it absolutely perfect, but you can be damned sure I don't want a bunch of ridges left from the blade edge. Most of the walls will end up covered when all is said and done, but I just think it should be done. I guess women don't understand. Finally I told her if she quits harassing me I might have enough done to put things back together enough to park her car in the garage while we're gone for the weekend... and then she acted pissy and just went to bed no point going to bed now, might as well have another beer

 

[dan76]

Strike one.....

 

[Stargeezer]

and when she awakens-see if she'll make a beer run for you.

 

[rickey1013]

bummer I just tell the wife that at least she knows where I am at.

 

[blue dog]

That was her way of telling you she does not want her car in the garage, thus leaving more room for you to GET MORE TOOLS! I think she might be a keeper.

 

[ddawg16]

After that she had the nerve to go sleep in YOUR bed?

If she has not passed the alcohol and road trip test.....time to say bye bye.....

The only time my wife would have said something is if the kids were giving her hell and she wanted some help....she would then come out, ask me to help with them. Once the kids were in bed....she would most likely come out into the garage with me to help or chat while I worked.....and bring me a glass of wine as well.

Dude....if that is what you get and she is only a girlfriend? I hate to see what she would do if she was your wife....

Ok....maybe she was just in a bad mood....explain to her that by going this extra step, you will be more likely to keep it clean and she will enjoy looking at it as well.

 

[rockchucker]

Get a box of Mud (Drywall Mud), take the bag out of the box and dump it on her in bed. Try to keep it on her side though. =)

She doesn't deserve to be asleep right now that is for sure.

 

[logical]

Do you guys really get that wound up over every comment that dribbles out of a female's yapper? I'd stop sanding long enough to tell her what I wanted on my sandwich and go back to my work.

 

[GTO]

I'll give it a 5/10,not enough use of the "F" word.
Good Luck

 

[viper86]

generally she doesn't care what I do or what I work on. she knows I'm not keeping a barstool warm someplace. It was just one of those moments where I was sweaty and covered in drywall dust, and she asked the wrong question.

If I had more time I'd have told her a nice looking garage would do more to sell the house to a man than her girled-up bathroom would

 

[GarageEnvy]

I/we have a standing response to questions like this. When my wife asks why we need something (like a tool or insulation in the garage) I say "it's for the children. You do love children, don't you? This is my way of saying I want this and I can't justify it so leave me alone. No yelling, no sleeping on the couch. My suggestion is to come up with an equivalent response that is understood by both of you. Plan B would be a new girlfriend.

 

[Rixter58]

Seems to me she has 2 choices....stay pissy or get over it.

 

[s_morrison57]

My wife gets the upstairs, our 10 year old son and his buddies get the downstairs and I get the garage, works perfect. Pass it off as just 1 of things but if it keeps happening....

 

[s_morrison57]

Seems to me she has 2 choices....stay pissy or get over it.

You got that wrong, get over it or die mad

 

[Ocho]

I/we have a standing response to questions like this. When my wife asks why we need something (like a tool or insulation in the garage) I say "it's for the children. You do love children, don't you? This is my way of saying I want this and I can't justify it so leave me alone. No yelling, no sleeping on the couch. My suggestion is to come up with an equivalent response that is understood by both of you. Plan B would be a new girlfriend.

I am soooo using this one.

 

[welderwink]

what would she rather you do?

 

[Steve V.]

Do you guys really get that wound up over every comment that dribbles out of a female's yapper? I'd stop sanding long enough to tell her what I wanted on my sandwich and go back to my work.

That's funny right there!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to add it to my sig.

My wife has been getting that way lately. She never used to worry about my garage. Lately she is annoyed that I have a bunch of extra tools and stuff in there. She has a clear path to the door, what's the problem?

Steve

 

[mrpowderkeg]

what would she rather you do?

my guess is sleep in, lounge around the house, go shopping for what she thinks you as a couple need to buy, and generally dote on each other all day.

 

[robertlynk]

Build a bridge and get over it

 

[trainer]

three words.... make up ***

 

[STClurker]

Seems to me she has 2 choices....stay pissy or get over it.

1: this just deserves to be quoted again

2: yep, nuff said

 

[TheGrooveking]

Just be honest and point at the wall and say "but babe this is where the rusty nail is going to go for you to hang my balls on" otherwise use your pair and remember these words "oops, babe sorry wrong hole, my bad" as you get up to go get a beer on your way back to the garage.

TheGrooveking

 

[OccupantRJ]

Here's the latest training film.

 

[viper86]

what would she rather you do?

she'd rather I be ring shopping but what's a guy to do at 9pm?

my saving grace is that I just got a quote for getting a couple trees removed, both of which really need to be done, so I might just have to use that against her and put it off a couple more months. I can probably attribute her pissiness to working a lot of overtime lately, but talk to the frickin' hand, because I always work over 40 and am on salary, and then I come home and have other stuff to do here.

95% of the time she's very understanding. it's the other 5% that can piss me off.

 

[GarageEnvy]

95% of the time she's very understanding. it's the other 5% that can piss me off.[/QUOTE]

Dude if that's a typical ratio, go ring shopping. The remaining 5% is not achievable.

 

[Daniel Dudley]

95% of the time she's very understanding. it's the other 5% that can piss me off.

Dude if that's a typical ratio, go ring shopping. The remaining 5% is not achievable.[/QUOTE]

No kidding.

 

[61scout80]

I'll never understand men that stay with women that don't understand them, and vice versa...

 

[okimreloaded]

Give her the respect she deserves and she'll give you yours. Generally speaking.

 

[Cougar67]

Around here everyone is unusually pissy because of the unseasonably HOT weather. Maybe it's the same there? If that's the case buy a window A/C unit for the garage.

 

[JBC]

My wife likes the garage. Now she knows where I am and I have taken all my tools and benches out of the house and she wants a bathroom and game room where I use to have my "garage stuff".

 

[jake26]

Rough make-up *** helps with the priss control!! Once you 'own her', she will never talk back again.