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186166 tn?1385259382

am i speaking a foreign language???

ok...i've been getting my house ready to put on the market.  one of the things i did was to replace the countertops, sinks and faucets in the bathrooms.  that was done about a week ago.

so...a little while ago...at 7:15 p.m. (est) i told my husband that i "thought" that the sink in our bathroom might be leaking.  of course...he asked "why?"  my reply was..."because when i went to get a new roll of toilet paper out from underneath the sink...it was wet."

hhhhuuummm...it is now 45 minutes later and he is still sitting in the same exact position that he was when i told him.  do i speak a foreign language?  did he NOT understand what i just said?  does he care that it might be leaking?  better still...is he waiting for ME to fix it?  

MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (sorry to the men on here)
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352798 tn?1399298154
Women!!! LOL You just need to ask a different question. Like; "Hun, do you think our insurance will cover the damage from the leak under the sink?"
    Or; " I am so glad we replaced the counters in the bathroom. Now with the new leak, we will have to replace the cabinets too. With all these fixes, we won't want to move!"
        Just leave it at that. It will probably motivate him.
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i hear ya....let me tell you what my hubby does that may cause me to just flat go over the edge one day..... he thinks if he has our toddler in his arms he is totally helpless. (done this since he was a newborn and I totally gotta vent this one out) So if we get home from the store and (we live in an apt) he is carrying the kiddo he can't even manage to carry ONE bag of groceries or the diaper bag. NOTHING but the baby. When he is at work and my son and I go alone if he's asleep I carry him (36lbs) my purse and as many bags as I can in put him in bed...lock the door go get ALL the rest of the groceries as FAST as I can and bring them in at once. I do leave huge bulky things like toiletpaper, pop etc out there.

Now that I am sober I am even more annoyed by it. I always say...do you know what all I carry in ????

Does ANYONE feel my pain ??? ANYONE on this one?
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186166 tn?1385259382
have you ever noticed... how to men...everything is sooooooo complicated?  ladies...you know what i mean.  you ask them to fix something...they look at it...and start the list of why it cant be done...or done that way.  what do we do?  as soon as they leave, we fix it!
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Chi Chi...I love it! You need to like send that in to a magazine or something!
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410221 tn?1227631837
My husband has thought our pool system was broken all winter. I went out there yesterday, opened the door and turned it ON!!! Problem solved. I had the pool guy coming out Wednesday to fix it.
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lizzie i agree....that was pretty clear. a leaky sink must be fixed!!!! but i know what ECN is talking about I am bad about doing it to my husband and am trying to be better so now I totally shock him w/my bluntness!
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186166 tn?1385259382
dont EVEN go there...lolol.

i think the bathroom sink is leaking "only" has one meaning...there is water coming out of the pipes.
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495284 tn?1333894042
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gotta give you that one!!!  I am reminded of that on occasion.(just this morning as a matter of fact!!!)                   sara
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461503 tn?1212066010
Lizzie, maybe you should ask him directly to fix the sink, Women always think that we (men) understand what they meant eventhought they didnt said it specifically, for example if woman says i hate the way you cook she is really saying why dont you take me to dinner to restaurant, sometimes we understand what women meant sometimes we dont,
Just a thought,
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I can't quit laughing this is hysterical!
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495284 tn?1333894042
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Oh my i am off to the yellow pages!!!!  Is it under tan or plumbing!!!!!  Nothing like some eye candy getting your plumbing fixed!!!!!
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410221 tn?1227631837
We gotta keep our plumbing in check while at the beach, LOL
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186166 tn?1385259382
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  a cute, little, tan "surfer dude" plumber.  i'll send him down to your end of the beach AFTER he cleans the pipes at my house...lolol.
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410221 tn?1227631837
Hahaha, is that new tool box your house warming gift? Tell him we will find you a cute little tan plumber at the beach...You won't be needing that tool box.

I do everything but yard work, and I can do that except push the mower around the steep hill. and somethings I just refuse to do you know...
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186166 tn?1385259382
lolol...

i had this little tool kit thingy...just one of those plastic shoe boxes that i kept "my tools" in.  the other day he came in with me a REAL one...lol.  he said i might need it when i move to the beach.  i do most everything around here...but plumbing is NOT one of my specialties.
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410221 tn?1227631837
Hahaha, My sink has been leaking a year. Scott puts a beach towel under there and replaces them instead of fixing it.
If I want something done, I tell him...wait...then call a professional.
He does the yard work or the neighborhood would kick us out.Because I draw the line at pushing the mower. I live on top a huge hill.
There were a few times it looked like sh** so I hired it done and he had to pay. I almost ask a yard service Friday when I was out running but said surely he will do it. Not yet but maybe later today.

I can just see you under that sink with your big wrench working. Hahaha!!!!
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390416 tn?1275185087
LMAO

Actually, I found this whole post amusing.....and right on the $$$...but i hav eto give credit where credit is due...not ALL men are like this.......my dad woudl have found the leak himself....then fixed it....IMMEDIATELY   ..my ex was just the oppposite...hehe
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495284 tn?1333894042
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well i still have an ice cream pail hanging from my kitchen ceiling from 2 YEARS ago when the bathroom sprung a leak and got home to find it had come thru the ceiling onto the kitchen floor.  He is always going to get at it.  The cobwebs look like something from a barn now as i refuse to clean around a fricking pail on the damn ceiling.  I have tried gently stroking him, praising him with it in my hand etc......... after reading these posts i am now going to yank on it!!!!!!!  (and not a nice yank either!!!!)
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I think I lucked out!  My husband is quite the handyman....fixes everything. I just give him a little "somethin somethin" (sorry so crass) and I get anything fixed that I want!  So I guess what Magi said is correct also...they do think with their "peckers" (LOL)

Glad your sink is fixed!
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186166 tn?1385259382
thanks eagle...i will NOW remember to always keep extra rolls on hand for times like this...lololol

ok...at 11:15 last night (4 hours after initial complaint)...husband was standing at "sink in question", brushing his teeth.  no longer able to stand it...the following conversation took place.

me..."sooooooooooo, what was wrong with the sink?"

husband (with dumb look on his face)..."i dont know yet"

me..."it's been 4 hours since i told you.  is there a date i can mark on the calendar when you WILL look at it?"  by the way (and this is what got his attention)...your travel shave kit is under there and it is soaking wet"  (and i walked away)

i gave him about 2-3 minutes and walked past the bathroom door...just to have a look.  husband was "looking" under the sink...lolol

i'm glad to report that my sink is fixed :)  MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You guys CRACK me up! I love it Eagle!!! That is perfect and also sounds like something my drunken father in law would do.
Magi & Mary are also right....men are delicate flowers and we must handle them carefully!
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306867 tn?1299249709
I have found you must be very, very direct with men.   They don't get things like......I think we have a leak.  I found .........Go fix the leak now !.......works much better. lol
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306455 tn?1288862071
Theeagle..............LOL LOL

Lizzie,   I think Joanne is right. I have in the past, done some research on this subject with my husband. I found that if you tell him his weiner is really big and a marvelous specimen, he'll immediately go fix the leak.
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As a long term male drug addled plumber i would say that you need to place more rolls of toilet paper under the sink. Sometimes these operations can be quite delicate so you may need more toilet paper to absorb the supply of water available........
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