Don't tell the wife, I'm growing fodder in the 2nd bathroom!

[duluthralphie]

I peed my pants.

Do you need my advice on the wet pants or the poor bladder control?

I can do both, my pre-vet classes are all inclusive. I can’t wait to see what they teach me in my second month of school.

 

[gtaus]

...Oh - and for the record, I still have the skillet, but not the ex. That little pan is a LOT more useful, in my book!

I was really loving your story, then the ending took a twist I was not expecting. Sometimes I think my wife would trade me in for a new pair of shoes, but so far she has not. I'm just lucky, I guess.

 

[gtaus]

Be sure to ask Ralphie about his DUX!

& the time he was haunted by a chickadee.

Ooooh - I haven't heard that one, yet!

Me either!!

I peed my pants.

Holy Cow! @duluthralphie has a fan club? Must have some good stories.

 

[room onthebroom]

I can’t wait to see what they teach me in my second month of school.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Holy Cow! @duluthralphie has a fan club? Must have some good stories.

he sure does.
The best ones.

 

[gtaus]

I am here to save the day....

While you have good intentions you are doing this all wrong.

Excuses are playing defense. You need to play offense for this to work.

Shut the water off to the toilet.

Do not shut the valve on the supply line off..most women know enough to turn a valve and try it...

Take the line apart and plug the line with something. Now even a small hole in the “plug” will be ok.

Flush the toilet and let it fill very slowly. Let her see it’s not working if need be.

However, the longer you have to wait to show it to her the better.

With some luck it will be June before she wants to see for herself.

Spread tools, lumber and plumbing parts all over the floor in there. I suggest a few automotive parts to really confuse her and make her think it is a major problem.

Tell her the spare bathroom is out of order once she discovers the mess in there. Tell her you are working on it because it quit working, and wanted to surprise her with some upgrades.

You wanted to surprise her for ( whatever event is after June )..

If she asks what is wrong get technical
“ the power vac belt float valve seem to be stuck at the proton accelerator access resting detention” and “ that seems to have ruined the intake gasket exhaust dump seal”

If she questions your ability to fix something that complicated you say you have researched it on you tube and think you can and want to try.

Also have a few flooring samples in there so she can assume you are going to remodel at the same time.

Make it complicated and sloppy in there. Some place no woman would ever want to step foot..

Then sit back and grow barley to your hearts content. If she questions why you aren’t working up there you are waiting for a part or tool that is back ordered and should be here next week.

Then you wait a month and tell her it came but it came without the sub-atomic doohickey which is held up by the protests in Hong Kong. They no longer manufacture them in the USA so no telling when that will get here.

Play long ball on this!!

About the first of June if the snow is gone clean up the mess and tell her you fixed it. Remember to remove the plug you put in the line. You do this when she is not home..

She will have forgotten what the original looked like and be so happy it is working again. You might even get lucky!

If she says it looks like the same old bathroom, tell her it is slightly different but most the upgrades are unseen..


I bet she will even buy you a new deer rifle when it’s all over!!

Man, you are really good at this stuff.

I love your approach and clearly I can see this would work. Unfortunately for me, we had a leak in that bathroom a few months ago and I actually had to fix it for real. If I were to claim there was another problem, it would only look like I did not do a good job last time when I fixed the leak.

Having said that, I can verify that my wife had no interest in that bathroom while I had the toilet unconnected, tools all over the place, and old towels thrown down on the floor. She never bothered that bathroom until everything was back in good working order. I can see how a preemptive problem like you suggest could probably get me through an entire winter. Love the idea to extend the time by blaming things on parts backorder. Genius.

 

[duluthralphie]

Man, you are really good at this stuff.

I love your approach and clearly I can see this would work. Unfortunately for me, we had a leak in that bathroom a few months ago and I actually had to fix it for real. If I were to claim there was another problem, it would only look like I did not do a good job last time when I fixed the leak.

Having said that, I can verify that my wife had no interest in that bathroom while I had the toilet unconnected, tools all over the place, and old towels thrown down on the floor. She never bothered that bathroom until everything was back in good working order. I can see how a preemptive problem like you suggest could probably get me through an entire winter. Love the idea to extend the time by blaming things on parts backorder. Genius.

The parts you put in a couple months ago.. failed.... but the good news is they are covered by a “recall”.. the bad news you have to reinstall the parts when they get here..

 

[shawluvsbirds]

The parts you but in a couple months ago.. failed.... but the good news is they are covered by a “recall”.. the bad news you have to reinstall the parts when they get here..

Genius.
This could totally work.

 

[MROO]

I was really loving your story, then the ending took a twist I was not expecting. Sometimes I think my wife would trade me in for a new pair of shoes, but so far she has not. I'm just lucky, I guess.

Sorry about the surprise ending, but if you'd known him, you wouldn't have been surprised at all. The skillet was definitely a smarter investment ...

 

[gtaus]

The parts you put in a couple months ago.. failed.... but the good news is they are covered by a “recall”.. the bad news you have to reinstall the parts when they get here..

Oh, I see. Blame it on something else so I don't have to look bad. Very nice. It sounds like you have some experience in this area. Thank you for sharing.