Note to self: DO NOT talk to hubby

[Momagain1]

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[domino7]

I pretty much agree with dogfish. If you women knew how to ask right, you could get us to do anything, with minimal griping too lol.

 

[Momagain1]

Hey..I didnt ASK or tell him...he said how many nest boxes do we need? I answered...
he asked where I wanted the roost: I told him..apparently it was different than where he wanted it...
etc

I did not march out there and say hey you bumble-head..you are screwing it all up...

LOL..

and I think I found out what his main issue is; the law passed that affects our home based biz big time and may
shut us down ...waiting with held breath to see.....

I HATE IL Gov'rs they are ALL crooks and idiots..

 

[dsqard]

Dogfish, first I want to say that you did an awsome job on the coop and the house! Second, we are all griping a little about "the other half" but I don't think a single one of us would trade them for the world.

We may gripe a little, roll our eyes a little (OK maybe a lot behind their backs

) but we love them totally. It takes years sometimes to learn how to either do things together or learn that we shouldn't do things together. I know I appreciate what my DH does for me and it really sounds like everyone else on this thread does too. Sounds like your DW was able to show her appreciation to you as well. Yeah sometimes we all need to be reminded too

 

[SunnyDawn]

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I don't believe this for one second but I think it's cute that you do!

Let's face it disagreements with folks is normal since we all have our own way of doing things. Lets not get so serious that we forget to laugh about those differences. I do agree with Dogfish though. Food and beer go a long way when I've got an extra request (or 2).

 

[Dogfish]

It's all good.

Like I said, time for planning should be separate from building.

Sammiches, beer, treats.

 

[Bossroo]

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Nothing funny about that post !!!!!!!

I drew the blueprints ( talked to my wife as to special features that she would like) and have built SIX ( that is 6) homes for us by myself ( the last one was a two story 3019 sq ft. with 1000 sq. ft deck on the 2nd floor, and the 24 x 24 clear span family room with 18' high vaulted ceilings and stone fireplace). When she requested some changes, more often than not I had to explain to her how it wasn't stucturally sound, impractical, not to code, and/ or too expensive to modify.

When I was building a chicken coop, my wife comes up with all kinds of things that she thinks she wants in the structure and thinks would be cute, then when I start to make the modifications, she changes her mind again,which would be a total waste of materials, impractical, cost too much to build, then be more labor intensive to work on a daily basis.

My wife is a great wife, mother, cook, and best friend,

but when it comes to real world construction she is clueless.

 

[Momagain1]

no..the sammiches, beer part..that was a chuckle!

 

[FlickiChicki]

I will be very sweet and nice to DH for coop building. He told me to go pick the chooks and guineas today at the shelter, and we'll build a new coop. He then gives up his concrete pad that was going to be a new garage for his trucks for the chooks, as we can't let the chooks get nabbed by a predator and his trucks are beat up anyways.

As long as the coop is secure and has nest boxes and roosts, anything else can be worked on as we go.

This statement may be modified as much as coop plans get modified!

 

[Patricia Jane]

Mine will act stupid if it's something he doesn't want to do. I will explain and explain and still get "Um I'm not sure what your talking about". Makes me sooooo mad. I ended up asking my son in law to help and he did a fantastic job. Thanks heavens I have a son in law or I don't think I would have a coop and chickens. But if it's something my husband wants let me tell you, he moves fast especially if it has anything to do with motorcycles. Got to love them though. Sounds like all men were created the same way.