My wife is a Interior Designer! HELP!!

[BuckMaster]

My wife is driving me NUTTS! She is a Interior Designer and she want to Paint/Wallpaper out house like every other month it seems. The bad news is Im the ONE that has to do all the Damn work! She just picks out the color of paint or wallpaper and brings it home. I will admit she picks out some cool colors and all but damn shes killing me! Should I just keep doing it or tell her to start doing it herself? But then I would feel guilty sitting in my sofa drinking a Ice Cold Beer!

I know one thing I bet contractors really hate Interior Designer! hehehe

 

[frogger]

BuckMaster

Let her do it herself!

Guilty while having a cold one???? Never!

 

[Damaged]

My lord. If it's actually that much I say let her do it herself. No offense, but man! There has to be a limit!

Oh yeah, not to mention you must be going broke on paint/wallpaper.

 

[kduncan5]

Just explain to her exactly what you've said here, that she's killing you and would she just chill out for awhile Like, for a long while -kd5-

 

[BuckMaster]

Thats the thing she spends her own money, so she figures i could atleast do the labor! Which of course the labor cost would triple the paint cost easly! Maybe I should start buying the paint and let her do the labor? Now theres a thought! Then I could drink my beer and NOT feel guilty?

 

[BuckMaster]

kduncan5 its not that easy telling that to a Interior Designer! Trust me Ive tried 100 times it seems! When I go on vaction from work, its not really a vaction because Im usually painting/hanging blinds/wallpaper/ something around the house!

 

[Stark]

your wife is female?

just checking

 

[BuckMaster]

Stark,

LOL! Yes my wife is female!

 

[Damaged]

I hear some whirring and grinding there.

 

[Ulfwald]

Tell her you get to decorate the next room


With all the trophys you collected while hunting and fishing. Also, tell her to slow down and enjoy her accomplishments. What is she trying to do, turn your house into a show room for her clients?

 

[Damaged]

Heh. Yeah. Wrap your next set of antlers on her wall paper...NOT!

 

[unclebud]

i'd disqualify anybody's advice that hasn't been happily married at least ten years. having said that, i'm disqualified

 

[nullshark]

A not too terribly sensitive way to do it is just leave this thread open on the monitor when she sits down to use the computer. Otherwise, just be honest and open and gently explain the way you feel -> Honest communication is the best thing for keeping relationships alive & healthy.

 

[WoundedWallet]

Hey BuckMaster, how is that bursitis on your shoulder? Acting up lately? Maybe she can massage you so you feel better. Like right after you finish all the heavy work that made you feel worse. The trick is to keep the exchange going forever till it's near even.

 

[cxim]

This crap will go on for ever unless you put a stop to it..

she has to seperate her job from your/her home life...

assign her a display room. she can redo to her hearts content... her job room, she does the work. another rule... any room done in the joint domicile can not be redone for 1 yr !!! even then she has to do 1/2 the work.