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YAGT: Kitchen Woes. . .

episodic

episodic

Lifer
So I thought I was doing good. Got rid of all the old pots n pans. Got rid of the crappy china we had. Replaced it with a very nice 300$ set and a beautiful china set. Tossed our old stove. Sold our old fridge. Bought one of those nice seamless top electric ovens (the ones that are super easy to clean) and a decent 2 door freezer fridge (we had a 20 year old small GE before hand). . .

Then I replaced the kitchen tile.

Did this while the wife was gone. Thought I'd get a big hug. Rather some dadgum pan was 'special' and she upset about that. 6 years of marriage and she never told me about any dadgum emotional attachments to the pans.
 
Just remind her of all the little "man things" that she thought you could do without. The gender war goes both ways ya' know.
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Just accept that as a man you can never win and go drink some :beer:.
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After months of trying to please my SO in these regards and never succeding for more than a couple weeks at a time and always having something that I was doing not be right, I am following this exact advice and considering a solitary existence with Rosie Palms.
 
If a woman goes into her hubby's workshop, throws everything away and replaces it with what she thinks is cool... is she wrong to be upset when he freaks that there was some stuff that she should not have gotten rid of?

Most women don't get powertools and mechanic tools. Most guys don't get kitchen equipment.

It is always better to ask.

but what you did was thoughtful, generous and romantic.
 
Ha! You got the "Nothing Will Ever Please You" b!tchslap 😀 I used to get that a lot. Then I stopped busting my butt doing huge stuff and started doing little stuff. Works out a lot better.

I remember painting the interior of the whole house while she was gone for a few days once. She came back, and the first thing out of her mouth was "Who the hell picked those colors???" (Actually, she did two months before from a color pallete from Lowes)
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
If a woman goes into her hubby's workshop, throws everything away and replaces it with what she thinks is cool... is she wrong to be upset when he freaks that there was some stuff that she should not have gotten rid of?

Most women don't get powertools and mechanic tools. Most guys don't get kitchen equipment.

It is always better to ask.

but what you did was thoughtful, generous and romantic.
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She was upset over a PAN.
 
Shoulda spent the money on a Harley or sumin for yourself. She still would have bitched but at least you would have sumin you want in the end.......



 
Originally posted by: FritzoShe came back, and the first thing out of her mouth was "Who the hell picked those colors???" (Actually, she did two months before from a color pallete from Lowes)
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QFT... I was pretty sure you were getting it in the neck for picking the wrong tiles!

Oh well... maybe it was futile, but at least you tried!
 
You know, this really, really pisses me off. Like, more than anything else that I've read in this whole day, or in this past week. Maybe even this month.

That's fvcking ridiculous, man. Your wife needs to appreciate. You tried hard, and the thought was there. You're a good guy in my book.
 
It was really nice that you upgraded the kitchen. She was involved in picking out everything before she left, right?

Why was that pan so special to her? Was it something that belonged to her grandmother or something? If she bought you a nice new set of Snap-on tools and threw out all of your old stuff, including an old screwdriver or socket or pliars that belonged to your father or grandfather, you might be upset that she got rid of your stuff without checking with you first. I'm pretty sure that she appreciates what you did in upgrading the kitchen, but you both always need to check in with one another before throwing out something that was the other's property. That's just something you do out of respect for one another. If it's hers, even if *you* think it's worthless, put it in a box and put it in the garage until she gets home.

My friends got married and had a kitchen full of duplicate stuff. He had a cheap set of pots and pans that he got while in college and she had a top of the line set that she had scrimped and saved for shortly before they got together. Guess which one he sold in a garage sale while she was out of town?
 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
It was really nice that you upgraded the kitchen. She was involved in picking out everything before she left, right?

Why was that pan so special to her? Was it something that belonged to her grandmother or something? If she bought you a nice new set of Snap-on tools and threw out all of your old stuff, including an old screwdriver or socket or pliars that belonged to your father or grandfather, you might be upset that she got rid of your stuff without checking with you first. I'm pretty sure that she appreciates what you did in upgrading the kitchen, but you both always need to check in with one another before throwing out something that was the other's property. That's just something you do out of respect for one another. If it's hers, even if *you* think it's worthless, put it in a box and put it in the garage until she gets home.

My friends got married and had a kitchen full of duplicate stuff. He had a cheap set of pots and pans that he got while in college and she had a top of the line set that she had scrimped and saved for shortly before they got together. Guess which one he sold in a garage sale while she was out of town?
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did he survive the encounter?
 
Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
My friends got married and had a kitchen full of duplicate stuff. He had a cheap set of pots and pans that he got while in college and she had a top of the line set that she had scrimped and saved for shortly before they got together. Guess which one he sold in a garage sale while she was out of town?
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did he survive the encounter?
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Just barely. 😉 He was oblivious to the quality of the pans and just kept the set that was a color he liked. hahaha..

Same guy took her rather expensive hairdrier out into the garage (without asking her) to unstick a stuck bolt or thaw a pipe or something and overheated it and melted a fuse in the hairdrier. Then he tore it apart and tried to fix it and left it a mess. Had he asked in the first place, she would've dug out an old cheap hairdrier for him to use. Hehehe. He finds himself in hot water once in awhile.
 
Originally posted by: episodic
So I thought I was doing good. Got rid of all the old pots n pans. Got rid of the crappy china we had. Replaced it with a very nice 300$ set and a beautiful china set. Tossed our old stove. Sold our old fridge. Bought one of those nice seamless top electric ovens (the ones that are super easy to clean) and a decent 2 door freezer fridge (we had a 20 year old small GE before hand). . .

Then I replaced the kitchen tile.

Did this while the wife was gone. Thought I'd get a big hug. Rather some dadgum pan was 'special' and she upset about that. 6 years of marriage and she never told me about any dadgum emotional attachments to the pans.
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Learn by doing. Next time get her input on something you want to do 🙂
 
whats yours is hers
whats hers is hers
your always wrong
your never right

gotta luv being married(15yrs)

its a great institution--much like jail:beer:
 
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