YAGT: Kitchen Woes. . .

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Just accept that as a man you can never win and go drink some :beer:.

Yep.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

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?

did he survive the encounter?

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.

I have seen what women will go through to get the "right" hairdryer... It's hilarious.

 

[Koing]

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.

Hmmmmmm...lesson learnt for the future!

I woud not like a SO to f0ck with my tools!

Koing

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Just accept that as a man you can never win and go drink some :beer:.

:thumbsup:

 

[Cristatus]

Usually, when I do something radical (for my family, since I'm not married), or even for myself, I will keep the old stuff, ask how they like it, and then purge the old stuff. If they don't like it, then hopefully the stuff can be returned to normal.

But yeah, it's a shame Some of the older stuff was actually good. The newer stuff tend to break easily.

 

[LanceM]

Come on, dude. I've been married for less than two months and even I know to not get rid of her stuff without her knowing.

Sure, you can buy new things if you're feeling risky. But you DON'T get rid of the old ones until she says so. If she's going on about ONE pan, there's probably a pretty good chance that it was special to her. And who are you to say otherwise, even if ALL of it was special to her?

She has every right to be upset. Perhaps a little angry, as well.

 

[LookingGlass]

Guys have their work tools, women have their kitchen tools, goes hand in hand. I agree, she has a right to be upset. She'll get over it eventually, though I bet it will come up in conversation from time to time.

I have a favorite pan, a big dutch oven my mom gave me, they can run over $100.00 or more, depending on the size. My dad used it all the time, for stews, roasts, it was well used by my family. I've keep it very clean. My mom gave it to me when she moved out of the 4 bedroom house I grew up in, after my dad died. I guess it reminds me of those times. One day she said to me on the phone. "I wish I would of kept that pan," HA! Too late now mom!

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Just accept that as a man you can never win and go drink some :beer:.

QFT

I swear sometimes I feel like WTF's the point of all the things I do when in the end she'll just gripe about something else? (Not always, but feels like it sometimes)

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Just accept that as a man you can never win and go drink some :beer:.

QFT

I swear sometimes I feel like WTF's the point of all the things I do when in the end she'll just gripe about something else? (Not always, but feels like it sometimes)

If it's more often than not, you've got a problem, a problem of communication, perhaps.

 

[J Heartless Slick]

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.

You made such major changes without talking to your wife? :Q

Go straight to a marriage counsellor, do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: NEWKILLA
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:

You're It's You and Are which makes You're, not Your.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: NEWKILLA
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:

You're It's You and Are which makes You're, not Your.

your wrong!

*crickets*