So upset, I need to VENT!!!

[judy]

Sounds like my ex-husband. He could do little things, but would never do something like dig a hole. He also used to ask me to help him with things that I would never do, like rip out a carpet. I used to ask him if he had any friends - I'm not strong enough to do that kind of work (and I could possibly break a nail!)

After a few years of this nonsense, I finally just called in people to do anything I needed done - never discussed it with him - didn't care if he liked it or not.

Good luck,

[AngieDoogles]

Aww, I'm sorry you're feeling down. I think everyone feels that way about their spouse at some point. I remember one time it was like pulling teeth to get my husband to go pay HIS speeding ticket. I was so frustrated, and I felt much the same way you do about this (though I know the issue was smaller and it may not seem the same to you...but I did FEEL the same though.) Anyway, he eventually went and paid the ticket after missing TWO court dates and things went back to normal. I hope when all of these plumbing issues are taken care of that things go back to normal for you two as well.

[Marilyn]

I'd probably grab a shovel and go in there and tell him to get up, buster. We're going to get this done together, or we're calling a plumber, it's as simple as that. If he won't budge, I'd go to mom and dad's until he got it fixed.

I might even try to get out there and dig myself until he finally felt so guilty, that he got up and said, "Okay, I'll take care of it."

Personally, I never had a problem like this. My hubby fixes emergency type things. He does leave other things undone that frustrate me, but then I do the same, so can't call the kettle black on this one.

Wishing you well and hope it all works out soon, you deck get's back together and you can enjoy a quite evening with lemonade on the deck!!!

Thank you gals for all of your support! Our water is back on! YEAH!!! My soon to be BIL did most of the work, and the owner of the local hardware store came over and helped too (he is friends with my husband). There is still a huge hole in the middle of my deck, several of the support beams were cut out so they could dig the hole, but I have WATER!!

I am the type of person who digs in and gets things done without asking for help. I prefer to do things on my own! My hubby is definitely the opposite. He asks for help with everything, and if I were to have jumped in and started digging the hole he would have sat back and watched. I couldn't leave my 3 kids alone in the house, and with the wood from the deck sitting all over my back yard with nails/screws sticking out of it, having them outside with me was out of the question. I basically told him to step up to the plate and be the man of the house or leave. It must have worked, because he was up early this morning working on finding the leak. My washer and dryer have been running nonstop all evening, and I still have a lot to do....but I am just so thankful for having the water running again! Plus..... the cost to fix the leak was under $5.00!!!!! Replacing part of the deck doesn't seem so bad now.

I promise to post a happy thread very soon. I have some cute pictures of my kids and dogs that I took last weekend that I will post soon.

Thanks again everyone!
Missy

[AngieDoogles]

That's wonderful! I'm so glad everything worked out alright.

[Janet]

Yay Missy has water again!!!! It's terrible that us women have to either do it ourselves or hit them in the wallet to get some things done. I think it's one of the mysteries of the world...LOL

[DianaB]

Oh, good! I'm glad that you got your water leak fixed. It seems like there's nothing worse than to have the water turned off because everything we do to clean depends on having water.