Always remember: We are women. We are strong.
And we most definitely don’t need to rely on a guy to get the job done.
If you are a woman who happens to find herself facing a plumbing problem alone, don’t despair. This guide will tell you everything you need to know in order to rectify the situation.
Steps to Fixing a Plumbing Problem with your Double-Bowl Bathroom Sinks
1. Identify the problem This is simple as everyone knows sinks shouldn’t fill up through the drain, and on their own.
2. Tell Handy Husband about problem Try not to get frustrated that he kinda shrugs it off, saying that maybe it’s just the venting.
3. Decide to check back in a couple hours to see if problem persists It could very well be a fluke. And you don’t want to call in the professionals if it was some one time, random thing.
4. Discover later the same day that it happened again Notify Handy Husband that it may be time to call the professionals. Handy Husband, who is in charge of the Fixing Stuff and Dealing with Servicemen parts of the marriage, strays from protocol, citing, “Not knowing Awesome Women’s schedule for the day” and “Not having the telephone number” as his reasons.
5. Roll your eyes And think to yourself how Handy Husband often tells you to use your phone to call 411.
6. Rush out the door to start school pick-up duty Use your smart phone to do a Google search for the plumbing company you’ve used before and to find the phone number you are sure Handy Husband has SAVED IN HIS OWN PHONE since this task falls under his name in their agreement.
7. Get on the plumbing company’s work list for the following day And point out to Handy Husband/Mr. 411 when he’s shocked you got it taken care of so quickly, that you looked up the number on your phone, just like he could have done.
8. Give Handy Husband an all-knowing, “I called your bluff” smirk Then Handy Husband, stammering because he totally thought he got himself off the hook with his pretending-to-be-understanding “your day’s schedule” excuse, tries one more time in desperation – “But…but…BUT I didn’t know when you would be available for them to come!?”
Actually, I should revise a few things mentioned above.
If you either don’t have any testosterone to contend with or a guy who never claimed the Dealing with Servicemen part of the relationship, you can still start at Step 1, but then hop to Step 3, and then jump ahead to Step 7.
So, yes. That means we Awesome Women would get this task done in just 3 steps.
Leave it to the guys to make things harder than they need to be.
Have you ever had to tackle a repair issue on your own?
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My husband is the worst at getting anything done. He drives me crazy. The only hard part is that he does work from home and I do work (most days) away from home so I do have to work around his schedule. Sigh.
I love it when I can just fix it myself.
I had my husband try to fix something at my mom’s and he was ready to call someone. I should have listened.
Hahah…hear Liz roar in her fiercest estrogen voice.
My husband usually tries to call someone, fails then ends up fixing it himself. He then struts around for a week reminding me he’s ever so handy.
We have “roles” like that in our house too. It always feels like I’m the only one crossing the lines sometimes though.
Thankfully hubby is pretty handy and is pretty good at fixing things around the house. My only issue though is he’s a little sloppy at times with the repairs, i.e. caulk drips, paint drips, etc…
I snaked my drain a week ago and it was incredibly empowering!!!!
We’re not calling repair people kind of people. If we can fix it ourselves, we do and usually can. There’s been a couple times I’ve taken a plunger or snake to a sink to get it unclogged.
I do not understand why they can’t just Make. A. Phone. Call.
Men always make things far more complicated than they ever need to be. In the end it always seems like we end up doing most of the work anyway, right?
Though I wouldn’t mind a handyman in my life right about now. I was just talking about this with some single girls in the office the other day. I’m sure there has to be a service of on-call men who will fix plumbing issues, hang shelves, and remove large rodents/bugs from apartments, right??
Ha ha – busted!
Ryan likes to do it himself. Except he is crazy busy with work and studying for certification stuff and anything except fixing the things that need to be fixed
Sigh.
I repair everything myself. 15 years in the home improvement industry will do that to you.
In fact, when we were looking for houses to buy, when someone would try to tell my husband something about the house’s structure, he would shrug, tell them he was merely there to look pretty and then refer them to me.
Oh, I’ve been there many times!
I was a single homeowner for a few years before I met my husband, so I’m used to fixing most things around the house myself.
I’ll admit though, I do play dumb sometimes now because I just don’t feel like dealing with it!
ha ha! I love it!! My husband always attempts to fix it himself and we always end up calling a repairman!
Hahaha! My husband is an excellent handy man. I don’t do shit.
I can’t tell you the amount of times that Kelsey has said to me, “YOU need to call the pediatrician.” when I know he has the phone number and is just as capable. But he always says “well i’m at work.” UM ME TOO. We’re both at work. OMG! clearly you hit a vein
When last we had a slow sink, I decided to take a stab at it . . . I shut the water off and went to disconnect the drain pipe – I was convinced, in the 40-some years that the house has been standing, that the drains had never been cleaned out and it, simply, had years worth of crud . . . so much so that Liquid Plumber wouldn’t work.
So, I took my trusty plumber’s wrench and went to take the drain pipe off . . . only, 40+ years of liquid plumber had, um, corroded things. So the pipe came off, not at the joint, but right smack in the middle. Along with all of the “stuff” that had been occupying the drain.
I called the plumber that day.
My husband is not handy at all so this junk usually gets left for me to do. Though I do make it a point to throw it back in his face afterwards.
This is a GIANT thorn in my side. We have a generation of husbands that do not care about keeping their home maintained and it makes me nuts. I usually call my Dad!
I would prefer that my husband handle the repairpeople and all that stuff, but since I’m the one who’s home all day, it usually falls on me. Which I HATE. There’s nothing more fun than trying to deal with a repair guy with 3 little kids running around. I usually make him come home early.
My husband is wonderful at many things, but fixing things is not one of them. I handle all that stuff. I think I really do make it easier.
I don’t repair things. I just buy a new one.
There are times that I wonder why I even ask… it’s just easier to do it myself. I’ll just grab some liquid plumber and see what happens.
I’m not a natural fixer but I can problem solve so I tend to be able to figure things out on my own. I get very excited when I fix something by myself. It may take me three times as long as necessary but I like the fact I never had to tell anyone about the problem. Of course, now this sounds like I don’t know how to ask for help, lol. Funny post
This is so true, my husband just mentioned yesterday that it seems like we get less done when he is home instead of more. Well, duh that is because I don’t ask him or wait for him when he’s gone I just do it or call someone to do it.
You know me…no going to hubs. He is worthless. And I learned that a LOT of plumbing things are totally doable. My wallet thanks me! And like Jess, we get nothing done with him home!
Wow! Koodos to you to tackling this problem on your own!
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This was too funny. But seriously, why do men NEVER adhere to the agreement? Because I’m adhering to MY agreement and folding his frickin’ laundry and loading the dishwasher and dropping off dry-cleaning and -
Wow. Obviously I have a lot of pent-up rage.
Oh, man! Love it! I love to tinker around the house, and my husband hates it, so we mesh well on that one.
I’m the handyWOman around here too. Apparently we’re not alone. Good way to be though.
That. Is. Too. Funny!
Luckily, my husband is pretty handy. He’s not super fast, but he does get stuff done!
luckily I do have a pretty handy MAN in my house.. however, should something need to be fixed then i would have to call them
I love it!!!!
I especially love #3 – as I favor the “maybe it will fix it’s self” sort of approach!
Too TRUE!! I don’t remember assigning myself to the “dealing with servicemen” role..but it seems to be my responsibility whether I like it or not. ANd I don’t like it! Problems arise continuously and it’s a good thing that I deal with them…or No body would! Women ARE indeed awesome!
Yep, 3 easy steps. That’s all it takes around here. My not-so-handy husband knows his limitations.
My husband is anything but handy. One trait he did not seem to inherit from his quirky-yet-handy father (yet he did seem to inherit obsessing over whether we turned the stove off when we go on vacation).
So, basically? I just call the damn serviceman myself.
Yes! I unstuck the garbage disposal all by myself once! I got the allen wrench-like turn thingy, carefuly put my hand down the drain to retrieve whatever stuck, turned and jerked….and got it going again! Yay me!
Love this description! My ex-husband could only make one phone call a day. He just simply could not pick up the phone a second time. So I ALWAYS had to deal with stuff like that.
But, I wanted to share that I have repaired quite a few things in my time, but the one I’m most proud of was my FREEZER
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