Well, my first inclination would have been to throw something at him as he drove away, lol. Like a snowball, just to get my frustrations out.
Maybe you could sit down and have a talk with him about how this bothers you? Maybe he's just not comfortable attempting to do any home repairs, and since you've handled it in the past he assumes you'll take care of it now. Some men are really not comfortable dealing with that sort of stuff at all. They never learned as a kid or never helped their Dad/Uncle/Brother/Whatever, and they're too afraid they'll mess it up or make it worse. It might help you deal with it better if there was a reason behind his behavior, know what I mean? Not that he should have been such a jerk, that was unnecessary, but I know my DH gets totally frustrated when I start getting emotional and crying about things and he would much rather run away than deal with me, lol.
Example. Jordan is afraid of heights, and therefore hates ladders. One side of our house sees no direct sunlight, so every fall we need to power wash it to remove the mildew that builds up on the siding. The problem? Jordan never remembers that he hates heights and ladders until the job is halfway done, and then he's uncomfortable going any higher up. This usually occurs in November (because he never thinks to do it earlier when it's warmer) and around sunset (because he procrastinates all day). This means that I have to drop what I'm doing to finish the job, because that stuff doesn't bother me. It makes me downright irate that he fails to take this stuff into consideration and it happens EVERY. YEAR. I get mad, I take my anger out on the mildew on the house, I go take a long hot shower (because it's never done until after sunset, and by then I'm soaked and freezing), I don't talk to him for a few hours, he apologizes, and we're good to go. LOL!
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