Can we talk home repairs/man stuff?

[MissKim]

Ok, so I'm trying not to be sexist, but I am so tired of handling all the home repair stuff around our house. I am always the one to call the plumber, the electrician, the doctor, etc. My husband never does those things.

Woke up this morning to the sound of water coming from the area of our outside faucet. DH says, "What's that sound?" I said, "Sounds like the pipe burst near the faucet. Go look." My DH actually stood there looking at me like I was crazy for asking him to go confirm we had water gushing from under our house (we live in a double wide... I actually love it, but that's another story). So guess who had to call in to work so I could stay home and wait for a plumber. We also have 2 minor plumbing issues in the house that I have been putting off because I didn't want to mess with taking off for a plumber, so if the guy gets here early enough, I might get those taken care of.

My dh refused to attempt to turn out water off at the main, and when I begged him to stay until the park guy arrived to turn off the water, he just got in his car and went to work. He absolutely refuses to take off work, and refuses to alter his hours any. He goes in at 7, runs his route and is home early. He could run an hour late one day and get home an hour later, but he simply cannot see that possibility. He's a Schwans man so he's in charge of his own route so making a change would not be a huge thing. However, he just cannot break out of his box to accomodate anything else.

The kicker was when I was begging him to stay and handle this because I've missed 5 of the last 9 days of work/school. Two of those days were district snow days, but the other 3 were when I took off to be with his family because Dan refused. He actually said, "You didn't have to take off to help my brother."

Then I cried.

Ugh. I just really needed to vent. Been one of those months where everything just keeps getting piled on. Had to cancel our summer vacation reservations this morning so we'd have enough money to cover the anticipated plumbing bill. So I need the cry and the vent. Thanks.