Favorite Wife and I are Duking it out…Help!

She’s getting pretty low on this one!

Let me explain the details while we’re in our corners.

I have a ceiling fan in my office, the fan blades are wood grain. She has a ceiling fan in the laundry room, it has black bads.

She wants me to switch the fans from room to room!

I said no, not unless there’s a good reason…and with that came a reply as fast and surprising as a right swing….because the color of the blades match the opposite rooms better.

(differant fans, can’t just swap out the blades…naturally)

She’s been after me all night! I finally put my foot down and said NO, they are fine where they are and I’m not talking about it any longer!

Of course she went on..like my mouth never opened…

Here’s where I went overboard…I used a line that she used on me a year or so ago…

“Ya know honey? Your right…and I’m wrong…but that’s the way it’s going to be”!

Must have been all of 20 seconds of silance…then she did it!

“Of all the times you go fishing and I “let” you go, I would think you would be happy to change them for me”! If she would have just showed a trace of a smile when she said that…my knees wouldn’t have started knocking together so loudly…she knew she had me by the ka-hunas!

I still can’t believe she used the fish card!!!

Thinking as quickly as I could with the great stress placed on my shoulders…I came up with this idea!

Well do a poll and do what the poll says…It took a little coaxing, but finally talked her into it..

(now that I think about it…I could have had the fans changed out already!)

Well,I voted No just to root for the underdog But, if it is anything like my house, you just as well get the screwdriver out and get to work. You are going to lose Doesn’t brown and black go with everything Kind og like blue and red go together?

Should I wake her up and ask Mike???

Thanks for your support!!!

I also voted NO! If my lady asked me to do that I’d give her the directions to the craft store and tell her to go buy some veneer and spray glue. P.S. Is she sure that the other side of the blades isn’t wood grain?? It may be as simple as flopping them around. Our ceiling fan blades are that way.

BIRDDOG

0600….GIT-R-DONE!!!!

I voted yes, thinking you could do it if the reversable blades thing does not work. I would, however, require absolute assurance from your better half that this would not be a precedent setting issue. Playing the “let you fish” card is really hitting close to the belt line.

Yep! I’m a redneck!!

BIRDDOG

Put him to the Coals Mrs BK

I voted no, for moral supprt, and because I’ve been putting of replacing a 22 yr old relic that gave it’s life this past fall. We all know Deb will win anyhow, so Brian when you’re finished I’ve got one in my dining room that could use your skilled touch

dave

I voted “yes” for the pure fact that if you didn’t change them, she would never let you hear the end of it. Every time her mother or friend was over she would bring it up and of coarse the women would agree and then you would hear twice as much after they left. Sometimes it’s better just to let them win once in a while.

Who cares about the ceiling fan in the laundry room anyways! Ok, I guess I would hate to have my dirty clothes clash with my fan too!

I voted for her!!! The reason is because your unemployed and can spend some quality time with her helping you! Even if she dosn’t, Think how much lov’in your gonna get from the favorite wife!Just do it you lazy SOB!

I voted no and have a side bet to see how long it takes for you give in and “git r done”. You know you’re going to lose When I get those kind of projects “recomended” I just keep reminding myself that must be part of the vows I took “for better or for worse” . I sure hope she doesn’t find this post or Bret might be notifying you of my untimely passing.

Its her castle…and if she ain’t happy, you ain’t happy…but re: the ‘I’ll let you go fishing’ card: not negotiable! If my wife said “I’ll let you keep fishing” my reply would be “i’ll let you keep breathing”. Fish control my brain. The only thing capable of keeping me away from them is an idiot taking his time in front of me at the boat ramp. Aggravating, but temporary.
My wife KNOWS better than to mention any restraints on fishing. After all, it pays the bills.After 34 years of marriage she knows better.
Change the fans around with a smile, me boy…then smile and tell her she is number #1 in your life…right behind fishing.
Mark Twain had an even more thought provoking solution for quandrys of this nature–“Trade her for a dog, then shoot the dog”.

You guys are all missing the point… there’s a huge opportunity here. Just do it… maybe you’ll get LUCKY out of the deal. Married men need all the advantages we can get to score.

After you change the fans, what are you going to do when she decides she liked them better the in the original rooms? You need to decide in advance on how many fan moves she is allowed. Speaking from experience.

I didn’t vote because both choices are losing situations. If you said no, then no means no. Did you explain to her the baldes aren’t interchangeable? As far as the “fish” card goes, tell her if she doesn’t let you fish, then she is “cut off”.

I got rid of wife #1 because she beeotched too much about my fishing. Buy her some spray paint and tell her to go to have fun.

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I got a NO vote out there for you Brian!

I’m not sure Chappy has ever been unemployed for long with a significant other around… too much time together and you become their hobby! The *honey do* list gets longer, and the *honey do it yourself* becomes non-existant!

What happens in this pole really doesnt make a difference. You are going to end up switching them around now, or sometime in the not-so-distant future when you get too nervous when the fuse blows too many times when she is changing them!

The most important thing for now is.. you at least win this arguement.. I’m behind you Brian!

but your still going to end up changing them

Brian,

You’re not thinking clearly here.

#1- Spray paint the blades when she isn’t looking. It would take 5 seconds and you’re back to watching golf on TV.

#2- Cheerfully agree to do it and then tell her all about your fishing buddy Rootski who was putting in a ceiling fan and ended up electrocuting himself, shorting out the wires, and starting a house fire. If you give me a heads up we can work out the gruesome details ahead of time so our stories are straight. Then tell her the only way to do it safely is to hire somebody expensive.

3#- If you’re really good you could convince her that you already moved the fans a few of years ago and now you’re supposed to move them back? That’ll get her thinking for a while.

4#- As soon as she said anything you could have gotten out your screwdriver and got it done on the spot. You’re going to lose anyway so the sooner you get it over with the sooner you can get back to watching golf on TV.

Rootski

Hey Brian!
Are you sure Deb enjoys this internet hilarity?
Rodney Dangerfield made jokes about his wife all the time even though they had been divorced for years

Anyway, funny stuff sir!….. OH-OH! Gotta go! The Boss is calling!

dd

Brian, I voted no because I’m also married to the same type of women, who has used the “fish card”. What a lowdown way to dig thier nails in alittle deeper. Tell her you can’t switch the blades because when you buy fans the blades are balanced for the motor, if switched the motor could overheat
and cause a house fire. Stick to your guns, if you can’t use your fishing poles, your guns is all you have!

I voted for Deb just like she knew I would. And let me be the FIRST to vote her way for switching them back afterwards.

ps. Bets on guys: How many nasty pms do you think I will get from Briank?

Leave them turned on high. When they are spinning you can’t see the color.

As Red Green says: “If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.”
Wow that statement doesn’t fit you either way.

Next thing you know she’ll want your golf trophies repainted.

Brian, in situations like this I always sit I Da’ down and patiently hear her out, before I inform her of my decision. Then I go immediately to the Bedroom, grab my pillow and extra blanket, run it to the garage and throw it in the back of the truck.

Seriously, I would advise you to ‘change’ the fans before she decides to ‘exchange’ fans if you know what I mean!

One of your fans , Geronimo!

Sorry Brian, I had to vote yes on this. If there`s one thing Iv`e learned after 42 years of holy headlock, its to keep her happy, to make me happy.Then go off and buy a new prop for your outboard.

As and update…while PAINTING this morning, I was informed that she wants a fan put in our bedroom…well, this has been on her…er my list for a while.

What I didn’t know is that she wants the ceiling fan that’s in the living room…moved to the bedroom, then a new fan in the living room

__it’s going to hit the FAN SOON!

Hey Brian … the solution is in your PM box..

Theres still an open seat to head to Missouri and catch blues

Painting and hanging ceiling fans… you deserve it!

You must be a newly wed.
You certainly haven’t been married for any lenght of time.
What is your answer if she asks you “Honey, do these pants make me look fat?” You sir, have entered into a black hole of which you will never get out of. It’s to late to salvage the situation. Move the fans, buy the new fan, oh ya, the washer hasn’t been working right either. Honey, how about we (you) paint the living room walls?

Mistake #1, never argue something trivial like moving a fan.
Mistake #2 never offer a poll as a solution to your problem. Your buddies are enjoying your situation. They are voting against you……..often!

Remedy #1 There isn’t any, you made your bed lay in it!

BTW, since you won’t be fishing anytime soon, have any tackle you want to unload?

While the “Of all the times you go fishing and I “let” you go, I would think you would be happy to change them for me”! statement would be a shocker, just be happy that this request came during the dead of winter and NOT during prime fishing weather!

Dan

P.S. Be sure to let us know how the fans look in their new locations!

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Your buddies are enjoying your situation

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I’m making a “list” of my “buddies”!