am i speaking a foreign language???

[LIZZIE LOU]

ok...i've been getting my house ready to put on the market.  one of the things i did was to replace the countertops, sinks and faucets in the bathrooms.  that was done about a week ago.

so...a little while ago...at 7:15 p.m. (est) i told my husband that i "thought" that the sink in our bathroom might be leaking.  of course...he asked "why?"  my reply was..."because when i went to get a new roll of toilet paper out from underneath the sink...it was wet."

hhhhuuummm...it is now 45 minutes later and he is still sitting in the same exact position that he was when i told him.  do i speak a foreign language?  did he NOT understand what i just said?  does he care that it might be leaking?  better still...is he waiting for ME to fix it?  

MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (sorry to the men on here)

[LIZZIE LOU]

one hour/8 minutes now...has gotten up BUT did not go check under the sink.  hhhuuummmm...so just "what if" it is leaking badly...and water is just about to start running out of the cabinet and all over the floor.  hhhuuummm...i wonder IF he will even take a look.

MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joann1975]

sorry in advance to all the men here but...
Lizzie I think this has something to do with his p*n%s. It seems to be very common with men. They generally tend to think with them. Don't know why.

[cathy5841]

oh lizzie,   i  soooooo feel you on this one.  men really are from mars.  LMAO

[LIZZIE LOU]

we just got home from eating dinner...and he still hasnt mentioned or looked at it...lolol.  

2 hours...25 minutes...and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joann1975]

Ok, when my bff was like 7months pregnant they lived in a mobile home and had some leaky pipe and her husband kept not fixing it not fixing it not fixing it....so she had to crawl her ginormo belly under the trailer house and figure out how to fix it herself. He felt really bad. It was funny ... .but not funny. If you could have seen how big she was!

[LIZZIE LOU]

lol...i bet THAT was a sight :)

i cut the grass this week...ok...i do almost everything around here.  fixing a leak is something i am NOT gonna deal with.  i'm not going to clean up the water...i'm not going to take everything out of the cabinet for him...did i say that i am NOT going to deal with this?  lol

2 hours and 50 minutes and counting

[joann1975]

well, you probably don't want to call a plumber seeing as how it is a holiday weekend. do you want me to call you husband for you? LOL! just joking...I hope it gets fixed before I wake up in the morning...gotta get to bed!

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

As a long term male drug addled plumber i would say that you need to place more rolls of toilet paper under the sink. Sometimes these operations can be quite delicate so you may need more toilet paper to absorb the supply of water available........

[flmagi]

Theeagle..............LOL LOL

Lizzie,   I think Joanne is right. I have in the past, done some research on this subject with my husband. I found that if you tell him his weiner is really big and a marvelous specimen, he'll immediately go fix the leak.

[allaboutmary]

I have found you must be very, very direct with men.   They don't get things like......I think we have a leak.  I found .........Go fix the leak now !.......works much better. lol

[joann1975]

You guys CRACK me up! I love it Eagle!!! That is perfect and also sounds like something my drunken father in law would do.
Magi & Mary are also right....men are delicate flowers and we must handle them carefully!

[LIZZIE LOU]

thanks eagle...i will NOW remember to always keep extra rolls on hand for times like this...lololol

ok...at 11:15 last night (4 hours after initial complaint)...husband was standing at "sink in question", brushing his teeth.  no longer able to stand it...the following conversation took place.

me..."sooooooooooo, what was wrong with the sink?"

husband (with dumb look on his face)..."i dont know yet"

me..."it's been 4 hours since i told you.  is there a date i can mark on the calendar when you WILL look at it?"  by the way (and this is what got his attention)...your travel shave kit is under there and it is soaking wet"  (and i walked away)

i gave him about 2-3 minutes and walked past the bathroom door...just to have a look.  husband was "looking" under the sink...lolol

i'm glad to report that my sink is fixed :)  MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marce4]

I think I lucked out!  My husband is quite the handyman....fixes everything. I just give him a little "somethin somethin" (sorry so crass) and I get anything fixed that I want!  So I guess what Magi said is correct also...they do think with their "peckers" (LOL)

Glad your sink is fixed!

[dominosarah]

well i still have an ice cream pail hanging from my kitchen ceiling from 2 YEARS ago when the bathroom sprung a leak and got home to find it had come thru the ceiling onto the kitchen floor.  He is always going to get at it.  The cobwebs look like something from a barn now as i refuse to clean around a fricking pail on the damn ceiling.  I have tried gently stroking him, praising him with it in my hand etc......... after reading these posts i am now going to yank on it!!!!!!!  (and not a nice yank either!!!!)

[toxictome]

LMAO

Actually, I found this whole post amusing.....and right on the $$$...but i hav eto give credit where credit is due...not ALL men are like this.......my dad woudl have found the leak himself....then fixed it....IMMEDIATELY   ..my ex was just the oppposite...hehe

[Chi_Chi_Lover]

Hahaha, My sink has been leaking a year. Scott puts a beach towel under there and replaces them instead of fixing it.
If I want something done, I tell him...wait...then call a professional.
He does the yard work or the neighborhood would kick us out.Because I draw the line at pushing the mower. I live on top a huge hill.
There were a few times it looked like sh** so I hired it done and he had to pay. I almost ask a yard service Friday when I was out running but said surely he will do it. Not yet but maybe later today.

I can just see you under that sink with your big wrench working. Hahaha!!!!

[LIZZIE LOU]

lolol...

i had this little tool kit thingy...just one of those plastic shoe boxes that i kept "my tools" in.  the other day he came in with me a REAL one...lol.  he said i might need it when i move to the beach.  i do most everything around here...but plumbing is NOT one of my specialties.

[Chi_Chi_Lover]

Hahaha, is that new tool box your house warming gift? Tell him we will find you a cute little tan plumber at the beach...You won't be needing that tool box.

I do everything but yard work, and I can do that except push the mower around the steep hill. and somethings I just refuse to do you know...

[LIZZIE LOU]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  a cute, little, tan "surfer dude" plumber.  i'll send him down to your end of the beach AFTER he cleans the pipes at my house...lolol.

[Chi_Chi_Lover]

We gotta keep our plumbing in check while at the beach, LOL

[dominosarah]

Oh my i am off to the yellow pages!!!!  Is it under tan or plumbing!!!!!  Nothing like some eye candy getting your plumbing fixed!!!!!

[joann1975]

I can't quit laughing this is hysterical!

[ECN44120]

Lizzie, maybe you should ask him directly to fix the sink, Women always think that we (men) understand what they meant eventhought they didnt said it specifically, for example if woman says i hate the way you cook she is really saying why dont you take me to dinner to restaurant, sometimes we understand what women meant sometimes we dont,
Just a thought,

[dominosarah]

gotta give you that one!!!  I am reminded of that on occasion.(just this morning as a matter of fact!!!)                   sara