Just popping in because I had a similar sitch today with a broken furnace. I tried to fix it on my own with no luck. If any of my handful of friends had been around this weekend I would have called them, but no luck there. So I ended up asking xBF to come over to take a look.

Turns out he couldn't fix it either and I will have to call a repairman tomorrow. The end result is that I feel bad about myself for having to ask him to do anything for me. Now I wonder if he sees me as needy - so not what I want! And I'm still living in a cold house.

If you have a friend you can trade favors with, do that. Or if you can scrape up the money have a handyman come over to do those projects. If you can't scrape up the money can you have the bill sent directly to your H? I've done that in the past. I just think you will feel better about yourself if you can find a way to get this done on your own.

Just my two cents.

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