Arsene: I love your confidence WHEN we save our marriages. I certainl have the feeling that long term mine is going to work out in my favor. Im afraid its going to take a while and I know im going to have to walk very gently for a while b/c I just dont think right away she's going to be willing to do any of the heavy lifting so to speak.
I do have a question for everyone today. My wife and I built our home about 5 years ago and then eventually added a large detached garage that im still in the process of finishing. One of the things that she mentioned to my father in law when this all started was how we used to do projects together and she always enjoyed and has missed that. We had been talking for quite a while about painting the inside of the garage b/c its never been done, actually we were planning to do it this summer but things got a little sideways obviously.
So I know approx. what color she wanted the ceiling and walls to be but not exactly so I was thinking of grabbing some color tabs from Home Depot and having her tell me what color she wanted to ceiling and walls to be so that I can get it done. It would be a pretty big 180 for me at least recently to spend a weekend doing something like that rather than being at the lake or on the golf course, and it would also be a big act of service that I could do for her. I have no intention of asking her to to help, just wanna know what color she wants it to be.
On the one hand I don't wanna be her freaking handyman and do every project she wants done, on the other hand me putting off projects and them never being completed was a big deal for her, im alot more laissez faire, but she wants to see things finished. And besides if this thing doesnt work out the way that im hoping the house will probably have to be sold anyway so its going to have to be done before that can happen....anyone have thoughts? Im open to hearing from a veteran
