Really too late....

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So I had an interaction with H today that I feel I could've handled better and was aware of it while it was happening but didn't really know how to handle it.

I had built some shelves for D13's room and H helped me hang one today. He was going to hang the other one too but I said I still need needed to finish painting it. There were some rough spots on it so he suggested I use the electric sander (which was locked up with most of his tools while he was gone) to sand it. He was in the garage with me and showed me "what I was doing wrong." He then went in the house while I finished sanding. A few minutes later he came out and asked that if I was going to paint to put a sheet over his Harley. I said I wasn't going to paint today but that I would.

Later in the afternoon I was out in the garage again staining a different shelf. He came out and was talking to me and he then realized (because of the way the sun was shining) that there was a layer of wood/paint dust oh the Harley and got upset. Got a cloth and started cleaning the bike while b!tching that he asked me to put a sheet on it and that sh!t was all over it.

I wasn't really sure how to respond, I guess in the past I probably would have gotten defensive and said something about how he said when I painted...which I didn't and would've pointed out that it wasn't that big of a deal (which it wasn't). I didn't really say much and told him I was sorry.

Is it just me or did he make a big thing out of something very little?? Any suggestions on how to handle something like that in the future would be appreciated!

Just thought I'd share that when he was helping me the hang the shelf today I had made a mark on the wall where the screws should go. He came in and measured and told me my mark was off, put the screws in his marks and when he went to hang the shelf had to force it because the screw wasn't in the right place! If he would have used my mark it would have been right on...I laughed to myself but didn't say a word!