As we get into our 70s we are increasingly repelled by the thought of selling and moving. We have been in this house for 14 years, have had adult children in it for part of that, and repainted the interior last year. The vaulted ceiling alone took three days. No way we would have done that if we were not expecting to be here until at least one of us is gone.
You decide to sell and fix everything to make it look good. Even the outside plants for curb appeal. The new owners move in and change everything or in some cases around here they tear it all down and build new.
Wow, I notice all the imperfections, every day. Must be nice to be a man and somehow not see all the work that needs to be done. It is very irritating to be married to that man. He never does any of the work because he doesn’t see it.
C about 2 months ago
There are only 24 hours in a day
Da'Dad about 2 months ago
Janis is another She Who Must Be Obeyed. Make light of it at your own peril.
finzleftright about 2 months ago
So…we’re back to plans for moving!
Rhetorical_Question about 2 months ago
Can’t win!!!!!
Rhetorical_Question about 2 months ago
Seeing vs hearing challenge?
fjblume2000 about 2 months ago
Say WHAT?!? Leave it alone, Janis! You’ve got inertia on your side now!
gigagrouch about 2 months ago
They’re not really serious about selling- otherwise they’d be painting everything Edgecomb Grey
nosirrom about 2 months ago
It may be that a fresh coat of paint will help sell the house, but the new owners are going to repaint anyway.
mourdac Premium Member about 2 months ago
Our houses are like ourselves, getting older and slowly falling apart.
Grace's Border Security & Duct Tape about 2 months ago
What’s that Janis? Did you say something?
HST about 2 months ago
House or home?
flagmichael about 2 months ago
As we get into our 70s we are increasingly repelled by the thought of selling and moving. We have been in this house for 14 years, have had adult children in it for part of that, and repainted the interior last year. The vaulted ceiling alone took three days. No way we would have done that if we were not expecting to be here until at least one of us is gone.
Of course, this is comicsland.
BadCreaturesBecomeDems about 2 months ago
Arlo sounds as though he has the belief that, “If it was good enough yesterday, why isn’t good enough for today?”
klapre about 2 months ago
So we’re back to selling the house and moving again?
raybarb44 about 2 months ago
My house is perfect to me and that is what counts…..
ktrabbit about 2 months ago
Janice sees it all, every day.
SpacedInvader Premium Member about 2 months ago
You decide to sell and fix everything to make it look good. Even the outside plants for curb appeal. The new owners move in and change everything or in some cases around here they tear it all down and build new.
locake about 2 months ago
Wow, I notice all the imperfections, every day. Must be nice to be a man and somehow not see all the work that needs to be done. It is very irritating to be married to that man. He never does any of the work because he doesn’t see it.
Demo12 Premium Member about 2 months ago
“mushy” fascia board sounds like they have bigger problems than he realizes.
KEA about 2 months ago
slightly less extreme than that is having relatives make a rare visit and cleaning up stuff you hadn’t even realized was dirty
Tachyon the Samurai about 2 months ago
Oh, we see the imperfections, we’re just not going to do anything about them…….unless our wives make us.
Just-me about 2 months ago
I loathe painting. I do it, but I loathe it. Even the low VOC paints give me a ferocious headache
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 2 months ago
“That’s what I have been telling you all along.”
markkahler52 about 2 months ago
He didn’t listen to her about that awful color, THAT’S for sure!!
amaryllis2 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Mushy fascia boards means termites and the woodpeckers that went after them—or at least it did here.
tcviii Premium Member about 1 month ago
In other words, she has been nagging him about these things for years.