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Since we’ve established my husband doesn’t want me to lend a hand in the basement, alternative helpmates must be employed.
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Meet the Dead Man.. otherwise known as my husband’s personal assistant. Since my spouse can’t lift, position and hold a piece of plywood over his head while screwing it into the floor joists, he built himself a friend. One who doesn’t offer advice or disagree with him like I do.
And speaking of holding things in place….
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When the old insulation is ripped and starts to sag?
Grab a broom.
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And balance that broom on a box, which is balanced on a few old books, which are top of another box which is on a table not meant to support that much weight.
Good times.
🤣
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River's world..... 
It’s also the mother of strange bedfellows. Small blessings, sayin’.
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Well damn, I don’t think he’s sleeping with it.
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I’m certain you would know. Splinters in the sheets are a dead giveaway.
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I know of many men who employ this method. Some have had to go to the ER at times lol.
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No ER trips here thankfully…
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There are memes out there that are similar saying, “why men die younger than women. “
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No mystery there…!
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That is how I feel most days. Being held up by a broom. 😂
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🤣
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I’m surprised he doesn’t invite some of his pool-playing buddies to help him. Isn’t that what friends are for?
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My husband never asks for help.
Ever.
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Then that’s on him. Real nen know their li its! 😇🤣
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He’ll never admit he can’t do something by himself and hates to be beholden to anyone. Though he’s the first to volunteer to help others..
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He needs a lesson in humility. The world does not rest on his shoulders. No one gets through life by themselves. I used to be that way. It works better when he shares the load.
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Agreed. But I don’t see this leopard changing his spots…
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If he is a leopard, make him purr!
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I do. Occasionally….
😉
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Marriage is certainly a balancing act. The Dead Man is a worthy assistant in that he doesn’t require bathroom or lunch breaks,
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He works cheap and doesn’t complain. It’s hard to compete with that…
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I thought you’d want to pass this info along to your readers! 😀
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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but in this case, it appears to be the father of folly. 😉
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Folly? Perhaps. But it works.
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I’m beginning to think your husband was the inspiration for MacGyver.
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This would not surprise me.
🤣
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Oh boy, this has been quite the ride 😅
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Projects at our house usually are…
😉
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I believe it was Patton who said “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity”. Of course he was talking about soldiers.
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My husband is one of nine kids from a poor family. He learned how to make do with very little early on…
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Oh my.
Coach calls that Old Man Ingenuity! It works!
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It does!
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