What, in Home Depot, would a you have to do to anger someone THIS much...

[Becky2005]

Perhaps this is why hubby and I don't decorate--we're avoiding arguments.

We are hiring a painter for the new house and he wants to hire a colorist---I'm thinking that is a good idea. Then we'll have a neutral party to make suggestions and to tell us if something sucks. It'll hurt less coming from a stranger.

This is making me feel better about our house that we have been in for nearly 10 years and the walls are still pretty off-white because we can't decide on a color!!! We somehow managed to get the kid's bedrooms painted and the master bathroom but the actual master bedroom and everywhere else is just taunting us with "paint me" occasionally -- we get motivated to get paint chips but alas, no colors. The free Glidden color did get us going on the hallway as most the kids went "oh, we like it" -- as I was 'not quite sure' on it. I figured the kids got the vote on that one.

I now have an excuse as I'm keeping our marriage intact by not attempting any major projects.

 

[Imzadi]

Maybe she wanted to stop by & look at some decorator towels and he didn't?

Sorry Meg, I couldn't resist!

I think feathering your nest brings up issues of control, money, who has good taste and who doesn't, It's a minefield.

Yes, between her nesting/decorating instincts and his, "My cave is my sanctuary," thing, explosions can happen.

This is the time to quietly step away and get store security. When he shows up have him say, "Sir, please step away from the 2x4s and calm down."

 

[hedgehog2owl]

"You are WALKING home? In THIS weather? You need a psychological evaluation. You need to see a doctor!"

Well at least she(?) left the car for him and his 2x4s....

 

[dislaney]

I know I've wanted to leave my husband in Home Depot a few times myself but I definitely would have taken the car. He could walk home with his 2 X 4's.

 

[DarthKTrava]

We could never agree on a sofa to purchase. So we had a hand me down monster sized 1970s sectional.

I think it took us 7 years before we finally saw a sofa that each of us could live with. (DH: Sofa must be recliner and movie theater friendly, Me: Sofa must not look like it is a recliner or appear movie theater friendly )

The coffee table only took us 2 years to purchase.

We certainly have our priorities messed up--our first home was bought in 1 day of house hunting...

Our second home that we are buying--was bought within 2-3 months of getting a realtor.

Clearly we spend more time considering the furniture to go in it and it costs a heck of a lot less.

Mom found a sofa at an auction that has a recliner in one end of it. You can't tell it has the recliner built into it until you use it. It looks like a regular ol' sofa.

None of our stuff matches; her new recliner (burgundy) was "commandeered by the cats )

 

[dawson5]

home depot I can handle with my hubby, grocery stores I cannot. I've walked out from there and just waited outside (he had the keys )

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I love going to Lowes and HD with DH. We've had to remodel our home 3 times due to living in a flood zone. Here is what happened with the first remodel.

DH: What fixtures do you want for the shower?
Me: I like that one.
DH: Okay, we're getting this other one.
Me: Umm, I don't like those. I picked this one.
DH: I know. But we're getting these because they're cheaper.
Me: Why did you ask my opinion if you already picked them out?
DH: Because I wanted you to have a say.

My DMom was with us and at this point couldn't keep quiet. And to this day, 11 years later, she brings up this conversation.

And the reason they were cheaper was because the other knobs that I liked had a temp control in them so that if someone flushed the water stayed the same temp. I can't tell you how many times that toilet "accidentally" got flushed when DH showered.

So yes, there are many reasons that a wife would choose to walk home in the rain!

 

[FayeW]

I consider it a cause for celebration if DH and I DON'T have an argument in Home Depot. Many, many times we've come home from there not speaking. Once, I called a friend the next day and told her I thought my husband was mentally ill, because nobody should get that worked up buying fence materials.

During the Great Fence Debacle of 2009, during one of the three, yes three, trips we made to HD to pick out materials and came home every time empty handed, my dearly beloved said scathingly to me "I know what you want, I know the way you think" and I replied "Do you know what I'm thinking now?!?!"...he wouldn't speak to me for the rest of the day! (Guess he DID know what I was thinking!)

 

[Mickey's Minion]

I couldn't help but listen... he was SCREAMING.

I would love to know what transpired between lumber and patio furiture!

Why didn't you just ask?

 

[Imzadi]

Why didn't you just ask?

The guy had 2x4s!

TIP: Never ask a screaming man why he is screaming when he has 2x4s.

 

[DBL101]

He was an older gentleman... in his 40s or 50s.

Ouch!!

 

[smidgy]

I'm going to hazard a guess and say it was newlyweds updating something in their home.

Newlyweds and home improvements are a lethal combination, I swear.



HOME DEPOT: Where your relationship will sink or swim!

we almost divorced when hubby tried to teach me to drive stick shift!

to the topic of "walking out". it's the best thing you can do.
there is a couple who frequent the restaurant where I work (about once a month).. he always "yells" at her, but quietly, if you know what I mean. she is quiet, he goes on and on. (he drinks scotch on the rocks, she drinks either water or 1 glass of win). once, she FINALLY walked right out of the restaurant. (we, the waitstaff, wanted to applaud). he sat a while. he was amazed she didn't return!!!
men like that think the woman will "take it" because she wants to avoid a scene in a public place. (which most women do want to avoid). walking out is one way to avoid it that they don't expect!!!!

 

[FINFAN]

"You are WALKING home? In THIS weather? You need a psychological evaluation. You need to see a doctor!"

pretty sure those words were not going to bring her/him back with a smile on their face,,, if DH was stranded, he would have gone over to the service desk and rented a truck for the day if they offered that. If not, he would have walked home too. He is luckey the other person picked up their phone...if it were THAT bad, they never would have answered.

 

[cats mom]

I know I've wanted to leave my husband in Home Depot a few times myself but I definitely would have taken the car. He could walk home with his 2 X 4's.

Note to self: always bring along the spare keys when making a HD run with DH.

Actually I've always been able to remain fairly calm in public, I did finally pitch quite the fit after 2 weekends of golf tournaments while our toilet sat prominently on display at the top of the staircase though.
Yep, remodeling projects can bring out the ugly in any relationship.

 

[Poohbear123]

I have been with mine for 24 years...I know better than to start up ANYTHING in a Home Depot or Lowes, I hate those stores, and love to see the idiot men there standing in the middle of the aisle looking befuddled...OH thats my DH! "Honey, do you know what you are looking for?" Him: "Yea, its just NOT here..." I than walk a few feet over and say: "Is this it?"...He than says: "YEA! Where did you find it?"....I say:"Right here where it says such and such..."

 

[bumbershoot]

Note to self: when we do buy a house, buy a fully renovated, perfect, exactly as we want it, house. Wow that's gonna be expensive!

My husband and I, who have a wonderful 11-year relationship, almost divorced over where to put the sofa in the living room a week after our wedding.

Omg, that brings me back to the HUGE argument DH and I had during our honeymoon. We were on a cruise that started one week after our wedding...I was already pregnant and we could tell (very drastic changes!), and everything was just heightened. Neither one of us, to this day (not even 3 days later, actually), can remember what the argument was about or why it got so bad, but I will tell you, we were GLAD we got an oceanview room, not a balcony, b/c one of us would have gone off that balcony that night. Thank goodness for such a tight honeymoon budget!

Glad to know others had horrible fights early on and lived to tell about it.

He was an older gentleman... in his 40s or 50s.

Could easily still be a honeymooner.

Clearly we spend more time considering the furniture to go in it and it costs a heck of a lot less.

Yes, but when you just buy "whatever" couch, coffee table, dining room table, etc, you find yourself hating it, and getting rid of it, then replacing it....over and over and over and over. That gets expensive. Then you finally find the RIGHT whatever it was, and you don't have the money, because all the money went towards the 3 stupid dining room tables you had, which you never used!

Anyway...not that I know anything about that furniture waste or anything...

If she is the one walking home in the rain, why is he the one yelling? Unless she took the keys....

He might have. But...walking out and walking home is a BIG dramatic gesture, and it drives people insane. I once did it with a boyfriend, just left him and went to walk home...it wasn't pretty. It embarrassed him, scared him, freaked him out...I just wanted to get AWAY from the situation, but it made the argument worse. If he'd had a cellphone then, he would have called and screamed at me, for sure.

 

[Ephany]

Well at least she(?) left the car for him and his 2x4s....

Ahh, but did she/he leave the keys that go to the car? My DH says no, hence the screaming.

 

[AKL_Megs]

Ahh, but did she/he leave the keys that go to the car? My DH says no, hence the screaming.

I got the feeling that he HAD the keys, but that he was mad that whoever it was wasn't there to help him LOAD the car...

 

[klmall]

Our worst argument in HD was over wallpaper and for us, it is grounds for divorce, along with paint colors. I agree with hiring a "colorist"!.

 

[SiAmCrAzY]

I never gave it to much thought before but, there does seem to be a large amount of marital ******* going on inside home depot. Maybe they could capitalize off of this and offer "surviving your remodel" workshops

DH and I have not yet had the pleasure of fighting in HD, it's when the projects come home and don't get finished before he has to leave town again for work that I get slightly annoyed