I’m really good at acknowledging what I can and cannot fix.
- Whenever something breaks or stops working as it should, I delicately try to fix it myself.
However, as soon as I realize that things require professional help, I immediately give up trying to fix things and contact someone who knows what they’re doing. While I’m really good about doing this, my husband is horrendous at it. He never likes to admit that he isn’t capable of doing something himself. I think it’s a man thing. Unfortunately, there are some things that need professional guidance and should be left alone otherwise. For example, when our furnace started running inconsistently, my husband decided to take things into his own hands. While he’s really good at fixing and repairing a lot of things, HVAC systems are not his forte. I advised my husband that we should hire an HVAC company to come find the issue, but he wouldn’t have it. Instead, he spent an entire day taking things apart and trying to find the root of the problem. He couldn’t put all the pieces back together and our furnace stopped working entirely. After I begged him to give up, we called the HVAC company to come fix our furnace. The HVAC professional charged us a fortune to put everything back together and “repair” the issue. According to the HVAC professional, we just needed a new air filter. Had we called him first, we could have saved several hundred dollars. I don’t think my husband will ever learn.