Today, due to plumbing issues, I had to choose between a goosebump-inducing cold or skin-blistering hot shower. This is the 7th day in a row. My husband says it shouldn't be more than another week before he "gets it figured out". FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's been a week and a half since our hot water stopped working. Our landlord said he'll get on to it "in 3 days", after having said this already a few days before. I have to wash myself with a bucket and boiled water. FML
Today, and for the last two weeks, my asshole landlord refuses to fix the hot water supply. My shower is now so cold that peeing on myself while washing is actually helping. I need a new place. FML
Today, I went down to my accommodation office in fiery wrath, demanding that something be done about my three-days-cold shower. Looking dubious, they sent someone back with me. As soon as we got there he looked at me with deep pity and pulled the cord in the corner that activated the hot water. FML
Today, I flushed the toilet while my boyfriend was showering. He responded by throwing a huge fit, saying how if he “gets a cold” from being “forced” to shower in cold water, I’m gonna “have to stay home and take care of him until he’s better.” FML
Today, my boiler packed up on me just as the weather has turned cold, with no money to have it fixed. Hello to a week of freezing cold showers. FML
Today, I was in the shower 'grooming' myself for my second anniversary with my boyfriend. Halfway through the hot water ran out. I now have the choice of going with the low 'half-fro' or risking hypothermia. My boyfriend thinks hypothermia would be the better option. FML
Today, I was in pain due to overdoing it at the gym yesterday, so I thought a hot shower might help. Not only was there no hot water because of my sister's hour long showers, but I slipped getting out and hit my head. Now the pain is worse. FML
Today, we've hit day 4 with no hot water in my apartment. Today is also day 4 of the office insisting that the plumber is "on his way". My neighbor just got arrested for screaming at them. Looks like we'll be entering day 5 soon. FML
Today, my husband is going on his fifth consecutive day without a shower. He’s been working 16-hour shifts, and though I'm empathetic to his exhaustion, his foul body odor has overtaken the bedroom, and his excretions have discolored his side of the bed. I fear the worst. FML
Today, I came to the conclusion I have three kids instead of two, after having to force my husband to take a shower. It's been a week. FML
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MeLikeBigBoom 8
Have him "figure it out" in the shower.
sacrosanct2 23
So what did you choose? I had to have a freezing cold shower in Canadian february and it was terrible but I can't imagine skin-blisteringly hot would be any better..
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MeLikeBigBoom 8
Have him "figure it out" in the shower.
summy15423 12
Fill the tub up with hot water and then add some cold water. Then take a bath in the warm water. Saves you from pain
ElementaryEdGuy 18
23 - That's better than what I was thinking. I was thinking to fill the tub up with hot water and let it sit. I guess cold+hot=warm works too.
upallnight11 19
What if OP doesn't own a tub?
Jonaahhhh 12
It could be worse for OP. At least your getting it fixed. My friend doesn't have a water heater and his family isn't planning on getting one. If he doesn't wake up super early to boil water over the stove to use, he takes a shower with the water that is the same temp as outside (its below freezing right now in my state, by the way).
fml121785 14
I guarantee if you start trying to work on it yourself your husband will jump up and do it then. Plus you might actually fix it by yourself and really put him to shame! Google and a little effort, you'd surprise yourself!
patrickalamo 48
Check the pipe which comes out of the water heater. It is the 1st to clog. Good luck.
withered 30
Obviously she is not getting it fix because she is waiting for her husband instead of hiring a professional.
sacrosanct2 23
So what did you choose? I had to have a freezing cold shower in Canadian february and it was terrible but I can't imagine skin-blisteringly hot would be any better..
Enslaved 38
My grandmother lives in Trinidad and still doesn't have a water heater. (That's common in the islands.) Visits are hell!
MrSassypants 34
You should tell your grandmother to do as I do. I always save some warm water in a bowl and put it in the freezer for occasions where there is only cold water. The only problem that when I go to the freezer again some prankster replaces it with a bowl of solid ice! Freakin' jerks...
Epikouros 32
Wouldn't it make more sense to install a water cooler rather than a water heater in the Caribbean?
JenkJenks 6
No it would not
joeyl2008 29
The smart choice would be to choose a bath and just alternate the temp to make it comfortable
Cian_1 28
In these situations, I find it's better to take matters into your own hands, and do something about it if you can! Hopefully either he'll get round to it soon, or you know a cheap plumber. I understand your frustration, OP!
ShyAnn29 15
That's why it's great to have a dad that is a plumber!
Epikouros 32
Yes, but it would be embarrassing to see your dad in a porno.
ShyAnn29 15
26, embarrassing?! I think the word is mortifying, or disgusting!
SApprentice 34
Give your husband a time limit. If he can't figure it out, tell him that the two of you really need to call a plumber, if you can afford it, because you don't wish to continue like that. Or, if you're good with your hands and with those kind of things, you could try to fix it as well. In the meantime, if the water is boiling hot, you could probably fill the bathtub and then give it awhile to cool down before getting in it. If it's cold, well, maybe it might be best to just take a bird bath and wash your hair. He's your husband, so try to be supportive, but don't let him struggle with it for too long. His pride isn't worth it.
kathii01 20
Or how about she fill the tub half with the hot, and half with the cold. Cut out the wait time.
SApprentice 34
55- It's very possible that she could do that, I was just reading the FML as if for whatever reason their water system is malfunctioning so that they can access only the hot or cold, not both at the same time. I'm thinking that if her husband is struggling with it then it might be kind of annoying for him to fiddle it from hot to cold frequently, so maybe just letting the water cool would be best. But, who knows. Whatever works for OP.
vettle 6
Or maybe they don't have a bathtub
FlashBurn 13
Given what I know, which isn't too much, the likelihood is a single knob to control the temperature and the midway point isn't working properly, since hot water is available. More than likely a simple fix but requires tearing it all the way down. It isn't hard to put it back together wrong, lol.
Sredit 11
This would make an excellent "Would You Rather"!
BlowinChronic 18
That's just ridiculous. Call a professional and have it done in like an hour. Your husband obviously has no idea what he's doing, so step up and just call someone to fix it.
andyyroxx 20
Money might be an issue, because most plumbers are pretty expensive. Otherwise, that's exactly my thought.
Voij 16
Anyone else think it's amazing that the english language has made us lucky enough to have DIY and YDI being so similar to each other? (Although this post is more deserving of a FYL)
supportcommand 17
No.
Epikouros 32
Basically, your amazed that Do starts with the same letter as Deserve, #7. If you're that easily impressed, let me show you my D. It's longer than a Coke can!
ironichalibut 24
The English Language is full of these. I think subconsciously words were given certain letters or sounds because of their properties. Some people have "synesthesia" which essentially makes these connections apparent or more intense for them. In example we consider blue as a boy color And pink as a girl, or the words snake, slither and series are all full of "S"s, and are also all have the property of something long, like the letter itself. Basically I've noticed this too!
FlashBurn 13
It almost seems onomatopoetical!
Wolvander88 19
Maybe give him an incentive to fix it faster. Barring his access to your plumbing should do the trick..
ka1729 14
If you want something done right you have to do it yourself :/
Dracoboxer357 36
9- Trying to remember the name of the movie where I last heard a woman say that, but she was referring to attempting to experience an ******. :p Pretty versatile yet over-used saying....
ka1729 14
I'm just saying she should call the plumber herself if she wants it fixed
SerpentBoy 8
First take the cold shower, until your nipples are about to fall off. Then go with a quick hot shower to finish.. yep, that'll get it..