Today, while helping my father build a shelf, I suggested that we should probably use the instruction manual. He suggested I should probably shut the fuck up and do it his way. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML
Today, I had a hard time directing my dad to where we were supposed to throw out our broken toilets when we replaced them with new ones. I kept saying to go to the right. Unfortunately I was talking about MY right, not HIS right, and he was walking backwards. It wasn't until I said "other way" that he got it. FML
Today, my husband and son had their first DIY project. Less than 30 minutes later, our son’s crying in his room. Turns out my husband is just like his dad. “WHY ARE YOU STANDING DOING NOTHING? PASS ME THE THING. NOT THAT THING, THE OTHER THING. HERE, I’LL DO IT MYSELF. PAY ATTENTION, GOD DAMMIT.” FML
Today, we realized we had a problem with two appliances. Their manuals were in a high cabinet. My husband got down the one for the appliance he was working on, but left the one I needed up too high for me to reach. I got the step stool and said, "OK" as I climbed up. My husband flipped and yelled that I am "disrespectful." FML
Today, my dad yelled at me for being irresponsible while he watched me fold his laundry. FML
Today, after I bought my house, my dad forced me to do all the DIY with him because I needed to know how to do it myself, but my sister just bought her house and not only did dad hire tradesmen to do a lot of the work, he forced me to do a lot of it as well. Never before have I wished I was a girl too. FML
Today, I tried fixing my dad's lawnmower after he said, "Girls can't change a lightbulb right, let alone fix a machine." An hour later, when I had the lawnmower running again, he bitched me out for trying to make him "look stupid." He's been sulking and acting pissy ever since. FML
Today, and every time I want to try something new, my dad starts pointing out why it’s a stupid idea, or how it will obviously go wrong, and gets himself so worked up that in the end he’s just shouting at me while I cower, yet it also makes him mad when I just sit in my room with no hobbies. FML
Today, my dad told me I was folding my laundry all wrong. I said with a smirk, "A little clothes-minded, are we?" He slapped me. Hard. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
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flamegrilled123 3
Now pull up a chair and watch him ruin the parts
BeefyQueef 5
Your dads right. Real men don't use manuals!
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a7ftmidget 0
Just let the man build who knows if it goes wrong he might go into macgyver mode and make something awesome.
tyghl55 4
Your dad is so awesome! Haha I love it
daydreamer244 13
Our dads would be best friends
AmbrosiaWriter 17
Suggesting that the father read the instruction manual isn't exactly just cause for the Dad to snap back like that. I could perhaps see your point if the OP kept bothering about it but from what I can tell the OP probably just rolled his eyes and followed along.
ClaremoreZebra 8
I hope you realize you don't build a shelf, you install a shelf, you cut a shelf out of wood. One does not build a shelf.
AmbrosiaWriter 17
Well, actually, installing the shelf refers to securing it to a wall or to whatever it is being secured. If it is a stand-a-lone self unit, or it is during the process PRIOR to affixing it to a wall - IE putting all the parts into proper place - you are definitely building a shelf.
Webslinger66 10
Never question a mans' ability to build anything
Asoman 3
Real men never use the manual.
Enforcer 7
I'm guessin the shelf fell down
lokw 2
Sounds like my dad
bitchesbcrazy 0
Then how about you shut the **** up and do it his way! And make him a sandwich too