1 month ago
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Dear Eric: Neither my husband nor I have handyman skills. My husband has no interest in taking on Mr. Fix-it home repairs. We have sufficient income. However, whenever something relatively minor goes wrong (door lock needs replacing, toilet flushing mechanism sometimes doesn’t work, ceiling fan needs replacing), my husband comes up with creative solutions that “fix” the problem (“...if you jiggle the toilet handle in this particular way, there is no problem”).
Depending on the seriousness of the problem, we lurch along this way for a few hours/days/weeks. Then I say “This isn’t working. I’m calling a professional.“
