Handyman Father

Our daughters grew up thinking that “man” can fix anything because their dad could. When our oldest daughter married and moved away. She and her husband bought a 40 year old house that needed some work. The bathtub was in sorry shape and needed replacing. Our daughter just assumed it was an easy project since her dad had done it before at our house. Her husband was a college graduate with a degree in chemistry and a grad student at the time. They don’t teach you how to remodel houses in chemistry class. So we went up one weekend before they moved into the house so her handyman dad could help. The four of us tore out the bathroom, down to the studs and sub floor. The guys put up the green board, new floor, got the fixture all back in and hooked up. The bathroom was functional but not finished. Daughter and son-in-law still had to “mud” the drywall, put up the tub surround and finish things up. It ended up being a good learning experience for them. The house still had the old fuse box so the handyman father made another trip up and taught our son-in-law how to be a handyman-electrician and they switched out the fuse box for circuit breakers. They’ve been married for almost 10 years now and our son-in-law has learned a lot about being a handyman. I’m sure there have been times over those past years that he has wished that his wife hadn’t learned from her dad that men can fix anything!