• ms.lane@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    What is the gender stereotyping is this shit? Are we /facebookmemes/ now?

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    17 days ago

    Back when we were painting our house, I disagreed with my wife about one of the colors.

    It’s a Victorian house. We were doing a Forest Green, and a mint green, and I wanted to include burgundy. However she chose plum.

    As soon as we saw it on the house, she realized the burgundy would have been better.

    We just lived with it.

    We’re about 10 years late for repainting, and the paint has faded so much the greens look blue. I don’t know when we’ll be able to do it again. The painter we used was very, very good, but if I correct for inflation, hiring him again today would cost over $40,000.

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      17 days ago

      Painting a wall is not difficult. I cannot fathom spending even a fraction of that to have someone paint! You need $50 in tools, a drop sheet, a steady hand, and patience.

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        17 days ago

        It’s a three story brick Victorian, using the different colors to accent different parts of the exterior. $50 dollars wouldn’t get you up to the trim under the roof.

        You get what you pay for. It was freshly painted when we bought it, and the paint started falling off almost as soon as we moved in.

        Back when we got it painted we got estimates from 13 different companies. Lowest estimate back then was $9000. We asked everyone how long they guaranteed their work for. 12 companies said you can’t guarantee paint jobs because sun and weather can cause them to fail.

        The remaining guy was the most expensive, but he guaranteed his work for 8 years. His paint job lasted more than 15 years before it started to wear out.

        Of course, it’s almost been 30 years now, and it’s in pretty bad shape. I wish I had the money to fix it up, but we also raised three kids and put them through college in between.

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          17 days ago

          As a 39 year old with a wife and a kinky and immensely fulfilling sex life, agreed.

          I do hope these folks are actually old and not these new Republican kids that inevitably end up as incels. Otherwise they’re in for a lifetime…

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              17 days ago

              They do if their sex life is significantly kinkier and generally a part of their lives than those who fuck sometimes and masturbate usually… In this exact context.

              Brother I was agreeing with you.

              Weird defensiveness. My wife hates that.

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    16 days ago

    Made the mistake of using man and woman instead of top and bottom. See if you had referred instead to sexual preference as opposed to gender role this would be funny and relatable but instead it is cringe and icky. Check yourself liberal.