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I married an HVAC mechanic. He's fixed and installed just about any kind of heater there is from small homes to industrial ones bigger than our house. (The only kind he never touched are those electric heater-a/c's units some apartment dwellers get stuck with. He hates them, especially in this area, because they shouldn't be used this far north.) Because of that I usually throw out the offer from our gas company for a parts and labor plan.
This time I'm considering it. Here's why:
1. The heater, at best, is from the early 1960's.
2. Hubby is recovering from his heart attack but only to the point of weaning off the ventilator needed. (Being on the ventilator means he can't talk.)
If he's healthy and the heater goes this year, he'll be annoyed with me for spending the $107. If he's not and the heater goes, well, we can't afford a new one. (If memory serves me right -- which it doesn't always -- hubby might have said heaters usually last 60 years.)
There is another option. I can get the plan up until mid April, so I can ask him whenever he can talk again. (It's been 50 days since this started, so that could be a wait of weeks -- all winter weeks.)
Would any part of you get annoyed with your wife if she made the decision to do this? I get no one is going to be 100% annoyed, but it would bother me if he was merely 50% annoyed. So, on the sliding skill between 100% annoyed down to 0% annoyed, how annoyed would you be with your wife, if you were the husband in the hospital? And, I do get the heater probably won't go this winter, but... (Part of me is thinking I'm jinxing it just saying that, until I remember nothing in life is left to chance or jinxes. lol)
This time I'm considering it. Here's why:
1. The heater, at best, is from the early 1960's.
2. Hubby is recovering from his heart attack but only to the point of weaning off the ventilator needed. (Being on the ventilator means he can't talk.)
If he's healthy and the heater goes this year, he'll be annoyed with me for spending the $107. If he's not and the heater goes, well, we can't afford a new one. (If memory serves me right -- which it doesn't always -- hubby might have said heaters usually last 60 years.)
There is another option. I can get the plan up until mid April, so I can ask him whenever he can talk again. (It's been 50 days since this started, so that could be a wait of weeks -- all winter weeks.)
Would any part of you get annoyed with your wife if she made the decision to do this? I get no one is going to be 100% annoyed, but it would bother me if he was merely 50% annoyed. So, on the sliding skill between 100% annoyed down to 0% annoyed, how annoyed would you be with your wife, if you were the husband in the hospital? And, I do get the heater probably won't go this winter, but... (Part of me is thinking I'm jinxing it just saying that, until I remember nothing in life is left to chance or jinxes. lol)