| The most popular thing that most people I know, don't | | | | the same place twice. |
| want to do is to take care of their yards. The second | | | | 5. You won't be able to use this one every day, but |
| thing that most people want to avoid doing is home | | | | ask your wife if she wants to do something with the |
| maintenance. Here are seven ways to avoid home | | | | family and if she says no, start laying the guilt trip on |
| maintenance, when it's finally time to do it. | | | | her. Tell her that she never does anything with the |
| 1. Offer to take your wife out to breakfast or lunch, | | | | family, even if she does stuff with the family every |
| depending on what time of the day it is. If it's early in | | | | day. Remember the goal is to make her feel guilty and |
| the morning, it will obviously be breakfast and lunch | | | | for you to get out of your home maintenance repair |
| later on during the day. This often confuses the person | | | | work. |
| in charge of the home maintenance schedule and if it | | | | 6. If your wife isn't falling for any of the first five, and |
| doesn't, maybe it's shopping and the movie. | | | | you feel like you need to pull out the big guns, here it is. |
| 2. Invite one of their friends over without telling her. You | | | | You're going to need to fake being sick. How you do it |
| can use this one at least once a month and if your | | | | is up to you, but this one usually works better in the |
| wife has a lot of friends, and you might not ever have | | | | winter time or during flu season than any other time of |
| to do any home maintenance ever again. | | | | the year. |
| 3. Find the list and burn it. This will only work if she has | | | | 7. This is the ultimate way to avoid doing any home |
| one copy of course. If there are more copies, you | | | | maintenance. I saved the best one for last. Hire |
| might need to hire a private detective. Remember your | | | | someone to do the maintenance, so you don't have to. |
| main goal isn't to do any more work than you have to | | | | It doesn't get any better than this, unless you don't |
| and if you need to start looking for these lists, you're | | | | have any money to hire them of course and if that's |
| working and that isn't good. | | | | the case, you need to find a better job. |
| 4. Pretend like you're ready to work, but find a nice | | | | I hope you had fun reading my seven ways to avoid |
| quiet place on your property to relax. This might not | | | | home maintenance lists from your wife. Most men that |
| work well, if you live on a small piece of property, but if | | | | I know have their own list of things that work well. You |
| you live on a large piece of property, your wife won't | | | | just need to find your own ways to become a pioneer |
| be able to find you for quite some time. Never hide in | | | | in home maintenance avoidance. |