Construction Workers' Wives Thread

Hi gals; just thought i'd start this thread for wives of men who are conked out from a hard day's physical labor at 8pm! share your experiences a/o advice....like what soap does your hubby use to get the dirt out from under those fingernails?

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LOL.

My DH is a carpenter and is in bed by 8:30 every night. I commented once that when we have kids, I could tuck them all in at the same time every night.

He said: Nah, I will be in bed long before the kids.

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LOL yeah i can see that; dh is also a carpenter.
how much do you love sawdust all over the house?

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Dh is an electrician, and he comes home sometimes complaining how every bone in his body hurts. Especially if he is pulling wire and he needs to bring it up on the roof of a building and can't use the elevator. I feel really bad.


How about all the cuts and scrapes they have on their hands from work.

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My dh is a carpenter too! Plus he plays in a band and they rehearse twice a week until midnight. On the days that he is home, he sometimes falls asleep at 7:00pm!!!! I lay there with him sometimes and then i go to get up and he's like 'where are you going?' I'm always like 'It's 8:00pm, you can't make me go to bed!'

However, i must say that he is such a clean person. You would never know he does construction. He uses a scrub brush on his hands and feet! They tease him at his job sometimes because his hair is always perfect and he always smells good!

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Posted by jeanyus27

My dh is a carpenter too! Plus he plays in a band and they rehearse twice a week until midnight. On the days that he is home, he sometimes falls asleep at 7:00pm!!!! I lay there with him sometimes and then i go to get up and he's like 'where are you going?' I'm always like 'It's 8:00pm, you can't make me go to bed!'

However, i must say that he is such a clean person. You would never know he does construction. He uses a scrub brush on his hands and feet! They tease him at his job sometimes because his hair is always perfect and he always smells good!

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Yea, DH uses the scrub brush everyday also.

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Dh is a carpenter and project manager and he comes home beat up and limping every day lol we're both in bed usually by 9 but thats because of our daughter we jsut learned to go to bed when she does because who knows what the night will hold. Im very nervous lately because DH almost fell off the country club they are building he slid down the roof and lucked out by being able to hang on to the edge, he also recently fell 10 ft and landed on his back it freaks me out i cant take it.

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Posted by jeanyus27

My dh is a carpenter too! Plus he plays in a band and they rehearse twice a week until midnight. On the days that he is home, he sometimes falls asleep at 7:00pm!!!! I lay there with him sometimes and then i go to get up and he's like 'where are you going?' I'm always like 'It's 8:00pm, you can't make me go to bed!'

However, i must say that he is such a clean person. You would never know he does construction. He uses a scrub brush on his hands and feet! They tease him at his job sometimes because his hair is always perfect and he always smells good!

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ok dh uses the brush too but YET still has dirt under the fingernails it KILLS ME!!! he's like 'it only comes off in the shower'. Can your dh come over and teach my dh how he gets his hands clean!!!!??? and that it is possible!

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Posted by binx214

Dh is a carpenter and project manager and he comes home beat up and limping every day lol we're both in bed usually by 9 but thats because of our daughter we jsut learned to go to bed when she does because who knows what the night will hold. Im very nervous lately because DH almost fell off the country club they are building he slid down the roof and lucked out by being able to hang on to the edge, he also recently fell 10 ft and landed on his back it freaks me out i cant take it.

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i'm with you on the freak out thing. dh once got hit in the chest with the concrete truck chute! knocked him over. whenever I hear on the news about the construction guys falling i freak.

nice to know my dh isnt the only one passed out every night from exhaustion/pain.

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Posted by ant090608

Dh is an electrician, and he comes home sometimes complaining how every bone in his body hurts. Especially if he is pulling wire and he needs to bring it up on the roof of a building and can't use the elevator. I feel really bad.


How about all the cuts and scrapes they have on their hands from work.

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dh is cut up constantly...

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im not married yet...but im with you all. FH comes home with the dirtiest grosses hands ever and uses a scrub brush but never seems to get himself completely clean. Oh and he once had a staple gun thing shoot into his knee..had to go to the er to get it removed he's constantly getting hurt and of course..passing out early