Husband really thinks the instruction manual will make a difference

Sometimes I look at my husband and I wonder how anybody can be so dense.

He’s normally a very intelligent and intuitive human being, but there are times when I feel like his masculinity stops him from making good decisions.

This was definitely the case when he went out and purchased a brand-new pickup truck, rather than a family vehicle. He also has invested in a large set of tools that he never uses because he is not nearly as handy as he wants to be. Of course, he should have kept this in mind when he decided he was going to attempt to repair our central heating system on his own. To be clear, my husband doesn’t know the first thing about heating, cooling, or ventilation systems. He has never been in a heating and cooling repair course. He has never assisted with the installation, diagnostics, or maintenance of a modern indoor air temperature control plan. He probably doesn’t even know how to use the central thermostat without help. But the other day, my husband deduced that he was the man for the job when our forced air furnace stopped working. I tried to talk him out of the furnace repair disaster, but he would not hear it. He simply held up the owners manual for the 10 year old heating device and shook it in my face. It’s adorable that he thinks an instruction manual is the only difference between himself and an HVAC technician. It was less adorable when he broke our central heating system and needed stitches.
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