I'm with CBVT on this one. The heat gets turned off till she realizes just how cold it can get... Eventually, she will start helping with the wood heat.
get real stingy stoking the stove with wood, let it get nice and cold in the house for a few days and when she starts complaining about that, bring up her nagging about bringing more wood home.
Time to be entirely honest! Since we live on a small lot in the 'burbs my Wif realizes, as do I, that we are very limited as to space for storing wood. She dislikes unkempt appearances. She does not like wood chip and bark pieces left on the driveway. My Wif loves the nicely stacked woodshed. She puts up with neatly stacked wood piles in front of the wood shed (up to a point) because she knows that we use the wood and I enjoy everything about wood heat, so it is also a hobby. She gets unhappy, and rightly so, when I overload the parking pad and it's hard for her to get around my truck to her parking spot. That is why I sometimes sell a cord or so of wood when I have gone too far. She feels better and I generate room so I can cut and stack more wood. Its the circle of life: I get to play with chainsaws, splitters and firewood. I see that we always have at least 2 years firewood to keep us warm and she helps me stack and cleans the area. I sometimes get to much wood for our limited space. She lets me know she's unhappy. I sell some firewood and make a little pocket change and free up some space. I get to play with chainsaws, splitter and firewood................. In truth, I wouldn't be too hard on Your friends wife until I could hear both sides.
The voice of reason. I will now refrain from making about 50 comments that are not reasonable but heartfelt. Some people should just heat with gas or fuel oil & pay the bill.
He's a good friend of mine, trust me, this is like she is. But, as we know, some people just don't understand rotation, of wood, for me, i try to keep the wood rotated, as i burn more wood i cut that same amount to replace the already burned wood. So, it can start to season even in the fall. That way i don't have to work at it so hard in the spring, and i can get picky as well and get the really good wood. I should add, he tried cutting wood the way i do, only bringing home what he's burned in the weeks before, but, she's still hard on him, i almost feel like i'm a what you call a enabler, lol. By giving him ideas, ha,ha.ha.
She can come by my place and see a real woman bringing the wood in from the porch and tending to the stove for 6 months, when I'm not around of course. Yeah, we have bits of bark on the floor, so what. My wife does shake her head and laugh when I'm constantly coming home with more BTU's. When the snow melts in the spring, she just likes me to get the logs cut up and moved before the grass grows, but she doesn't harp about it.
Yep. Just go without wood heat. Get a part time job to cover the expense. She will then complain he isn’t home, but at least he won’t be there to hear it.
I believe the prescription is bringing her a glass of wine when you bring home firewood. Unlimited refills, as needed. Just what the Dr. ordered. Side effects may include more than just fire-wood being handled / warmed.
I really wanted to comment on this but decided because it is a family orientated forum. Perhaps my comments would not be printable or might even upset a few folks.
While I have no additional points of wisdom. You have brought many of us a smile, as we think of our spouses. I can’t personally imagine what that poor fella is going through. Makes me appreciate my wife more, as she helps with processing. It’s sure is nice coming home expecting to reload the rack and finding it already done.
If she’s that picky about what her lawn looks like I’m surprised she lets him have a fire in the house! I have some sympathy for the lady, she’s just not into it. This lifestyle isn’t for everyone.
