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What can I do to avoid putting up the exterior illumination? (Original Post) ohiosmith Dec 2012 OP
Change your calendar antiquie Dec 2012 #1
Wife didn't buy it! ohiosmith Dec 2012 #5
Just say no. LiberalAndProud Dec 2012 #2
That word has no meaning to my wife! ohiosmith Dec 2012 #9
just don't Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #3
Too late! Just finished. ohiosmith Dec 2012 #21
Put it up on the interior? siligut Dec 2012 #4
That is an outstanding idea! Why didn't I think of that? ohiosmith Dec 2012 #22
I put all of mine in the trash company wheelie bin MineralMan Dec 2012 #6
Stop using glitter. rug Dec 2012 #7
Glitter is my life! ohiosmith Dec 2012 #23
Tell her squirrels ate the wiring... Phentex Dec 2012 #8
My wife would give me a roll of tape! ohiosmith Dec 2012 #25
Nothing. Give in gracefully. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #10
I did! ohiosmith Dec 2012 #26
See. Now you've brought a smile into lots of hearts. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #27
Pay your local handyman to do it Trailrider1951 Dec 2012 #11
I recommend the Kali Solution: Ptah Dec 2012 #12
As if she'd put that much effort into it. MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #13
Rural efficiency is a Godsend. Ptah Dec 2012 #15
Thank you. So far, so good. MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #16
Develop an inner glow. MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #14
put a mezuzzah on your doorpost? BillStein Dec 2012 #17
Go with this sharp_stick Dec 2012 #18
Use glow-in-the-dark house paint. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #19
How about glow-in-the-dark tree flocking? kentauros Dec 2012 #29
Or just go to Chernobyl and get a glow-in-the-dark tree. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #30
If they glow enough kentauros Dec 2012 #31
Tell your wife the DU feminists noamnety Dec 2012 #20
If I have to put them up for my ex, you can put them up for your wife. Kaleva Dec 2012 #24
Does it have to go "up"? kentauros Dec 2012 #28
Put up this design - she'll never ask again csziggy Dec 2012 #32
When I was a kid, my father refused to decorate the outside of our house. mykpart Dec 2012 #33

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
6. I put all of mine in the trash company wheelie bin
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 04:38 PM
Dec 2012

after I took it down last year. I refuse to buy any more of it.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
8. Tell her squirrels ate the wiring...
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 04:40 PM
Dec 2012

so said my husband.


Me: Look what I found at Costco! All new lights!

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
27. See. Now you've brought a smile into lots of hearts.
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 07:10 PM
Dec 2012

I've been being a grinch. [img][/img] This will be our first Christmas in a much smaller place. Decorating it may help me feel more at home.









Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
11. Pay your local handyman to do it
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 09:48 AM
Dec 2012

He gets extra money for his kids' Christmas gifts.
Wifey gets the house decorated.
You get to watch while drinking a beer and lounging around.
What's not to like?

Ptah

(33,037 posts)
15. Rural efficiency is a Godsend.
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 10:04 AM
Dec 2012

I hope your hospital visit is short and rewarding.


Get well soon, please.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
19. Use glow-in-the-dark house paint.
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 11:54 AM
Dec 2012

It's weird, but it is an option.

Oh, did you mean just for the holidays?

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
30. Or just go to Chernobyl and get a glow-in-the-dark tree.
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 11:57 PM
Dec 2012

Last edited Wed Dec 5, 2012, 12:48 AM - Edit history (1)

They dig themselves out of the ground for you, and the larger ones will buy you a shot of vodka just for picking them.

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
20. Tell your wife the DU feminists
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 05:46 PM
Dec 2012

think she should put up the lights herself if she wants them. It's not a "man's job"!

Kaleva

(36,345 posts)
24. If I have to put them up for my ex, you can put them up for your wife.
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 06:19 PM
Dec 2012

Apparently there's some fine print in the divorce settlement papers I didn't bother to read before I signed the papers.

Every year I want to put the lights up outside when the weather is warm but she won't let me unless she is out there supervising. But she never finds the time to do this until it gets to be about zero. She can stand there all bundled up nice and warm as she gives me directions while I freeze my ass off working hanging up the lights bare handed.

I wanted to do the task yesterday when it was 52 degrees outside but she wasn't up to it.

I hate exterior X-Mas lights.

I really hate them.

mykpart

(3,879 posts)
33. When I was a kid, my father refused to decorate the outside of our house.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 04:09 AM
Dec 2012

He said he wasn't about to put any effort into decorating for a bunch of strangers driving by.

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