Using him for his skills

My new husband is a handy guy when it comes to fixing things. Hand him an iPad and he is useless, however, the guy can repair a lawn mower, install electric or deduce an HVAC repair without any hassle. He has an extensive toolkit that he carries with him everywhere, at all times. He can google and watch videos of a repair and just do it. Now my family has figured out how handy he is. They now have decided to call him consistently for free labor. My sister calls him all the time to help her set up the wiring in her current home. My father is consistently trying to wrangle him in to do plumbing repairs. My sister recently purchased a gas furnace; Rather than spend money on an HVAC professional to do the heating system replacement, she had my husband do it; Did she pay my husband for setting up her heating system? No, my stingy sister did not even give him a thank you for all his time. I have decided that enough is enough, nobody is getting free heating, cooling, electric or plumbing labor out of him anymore. If they want him to do any sort of repair or installation, they need to pay him and make it worth it. He doesn’t need to be paid the same as a real plumber, electrician or HVAC professional, just a few bucks would be nice. My husband is too nice to tell them no on a job. I am going to have to be the awful bad guy towards our family. They are mooching way too tough off his skills so I am taking him away.

 

Cooling workman

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