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Post by psoccer on Mar 27, 2015 10:28:20 GMT
So our garage door hasn't been working well these past few weeks It will barely go up and makes these huge noises. Last night I pull into the garage and I hear this huge sound and I thought ithe garage door was falling on top of me so I stop my car and get out. I forgot to put it in park and it starts to coast back. I left the drivers door open and it's completely smashed backwards because it got caught on the side of the garage. My husband is just po'd at me. I't was a complete and stupid accident but he's been storming around here like I'm the only one that has had a stupid accident. It's hard living with someone who is perfect. Anyone btdt?
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Post by trixiecat on Mar 27, 2015 10:40:00 GMT
Yep. A few months ago. My husband travels every week for work. He had been nagging me to start putting my car in the garage, which I did. He came home one night and of course, didn't put his car into the garage. I was in a rush to take my daughter to basketball practice, didn't look in my rear view mirror since nothing is ever there. I back right into his car. $3,000 worth of damage. My didn't have a scratch. At first he thought we were playing a joke on him. But once he realized it was real, he was furious for the rest of the night. Luckily we were only out $100 with our insurance.
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Post by Basket1lady on Mar 27, 2015 10:46:48 GMT
We all do stupid stuff. The beauty of being an adult is that you can pay for it yourself and get it fixed. Don't stress about the stuff that can be fixed with money!
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Post by gsquaredmom on Mar 27, 2015 10:48:40 GMT
Glad you are ok and it was not really falling on you. Good sense of self preservation. If it had been falling your husband might be planning a funeral instead of car repairs.
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Post by elaine on Mar 27, 2015 11:07:23 GMT
Yep. A few months ago. My husband travels every week for work. He had been nagging me to start putting my car in the garage, which I did. He came home one night and of course, didn't put his car into the garage. I was in a rush to take my daughter to basketball practice, didn't look in my rear view mirror since nothing is ever there. I back right into his car. $3,000 worth of damage. My didn't have a scratch. At first he thought we were playing a joke on him. But once he realized it was real, he was furious for the rest of the night. Luckily we were only out $100 with our insurance. I did this too. Dh had left his car in the driveway and I backed into it pulling my car out of the garage. I was about 7 months pregnant at the time and blamed it on my hormones. I think that many of us have had a stupid car accident that we would want to take back. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 27, 2015 11:15:54 GMT
I live in an older house, and the norm in my neighborhood of smaller houses is carports rather garages. About a year ago, I baked out of my carport and I guess I wasn't paying attention and backed right into one of the support columns and almost tore the driver's side mirror off. Shattered the glass and everything. No DH to get irritated, just me-and it *was* kind of funny...so I just kind of laughed it off. I mean I have been driving the same car for a million years and know the dimensions well enough, it shouldn't have happened. How I did it, I will never know. I told the boys that it was the very definition of an accident. They happen.  |
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Post by anonrefugee on Mar 27, 2015 11:25:46 GMT
I ripped a side mirror off a week old car...I'll never forget the sight of all those wires pulling out... Like in slow motion....  |
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Post by scrappysurfer on Mar 27, 2015 11:29:34 GMT
When I was a teenager I don't know how many times I scraped the side of my car backing out of the garage. After the second time my mom wouldn't let me repair it... It was like the door of shame lol. But she was right, why repair it when it was going to get wrecked again!
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Mar 27, 2015 11:41:02 GMT
I feel you. My husband really makes mistakes. Seriously. So when I make one, oh boy! Hugs! I hope he gets over himself soon.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Mar 27, 2015 11:41:04 GMT
Easily done, the way you explained it. Hope you feel better soon and that your husband gains some perspective.
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Post by worrywart on Mar 27, 2015 11:52:28 GMT
When we first got married I was sitting in the car and dh opened the passenger door (he was out of the car) got in and put his hand up toward my face and said 'look!'...well it was a tiny frog and I freaked out slammed on the accelerator..car was in reverse, shot backwards and hit a clothes line pole somehow on the side of the driver door and it left a huge dent which we were too poor at the time to get fixed lol
He didn't get mad though cause it was his fault...
Stuff happens...I guess if he would have fixed the garage door it wouldn't have happened. Hope he gets over it today and someday you will look back and laugh (like we laugh about the time dh fixed the brakes on the car and when he tested them they didn't work and he ran the car into the garage and ran over our new lawn mower lol)!!
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Post by Miss Ang on Mar 27, 2015 12:06:40 GMT
I'm so sorry that happened. How frustrated you must be. But you know what, accidents happen. They just do. They are ACCIDENTS. You didn't do it on purpose. Tell your husband this story: Several years ago, my husband (who usually has it together, doesn't do "dumb things" very often) called me and had locked his keys in the truck. He was about 25 minutes away from home and I had to drop everything and go take him the extra set of truck keys. I teased him. I made him pose for a picture beside the truck. I laughed. (All of this was in good fun, I wasn't mad, but the point is, I teased and teased him about his accident!) And then ..... Two days later I took my daughter to an appointment an hour and a half from home. Guess what happened. I locked my keys in my car. My husband had to drive AN HOUR AND A HALF to bring me a set of keys. Talk about being served a piece of humble pie!  Tell your husband to knock it off, because in two days, it might just be HIM that makes a poor choice. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 12:48:52 GMT
My husband and I have both done this. He was changing the oil in my car and wasn't thinking when he backed it down off the ramps that the door was going to get caught up in a pole nearby (he was doing this in an old dairy barn). Same as you, it caught on the pole and bent the door backward.
Another time, he forgot our neice was staying overnight after babysitting for us. The next morning, he hopped into his truck and went to back out of the driveway. Completely didn't see my sister's new Cavalier (that the niece was driving) and his bumper essentially created an accordian out of the hood of the car.
Finally, I was in a hurry myself one day trying to get going somewhere. I was driving my husband's truck for some reason. I backed it straight into our car's driver side door....which was extra special because the truck had a huge towing hitch on it and I rammed that sucker through the door, not only damaging the door but shatteirng the window too.
It happens. And no one means for it to happen. That's why it's called an accident. Ignore your husband.
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Post by maryland on Mar 27, 2015 13:00:33 GMT
That happened to me! I was in the driveway (have a garage, but can't park in it because my husband wants to redo his car from his teen yrs so it's been sitting in the garage until he retires). I stopped and reached for something. I didn't have the car in park! I hit the gargage and side and it messed up the front of the van. I was so upset! I am so OCD about making sure I put on emergency brake and put the car in park. And I didn't that time!
Don't feel bad, it happens to a lot of us!
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Post by psoccer on Mar 27, 2015 13:09:22 GMT
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I really appreciate your stories, your candor, your words of wisdom. I feel a little bit better, and in a week so will my car. |
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Post by Peamac on Mar 27, 2015 13:13:30 GMT
Yep. A few months ago. My husband travels every week for work. He had been nagging me to start putting my car in the garage, which I did. He came home one night and of course, didn't put his car into the garage. I was in a rush to take my daughter to basketball practice, didn't look in my rear view mirror since nothing is ever there. I back right into his car. $3,000 worth of damage. My didn't have a scratch. At first he thought we were playing a joke on him. But once he realized it was real, he was furious for the rest of the night. Luckily we were only out $100 with our insurance. About 10 years ago, my brother and sister-in-law were visiting us. SIL and I left to go to some sort of home party given by a friend of mine. It was dark, we were running late, and I totally forgot they were parked right behind me. Yep, I backed into their car, hard, with her in the seat next to me.  We got out and checked, but there was no damage (thank goodness!). I was so embarrassed! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 13:15:09 GMT
I have nothing to add to this thread but  . Stuff of my nightmares. |
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Post by Anita on Mar 27, 2015 14:20:55 GMT
Aw, it happens. I ripped the mirror off our van pulling out of the garage one day. I hate how close the doors are. Sigh. But you know, when I start beating myself up, I remind myself of my cousin who bought a brand new truck and took it down to the river to sit and watch the water go by. He did that a lot. I guess it's a country thing. So he jumped out to stand there, leaving his cell phone and wallet on the seat. Only he forgot to put it into park. You know where this is going, right? Yep, he watched that new truck roll right into the water, bob around a bit, and disappear. He had the hardest time getting insurance to take care of it since they couldn't recover the truck. It was a deep river! You can bet his insurance rates are way the hell up there now. |
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 27, 2015 14:29:55 GMT
I backed right into a car behind me at the gas pump. I totally forgot to look. Luckily the other woman was very nice and no damage was done!
Tell your DH this is why you pay for insurance.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Mar 27, 2015 14:31:01 GMT
ONe day as I am pulling into the garage, DH called me on my phone, stupid me answered. I became distracted and I didn't pull up far enough. When I got off the phone, I pushed the button to put the garage door down. It scraped the trunk lid and bent the $hit out of the bottom of the garage door before the safety mechanism caused the door to go back up.
I was so embarrassed and angry at myself. DH came home and was able to bend the door back and then took my car to the body shop. Fortunately, they were able to buff out the scratches. I was way more harder on myself than he ever was. He told me every one makes mistakes and gave me a hug.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 14:31:35 GMT
My DH backed into a car in a parking lot last year. We have a backup camera AND a sensor that beeps when you get close to an object. Still, he backed right into it. He just wasn't paying attention. There was no damage to our vehicle and insurance took care of the other guy's minimal damage.
I've had to bite my tongue to not give him a hard time about it. Because I know, it could have easily been me and I wouldn't want him giving me grief about it.
Accidents are just that, accidents. Preventable, maybe, but not purposeful.
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Post by freebird on Mar 27, 2015 14:36:32 GMT
Maybe if he hadn't slacked off on the garage door, you wouldn't have had to hop out to make sure everything was ok. (but that probably won't help the situation. lol).
Life goes on, you're ok, I bet the car AND the garage door gets fixed and your husband will get over his little hissy fit soon. I'm sure you apologized, that should be enough. This is why they're called "accidents".
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Post by redrulz on Mar 27, 2015 14:42:34 GMT
Your husband needs to knock off his attitude. I think for the scenario you described I would have been annoyed for a few minutes and then figured it was an accident and moved on.
I remember the time my husband pulled our van into the garage, unloaded groceries from the back end, walked into the house and closed the garage door. There was a huge SCREECH that scared both of us to death. Turns out he didn't close the back door to the van and the garage door scraped it up pretty good. It was an accident.
A few years later one of my kids had been sick with H1N1 for 3 weeks and was getting worse and my husband and I were taking him to the hospital. We were seriously stressed out anyway, but our basement had flooded the day before and it was just chaos. We were frazzled. We piled into the car. I was driving. I backed out of driveway and hit the drivers side of my husbands car that was parked *on the other side of the drive way*. Ugh. I felt so stupid. My husband didn't say anything to me. lol He knew I was stressed and that it was AN ACCIDENT.
My husband doesn't point out my flaws or mistakes and I am extremely thankful for that. We take whatever life throws at us and work it through together. I'm sorry your husband is acting that way. Hopefully he snaps out of it soon.
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Post by hdoublej on Mar 27, 2015 15:11:10 GMT
Girl! I have backed into my DH's truck not once but TWICE within a year or so!! He never parks behind me, never. Except... I had (notice the HAD part) a van that had tinted windows and was very hard to see out of in the dark. DH parked behind me and, not being used to having to look for his truck, I back right into it. Didn't hurt his truck but did about $3,000 worth of damage to my van. The second time, DH's grandmother had been sick and passed away. We were all exhausted from staying at the hospital. My DDs needed clothes for the funeral so we were going to go on a quick shopping run. It was dark and DH parked behind me and I just wasn't paying attention. Backed right into him! Again, about $3,000 worth of damage to the van and his truck was fine. Ok, now for the HAD part referred to earlier about the van. Last Thanksgiving, my mom, sister and I decided last minute to go shopping. We live in the country so it's an hour drive to where we were going to shop. We got about half way there and hit a deer. DH and my dad had to come and get us because there was so much damage to my van. We came back to town, hopped in my sister's Highlander and took of again to go shop. What else are you going to do? Lol I saved over $400 in one store that night! My sister said I needed to so I could pay my deductible |
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Post by gorgeouskid on Mar 27, 2015 15:27:56 GMT
DH, who is virtually perfect in every way, did this on the side of our house with the rear door of my Land Rover.
Let's just say I'm so glad it wasn't me...
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Post by lindas on Mar 27, 2015 16:14:37 GMT
I think my DH is going to win the prize here for stupidest accident. My brand new Cadillac wad 11 days old. DH was sitting in the car in the driveway with it running and in drive, why I'll never understand. His foot slipped off the brake and tapped the acelarator. Car moves forward, hits the front corner of the garage and takes that out and bends the garage door rail. It then moves forward catching the passenger side of my car and ripping off the mirror and scrapping the side then hits the rear of his vette which in turn moves forward and smashes into the refrigerator in the garage.
House damaged, refrigerator gone, front and rear damage to his car and front and side damage to my 11 day old car. I came running out when I heard the crash and all I could do was stand there with my mouth open in shock. Once I was sure he was okay I just shrugged my shoulders, said "shit happens, call the insurance company and don't move anything until I get pictures" then I went back in to finish watching the football game. He was so upset and furious with himself he didn't need me jumping on him too.
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Post by hdoublej on Mar 27, 2015 16:29:07 GMT
lindas, yep, we have a winner!!!
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Post by blue tulip on Mar 27, 2015 18:34:12 GMT
funny, if it actually HAD been falling on you, being IN the car would've been safer than trying to get out. I know how it is tho when you're scared like that, you're not thinking clearly. I once ran my car up on a curb and bent the rim really bad because a spider dropped down from the car ceiling. DH didn't understand it's not something I thought about doing, it was an immediate instinctual reaction that I didn't have control over- my brain took over and said stop immediately and get the F out! hope your Dh comes around once his initial reaction has worn off. |
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Post by M in Carolina on Mar 27, 2015 18:52:49 GMT
My dh and I decided early on in our marriage that we wouldn't give each other a hard time for accidents since we already felt so bad about them already.
Dh was bragging about that to his coworkers who didn't believe it. One day when dh was driving with his coworkers to go out to lunch, he hit this post in the parking lot.
Dh called me on speaker phone to tell me with all his coworkers listening. Thankfully I kept my cool and didn't get upset. I was NOT happy that dh put me in that position. I'm human and don't always react the right way.
Dh just had an accident this week. He was going through an intersection late at night, and right as the light changed, and van pulled out in front of him. We think it was a set up because the other side of the van's bumper was messed up and the entire bumper fell off while the only damage to our car was busted glass on our head lamp and some scrapes.
The driver didn't have a license either, and it was a company van. The driver also lied and told dh that he had called the police as well as tried to get dh to move the cars. Thankfully an off duty deputy was pumping gas nearby and heard the accident. He called the police.
One time when I was taking dh to the hospital for a procedure, I stopped at a convenience store to get some magazines and snacks. I was distracted and backed into a parked car that was a woman's brand new mercedes. I felt so bad. That's what insurance is for.
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We got out and checked, but there was no damage (thank goodness!). I was so embarrassed!
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