[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-Apr-02 AT 07:48 AM (EST)]Ok, here is how my morning started out....
Up at 5AM feeling pretty good, got to work, drinking my coffee perusing the FTE forums, suns comming up ,looks like it is going to be a nice day. PHONE RINGS!!!!!
Now, I know phone calls at 6:30AM are never good, especially when it's from my wife. Answer the phone, and a very very angry voice starts yelling at me. The F@$%^ING GARAGE DOOR SHUT ON MY TRUCK!!!Now when my 5'5" 117 pound wife uses profanity, you know something very bad did, or will happen.
I heard her ,but stalling so I can prepare myself for the next few seconds of my life, I say ..what??
She repeats her original statement. The FU@$ING GARAGE DOOR SHUT ON MY TRUCK!!!, and adds, "the door is stuck, and I can't get my truck in or out!!"
I make it quick, and tell her I'll be there in 10 minutes.
I Pull up in the driveway and see her Durango half in, half out of the garage, door bent and twisted, I take a deep breath and get out of my truck, walk over trying not to make eye contact. I get the door up so she can get her truck out, I check out all the scrapes and scratches to the truck ,all buffable but one on the roof, now, the garage door looks like a catch net on a aircraft carrier, but looks like I can bend it back until I can replace a few of the panels.
After a few minutes of not saying anything, I look over and she's standing there, a little teary eyed and shaken. I walk over to give her that understanding husband hug, to let her know it's ok and I'm not upset, and what does she say?? "What did you do to the door?" I say, I didn't do anything...she says "well look at my truck, you had to do something that made it screw up!!!"
Now, I really don't have a reputation for screwing things up nor would I ever do something like this on purpose, but I figured
I would quit while I'm ahead, and told her I can fix her truck, no biggie and I'll try to figure out what happened.
Well I know what happened but I wasn't about to say it at that time. She keeps the remote in a change holder on her console, probably jammed something else in there, which hit the button and closed the door when she was backing out, but in her mind, I somehow did something to make this happen to her.

Anybody else get blamed for things that happen like this?? or am I the only one with this burden??

 

man. sorry about your door.

when i was little i did close our old heavy wood door on my dad's truck, now mine. i did break the vent on the topper, and somehow the force broke the old wood garage door and entrance door. go figure

but other than that i've never had an incedent involving garage doors and trucks

 

Welcome to the rough side of being a male. All I can say is "Women, can't live with em, can't kill em".

My wife does this to me all the time. her van has been dented on every panel at least once, never her fault of course.

Even better, I sometimes feel foolishly that I can mediate between cat fights at work by bringing my superior male logic into play, what a stupid idea. All I EVER get for it is lots of scratches and the feeling of being in crossfire. Would be pretty funny if I wasn't within the blast zone.

Us guys will never figure it out. All we can do is lick our wounds and hope for the best.

Sorry about the truck.

Jim Henderson

 

Sorry to hear about the truck. As far as accepting blame, just say you are sorry and that you will fix the truck and the door. Of all possible things to do, this is best for you and your wife.

What kind of door opener/closer do you have. All of the ones I have owned and worked on have a setting for down pressure. When the door strikes an object it reverses and goes back up , usually causing little or no damage. If your door has this, it must have been adjusted incorrectly.

Also the last two door openers that I installed had "electronic eye" sensors on them so that if something is under the door it will not close, and if it is in the process of closing, it will reverse.

I think these are available as retrofit kits for door openers that did not originally have them. This might go a long way toward mending the anger caused by the accident.

Good luck. Hope everything works out well.

 

Just simple statement !

I have Mother's Old Buick that has 4 "try to peel the vinyl off the car " type tears that have been siliconed back to the metal.

She unfortunately did the same thing "hit the button accidently"
The "coming down" touch sensor was working,the metal bottom flange of the door ,hooked the trim edge of the vinyl rather than coming down straight on the roof and popping back up.

Like the farmer says;" Manure Happens"!


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>
>What kind of door opener/closer do you have. All of the ones
>I have owned and worked on have a setting for down pressure.
>When the door strikes an object it reverses and goes back up
>, usually causing little or no damage. If your door has
>this, it must have been adjusted incorrectly.
>
>Also the last two door openers that I installed had
>"electronic eye" sensors on them so that if something is
>under the door it will not close, and if it is in the
>process of closing, it will reverse.
>
>I think these are available as retrofit kits for door
>openers that did not originally have them. This might go a
>long way toward mending the anger caused by the accident.
>
>Good luck. Hope everything works out well.

Oh ya got all the bolt-ons, but they don't work if you continue to keep backing out, the poor door didn't have a chance.
I would of thought that the noise of the motor turning on would make one hit the brakes and stop rather than to keep going.
The door hooked on the roof rack, and by the time she stopped the door was bent and popped the reset on the motor. The bottom rollers were laying on the ground and the door bottom looked like an awning.

As far as her and I go, not the first time something like this has happend, and usually I am to blame...but not this time!!!

She seems to be in a better mood now, and actually ,sorta..kinda..in around about way appologized for blaming me.

I figure I'll just write this one down for future refences

 

Any person who is an 'Only Child' can relate to your situation. While growing up, my answer to mom when I heard my name yelled was "I didn't do it!!". But of course - in her mind, I did do it.

Now that I recently got married, I am starting to see the transition... My wife thinks that just because a have worked on my truck and garage and jet ski's and boats, uhhhh - ok maybe I do work on a few things....

 

Yeti !
Man this happens to me all the time!
wife blaming me for it! (sometimes it is me!)he he

Well look on the bright side it was a dodge durango that got
damaged not your superduty's
whew that was close !
Just keep plugin away!

will yer homowners ins. help ya out here?

Rich






Ford Trucks Built Tough!
not with rocks
Watch out "X" Mayor of Truckville

 

Not so sure I want to put this through home owners, I can buff the truck, only one scratch I can't get, but it's on the top of the roof and un-noticable to anybody under 6'6". As far as the garage door, I think I can just replace the bottom panel, it's one of those insulated metal doors, and then just spray the whole door so everything matches.
I'm thinking maybe I'll even do some flames or scallops and clear it!!

I'm sure the niehbors would love that!!!

Well, things are good now, I alleady busted her...well kidded her and she was laughing, so I guess I'll leave her alone and just tell myself it's a home improvement.

 

yeti,
the same thing happend to my mom a couple of years back only it came down on her 4 day old volkswagon passat she was not a happy camper and it was all my fault the funny thing is i had allready moved out of the house and in with my new wife go figure i think they just need someone to blame as someone said before women cant live with them cant kill them
Louis

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 11-Apr-02 AT 00:48 AM (EST)]I can't believe you guys let your wives behave like that. I will tell you that I am not married and I know some of you guys are thinking "just wait and you'll understand" but I would never take that kind of attitude from a girlfriend, wife, stranger, or anyone. My girlfriend and I will probably be married in a few years but she knows that kind of behavior would never be acceptable. I just have a very low tolerance for female hysteria. I'm sorry if this bothers some of you but you guys laid it out there for comment. I don't show my *** when something doesn't go my way and she won't either. If this makes me sound like a bully I want to clarify that that is the farthest thing from the truth. She knows that kind of attitude would dissapoint me and she would rather be a supportive girlfriend/wife. I really question your relationships if things such as this are happening.

If I was confronted with such a situation as the Durango stuck in the garage door and a nagging/bitching woman I would simply get back in my car and go back to work and leave her to fix it herself. To quote my father "if ya gonna be dumb ya better be tough".

Later
Stab

 

I'm gonna have to agree with Stab on this one, too. Like him, I take this from no one, especially not somebody that thinks they can get away with it because of their relationship with you. Sure, a number of times girls have stopped seeing me or even talking to me because of this, but if they're gonna be that way, I don't want them. Granted, you have to be a little easier on the situation because she's your wife, but really, she should understand it's her fault.
Good Luck with the garage door.

The Law

 

I agree with Stab as well. I don't blame stuff on my girlfriend that is not her fault and I except her to do the same. Besides, if she thinks that you can't even fix/install the door right, she should do it herself and see how it goes.

 

Well boys, after 11 years of marriage I find it's easier to go along to get along. I'm by no means am P-whipped, but when it comes to keeping the peace in my home, I do what it takes. My wife is an attorney, she lives to fight, and when I don't it has more of an affect than buying into her game.
I know how to pick and choose my battles, this one wasn't worth it, it was one of HER vehicles and a garage door, now if she would of trashed one of mine, well then thats a different story.
It's all a trade off, when I blew up her jetski last year, she was upset, but she really didn't bite into me, she new if she didn't blame me she would be better off in the long run and it paid off for her in a new one.
In the big picture, the garage door incident will have far more value at a later time

 

Here's what I think:
NO automatic garage door opener. She wants to pull in/out of the garage, she has to open the door herself! Yeah, maybe she gets wet or cold in the Winter, but she can't blame me if the door falls on her truck or crushes a kitty.

Here's REALITY!:
Who wants to come help me install a new garage door opener this weekend?


Of course it's your fault! It's always "our" faults- even if they don't tell us that it's our fault, the other women know who is to blame when your wife/gf/so tells them the story of what happened. You get used to it.