
Remember that Jerry Maguire line, “You had me at hello“? Well, think about it but with “hello” replaced by “sheds”.
If that still doesn’t make sense, just remember sheds are very useful things. They’ve been proven as highly effective storage units for things like spades.
Whilst that’s fantastic, today’s human female is confused about why her husband of 25 years is insistent a shed will save their marriage. Let’s take a look!
Sheds to the Rescue (of your marriage)
Dear Agony Aunt. At my wedding 25 years ago, my husband gave me this card in the post-ceremony piss-up: "True love stands by each other’s side on good days and stands closer on bad days. And on terrible days that's when you'll find me in the shed." That seemed a little weird at the time and I just put it down to his drunkenness. Because shortly after that he puked all over the floor. But, like... sheds? I showed it to my mother and she just tutted and shook her head. I asked her what it meant and she said, "In time. In time, young one." Well 25 years later and I think back to that card because our marriage is on the rocks. He's a fat and bald bastard and I'm sick of the sight of him! Meanwhile he says he's sick of the sight of me... and that's why he's bought a shed. He proudly showed it to me in our garden one day. "What's that?" I asked. "It's a shed!" He said. "Yes, but why?" I asked. "That... will save our marriage..." And he tapped his nose knowingly. Well I rang my mother up to ask what it meant and she said, "In time, young one. In time." And I said, "Mother, I'm fifty five years old." And she hung up on me. Anyway, he spends all his time in the shed now and I only ever see him about 15 minutes a day. He comes to bed, gets in, and is snoring in a matter of minutes. The weird thing is... this whole thing could well save our marriage if it keeps on like this. It's great! So, is this a fuss over nothing? Yours, Henrietta
Hi Henrietta! We can, indeed, attest to the magnificent capacity sheds have to save marriages.
It’s truly miraculous. Enough to bring a tear to one’s eyeballs.
The trick to a long lasting marriage is to ensure you stay the hell away from each other as much as possible. Extended periods of time, you know?
Thusly, this limits the amount of time you can grow to detest the sight of each other.
There are myriad other ways a shed can improve your married life, too. Here are some of the highlights:
- The shed should encourage delightful conversations about gardening, such as about daffodils and the like.
- Sheds double up as a bomb shelter. In the event of WWIII, this’ll save you time and further elongate your marriage.
- You can store your pesticides in the shed, an appropriate home ALONGSIDE YOUR NO GOOD HUSBAND.
- That’s about it, really.
However, consider buying our invention the teapot shed.
It’s a great little thing and will also encourage your layabout husband to make a proper brew every now and then.
Getting a shed represents the beginning of the end of any physical contact in ones marriage. It’s a sad and pitiful milestone but bound to happen somewhere between 10 and 17 years. Mark my words.
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I’ll mark your words… by buying a shed! Dun dun duuuun!
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Lots of luck. You’ll have somewhere to live.
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In a… tent! Excellent idea. 🏕
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Outdoorsy are you? You can decorate a shed, make it cozy with throw pillows and bean bag chairs. Yay.
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The key component is to set the shed on fire to promote warmth and scare off dangerous wild animals like a T. Rex.
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Sheds are metal, mostly aluminum…you could gather firewood and stack it around light it and run away.
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Maybe in AMERICA, lady, but in ENGLAND we use 100% BRITISH wood and PROUDLY burn them to the ground!
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Those are homes 🏡 we can’t burn them down.
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Like a bungalow? Got you.
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I have one in my yard. I put curtains at the window and a welcome mat at ( sliding) door.
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A welcome mat is always so welcoming.
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It’s seems rude to wipe our feet on it.
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You tell him!!!!
Wood sheds? Where the hell does this guy live? Manchester?
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This concept of a metal shed is ridiculous. It’s not a death metal concert. It’s not a Napalm Death gig. It’s a shed. And it belongs in a peaceful garden somewhere.
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Ohh, Death Metal… YES! A large metal shack should do the trick! Perfect!
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That Sugar Shack song is getting a bit addictive now.
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Couldn’t get the damn thing outta my head yesterday. Now this comment has brought it back!
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Just think of any Doors song and you’ll be A okay. It’s a cure-all.
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He’s mistaken a hut for a shed again.
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Dammit, can we keep the discussion on sheds, please?! We’re trying to save a halfwit’s marriage!
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How did you know I’m living in a shed?
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The ghost of Lenin told me.
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That blabber mouth.
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A hut made out of Marmite sounds good!
I’m trying to sell him on a large metal shack. The front would lower making a stage for death metal bands.
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ENOUGH with this shack, metal, hut malarkey! A shed is a shed!! When is a shed not a shed? When it’s a shack!
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Him a lone in a marmite shed. I envision a huge explosion!
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Marmite doesn’t explode. Unless you add explosives to it. Think this through, woman!
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Outdoorsy… like mosquitoes?
He wouldn’t have to decorate with mosquitoes around. They will fill up the shed with ….I hate to say it….. blood.
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Mosquitoes are not welcome in any shed I ever intend to own.
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They don’t need invites. They are related to Putin. They invade!
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Yeah. Bear in mind I was in Ukraine back in September. That megalomaniac will be the death of us all! Putin, I mean. Lol… Poo-tin.
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It is a millstone.
Oh.. you said milestone. Okay… a milestone millstone.
Nonetheless, a shed may just help the couple shed” the marriage.
I prefer a shack to a shed,though. They are much roomier.
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Oh come off it, lady, who’d prefer a shack?! Don’t be preposterous! Sheds are just much more economical and ideal.
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Shacks have songs written about them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzjfGF6MiU& and let’s not forget B52s “Love Shack”.
What you got for sheds?
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Those poor philistines… never introduced to a shed in their lives. What’s your opinion on huts?
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I was just saying to ‘Olly that a hut made out of Marmite would suit you.
I however,see a very large metal shack. The front would pull down, and become a covered stage for death metal bands.
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All I saw in this comment was “shack” and that’s not what a shed is.
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Being replaced by a shed is an experience many go through. It happened to a friend of mine and he has yet to recover.
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Doesn’t it just make you SHED a tear, eh?!
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Oh, he shed many of them. That’s for sure!
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I hope the band Shed Seven wrote some songs about this.
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nothing wrong with sheds. My uncle became a millionaire selling sheds. Too bad he hates me. It was probably my cloying smothering attention.
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Or maybe how you keep mentioning shacks. Enough to make any shed aficionado see red.
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I’m on a roll now, there’s no stopping me.
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