Honey, Can You Mend My Pants? He Says/ She Says
“Honey, can you mend my pants?” My husband asked me after work. “The seam is coming out at the bottom of my pocket, see?” He showed me.
“Sure.” I say. No Big Deal. I think.
HA HA HA
I stall for a few days when finally, the afternoon before he returns to work he pleas.
“Can you please just sew this real quick while I take the kids to school?”
I’ve avoided it long enough, and he was right. It would only take a second.
I pulled the cover off my sewing machine, threaded the needle cracked my knuckles. I was ready to go.
But not before I snapped a picture of my domestic skills.
“Sewing my husband’s pants. Feeling so retro!” Was the caption I had in mind. Or maybe “1950s in the house!”
But halfway down the seam I thought ‘Why is this velcro in the way?’ and realized I was sewing his pocket shut.
“OH CRAP!”
“What?” My husband called from the other room.
“Nothing!!”
I pulled out my seam ripper and started to laugh as I considered leaving it this way as a prank.
When I was finished ripping out my mistake I went at it again.–Then sewed half of his pant leg shut.
I would have kept going except my bobbin ran out of thread.
Finally, after ripping the thread out again, I managed to stitch the bottom of the pocket back on and my husband was ever so delighted.
“Thanks!” He said. “That was easy right?”
“Ha! Right.”
Thank you for the laugh and I totally understand the procrastination! I have sewn many things and spent many hours ripping out seams that I couldn’t get right!
I would love to make just ONE thing without needing to bust out the seam ripper. Just once! I don’t think it’s ever happened.
OMG this made me laugh so hard! I am an avid sewer and still require that dang seam ripper every single time!
I am dyiiiing! This is so me whenever I procrastinate!
That was very nice of you to mend his pants.
you are very much sarcastic. It made me laugh so hard.
Happy to have made you smile!
Glad it brought a smile to your face 🙂