My husband has agreed to lend out our camper to two of his foreman at work.....without asking me.....and he mentioned it to me over our anniversary dinner ( smart guy).....but I was even smarter and said " i don't think that is a good idea but we'll discuss it later".....the things you do not to kill someone in a public place.....hahahah
Seriously, I do not want my husband to loan our camper out to these two guys.....they are both known not to pay bills ( so we can forget getting any payments if they crash up our camper) and they are both heavy drinkers ( nothing against drinkers but I don't want an inexperienced driver who is a little too casual about towing our camping if you get my drift) and i know one guy doesn't have car insurance ( drives a company truck) and i wouldn't put it past the other one not to have insurance either....None of them know the first thing about a Popup( 3rd guys is going too)......there are several other reasons but I can't think of them right now but they begin with " I don't want to loan out our camper to them b/c i don't think it is a good idea" and end with me frowning.....haha
My friend seems to think if I piss off my husband's foreman by not loaning it to them that might jeopardize my husband's rank in the company,etc......I think it is rude of them to ask for the camper and not invite my husband along on the trip to Darlington to begin with!
Any ideas on how to get out of this? My husband is now caught between me and his two foreman.....I guess I just have to suck it up eh? ( He should have asked me first!! That is a given!!) Do you think he can use the " my wife won't let me" excuse and not have any problems from them? But poor thing doesn't want to do that and I understand why.....looks like a wuss!!
The only thing I can think to do is go get some insurance on the camper ( it is covered by our car insurance but this would be replacement insurance for the camper.....but like I told my husband he won't EVER hear the end of it if something happens!).....if they smash it up there goes our vacation at the beach this August! And I know my husband would say " don't worry about it" to them when they apologized,etc.....we would be out of a camper with no pile of money to replace it!
Any thoughts/ideas on how to get around this or should I just insure the camper and hope they don't smash it up or even worse that they don't love it and want to borrow it every year!
Sorry to sound like a damsel in distress but I am definitely in distress.....that part is genuine.....hahaha 😉
PS. If you need to move this to Offtopic you can....I didn't think about what heading I was putting it under.....sorry
Here's my take on your situation for what it's worth. I'm trying to make lemonaide out of your situation and look on the bright side.. though it may be a stretch. OK, put yourself in your husband's shoes. I'm sure he's not lending the camper to his bosses willingly. If they asked to borrow it I'm sure your husband feels pressured to let them given their respective positions in the company. So I'm going to assume he's lending the camper to his bosses reluctantly. Now he comes home and has to deal with your displeasure... which is understandable. So he's caught between a rock and a hard place.
OK, so it is what it is. The camper will be lend out to his bosses. Now, if all goes well and they had a good time and nothing gets wrecked, there's bonus points for your husband at work and maybe there will be a promotion or a raise in the future for him. Or at very least he'll be treated a little better because now he'll be on their good side. If they wreck the camper or do any sort of damage, your husband's bosses will "owe" him one. Meaning there will always be a guilt there and your husband can play up a bit (i.e. Bosses - "hey have a good weekend. Got any plans?". Husband - "Well, I was going to take the family camping to have some quality time but now we can't so I guess we'll just stay home"). Your husband will have learned his lesson.. hopefully.. and now he will owe you one. If he backs out now he will be on his bosses Sh** list and you don't want that to happen.
You're DH could always say, "Gee, I've thought about it and I'd like to go along to the races too!"
That way he could set it up and take it down. At least be there for any potential problems.
Maybe, he'd get lucky and they'd decide that they don't want him along and find someone elses camper to use.
Or he could use, "If momma's not happy, no ones happy." Most men will understand that one. And momma ain't happy. 🙂
For starters, everyone probably agrees that he should have asked you first but we're guys and even though we have good ideas, they aren't always thinking. :banghead:
I lent my old camper out twice and I'm sorry to say but both times something broke.
(They needed to put the galley down before ramming the bunk end into the side several times :anono1: )
I've lent our current camper out once but drive it to the campground, set it up and returned at the end of the weekend to pack it up and tow it home. No problems. :knuppel2:
Have him go on the trip, tow the camper and set it up. That's the safest bet. :thumbup:
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Have hubby tell them that insurance only covers if he/you are towing the PUP and have him tow it, set it up and take it down, tow home. If he tells these guys this, they may consider getting a motel room or pitching a tent!
The above is good. You can say if they want to take it then they have to have private insurance. You can tell them that a standalone insurance policy is $125.00 (Progressive)
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Don't lie - go out and cut a cable or two and cut a wire or two and take out the cushions and mattresses and hide them at your friends house.
I would be absolutely furious with him!!!!!!!!!!! :tickedoff: :tickedoff:
Twisty I do look like the little people you posted....haha....and my close friend suggested I slash a tire close to time....haha....but we just bought those tires not long ago and with my luck, hubby would go buy some cheapy tire replacement and it would be worse than letting them have it as is.....sigh! I am terribly upset and worried and I keep asking hubby questions like " does so and so have a personal vehicle that is insured ( for all i know both these guys only have company trucks.....)and he keeps looking nervous and pacing so i think i am at least beginning to make him question his decision.....i might suggest the insurance angle to him b/c i would feel better if he went on the trip and did the towing,etc....thanks for the ideas....i'll let you guys know how it turns out.....
SCmomma ~ this sounds like some kind of a speculation I'd get myself into!
I can just hear the conversation going on in my head right now ... having a conversation about camping ... the boss says that one day he would just have to try that popup camping ... and then I'd say, "yeah, anytime boss, just let me know." - Then he would say ... "how about two weeks from this coming weekend!" - Yeah, I can see it all happening right now!
The best Idea is for hubby to tow the camper to where-ever and set it up for them, and then come back and close it up and tow it home. That will teach him to watch his mouth! (LOL)
Boy Steve.. she's got you whipped... :rofl:
He could always turn around and tell them that he talked it over with the wife and she said NO!.. When they give him a hard time (and the will) he just has to explain that it is both yours and his trailer, and as such, he should have discussed it with you first before saying sure..
the problem is hubby doesn't seem to see any problem with loaning it to two irresponsible co-workers....i am the one who has an issue with it.....then again, he sleeps whenever there is any kind of problem and i toss and turn all night.....he isn't the least bit worried about it and was happy to loan it out to them.....so now i get to wear the "bad guy" badge and i don't mind that, but just hope I don't have to see these people at some company function.....that would be fun....NOT!
I plan to have a few more "discussions" with him and am hoping he sees the light
haha....i just told my husband all my camping buddies on here said it was a bad idea and he told me that one guy may have to work at another plant doing shutdown that weekend and the other one is supposed to get enough on his tax refund to buy a camper ( and his wife OK'd it.....smart man!!) so you guys keep your fingers crossed that it continues on this path.....I won't be crying if they don't borrow our camper that is for sure 😉
So my question is this....if you put your foot down and say "absolutely not!" will your husband abide by that? If not, then I say just say a prayer and cross your toes and hope it all works out...and if there is one scratch then HE has given you ammunition for life. If he WILL abide by it, then tell him "not just no, but hell no" and wear the bad guy badge with honor. I'll buy you a hat to go with it.
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