Oma Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 For over 20 years now I have told Mike (DH) not to use the scissors in the kitchen to cut things in the yard or garage. I explained these were "food" scissors and they needed to be left in the kitchen and used for "food" stuff. Fell on deaf ears. I put other scissors all over the house to dissuade him from using the "food" scissors. I even resorted to hiding them. A few minutes ago he came in to the computer room and informed me that he let the painter use them yesterday to cut the plastic he was hanging everywhere and he must have put them in his stuff because they're gone. Now understand...Mike only noticed they were gone because he was getting ready to cut open a package of batteries. FOOD...Mike...FOOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I have a great pair of food scissors that come apart. Makes it easy to put through the dishwasher. I put one half in one drawer and the other in another. Don't get me started on paring knives used to strip wire, though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylannie Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I can't believe you are having this discussion about food scissors and not sewing scissors! Although my family knows better than to let me find out they used scissors from my sewing room. I have had this same discussion about fingernail clippers being used to cut wire etc, dishtowels are not used to wipe your hands, my house cleaning bucket does not go out to the barn, my mop, my paint brushes etc etc etc.........but I'm not giving up the fight! Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Oh the things men will do when they are not supervised!!! They are sneaky that way. Mine leaves messy hand prints all over the stainless steel and cabinets I swear he is testing to see how often I clean. So What's Mike Getting For Christmas, Oma??? Food scissors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniemueller Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I wish there was an I Love This button to click. I can relate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I can only wish my husband were alive to do all these things - you all are so blessed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 You're right Mercedes and that's why I haven't killed him so far. I would miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMALKB Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 My good pinking shears got used to cut open the Salt Bags for the water softner !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenslug Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Well, maybe there is a training program available. If so, I would like to have access to it. I am 80+, have been married many years (and some days I think too many) and still have not been able to get the message across about cooking and sewing scissors and their use. However, my DH is very good at repairing, building furniture, tiling, car maintenance, longarm maintenance & etc. - so guess I will keep him a few more years. I have to keep reminding myself of his good points when I discover my scissors have been used without my approval. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie in Ok Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Move the food scissors to another location and leave the other one in the regular place since he seems to always know where to find them. LOL! Works in my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltedsunflower Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 My mom last my Dad 10 years ago. My older sister lost her husband 13 years ago, and my younger sister divorced this summer. I know he has his faults, and I don't want to be alone so I'll gladly pick up his underwear off the floor and clean the bathroom. BUT he knows better than to mess with my sewing scissors!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted December 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Linda's idea about the kitchen scissors that come apart is really good. She said she puts one part in one drawer and the other part in a different drawer. I can see that working. I've done two things with my sewing scissors. The first was to put a cheap little combination lock through the handles. Works well. The other thing was to buy a brand new pair every time I caught him using mine. I made sure he understood why I was buying a brand new pair. I have lots of scissors now and he doesn't use the ones in the sewing room very often anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenslug Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 What good ideas here from very creative quilters. Think Linda's plan would really work - and Oma's solution would raise his blood pressure just a hair - but he would get the message. I love this forum. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott2611 Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 I love this forum just for the companionship of being able to know that I am not the only one going through the "don't touch my sewing" things life. My husband is a wonderful man and he does so many things for me but there are some things that he just does not seem to get, like don't take my "GOOD" sewing scissors and cut plastic bags and paper and . . . with them. But he is starting to come around since I started doing similar things with his don't take my "tools" and doing similar things with them or at least he thinks I have done those things with them. I haven't but I have made him think I have to try to get my point across. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zora Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Buy a paint stirring blade for his electric drill and use it to make mashed potatoes????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSteller Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 I can relate to this, and the sad thing is that I'm the only person who lives in this house! However, I found a solution. Harbor Freight Tools (one of my favorite quilting tool shops) every now and again will have a coupon for a free pair of kitchen scissors. I've run down there on a couple of occasions and now have two extra pair of kitchen scissors. So, the rule is, the Henckles scissors, for FOOD, live in the knife block in the kitchen and just get used for food. The kitchen scissors that can be used for opening packages and other heavy duty uses live in the kitchen drawer, and the other pair of heavy duty scissors are upstairs in the quilt studio. You could always get a combination lock and run it through the handles, so he can't use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 On the flip side of this dilemma---last summer Den took all my kitchen knives and sharpened then on a stone. I have several wand-type sharpeners but the job doesn't last long. What a difference! I'm asking for this task for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Years ago my husband was going to help me out by cleaning the oven. At this time we didn't have a self cleaning oven so he had to do it manually. When he was done, he decided the inside of the oven didn't look shiny enough so proceeded to wax the entire inside of the oven with Turtle Wax - you know, the kind you use to wax your cars. When I came home from work, he couldn't wait to show me how clean and shiny my oven was. What could I say, he did it to try and help me. Needles to say, later I re-cleaned the oven as I wasn't sure how toxic car wax would be if the oven was heated up. This is one of the memories I have cherished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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