Husband Assured Wife a New Stove Would Fit ‘100 Times’—Then This Happened
There’s an old saying that goes, “measure twice, cut once.” It’s usually used by people before they cut materials down to size, but it can also be used by anyone who needs to confirm the exact measurements of something.
Take, for example, one couple who playfully disagreed while trying to install their new stove. According to the TikTok video shared by @swayandsarahbuild, the couple had already brought the oven home when they realized that it might not actually fit in their space.
“You could be a little nicer to your husband,” the text posted on the video said as the woman looked from the oven to her husband, joking that he assured her “100 times that the new stove would fit.”
People couldn’t stop laughing in the comments, sharing their own hilarious takes on the situation, including one person who wrote, “That face said, ‘My dad would have measured correctly.'”
This is a Familiar Situation
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Based on what people were posting in the comments, a lot of married people had been here before.
“So, for both our peace of mind, when s–t like this happens, I put my hands up and tell him it is now a him task, and I’m sure he will figure out a great plan, but I am no longer helping,” one person wrote. “Truly, it saves us both.”
“Our kitchen remodel was going to ‘take a weekend,'” another person wrote. “It’s been almost a month.”
“Currently I’m mad at my husband for finally starting on house renovations to build a new, bigger kitchen,” another person wrote. “He said it would take about two months. We are on day 72 of half the house torn apart, and we have no heat, and temps got to 19° last night.”
The Couple May Have Bigger Problems
While it appears that the wife posted the video as a joke and not because she was really upset with her husband, a few people claiming to be appliance experts shared a different perspective in the comments.
“Hi there, appliance salesman here. If this range doesn’t fit, no range will fit,” one person wrote. “Your opening is supposed to be 30 inches wide on the dot. Ranges are usually 29 3/4 inches wide, and are advertised as ’30” ranges’ because they’re designed to go in 30” spaces. In short, time to cut your countertop.”
“If this doesn’t fit, nothing will,” another person added. “These 30-inch stoves are incredibly standardized. Hope that right cabinet has some wiggle room to move over a bit.”
While most ovens may fall in the 30-inch range, Lowe’s says that some manufacturers do make smaller versions, but they are mostly wall-mounted, which isn’t the setup this couple has at the moment.
