“… or it’s the end of my smart home - according to my wife”
Nothing personal, but how many posts I’ve read about guys desperately trying to emphasize the “emergency situation”, because the wife will take appropriate actions when the malfunctions don’t get fixed (read: get a divorce, or toss everything out the window).
Today my wife had problems with the wifi (automatically my fault) after a lot of puzzling it seems Apple had some problems with the “blocking ip tracking” feature from icloud+ but it took a while to figure it out.
My wife wouldn’t throw me or the stuff out the window or file a divorce (atleast not for this) but when something stops working it’s always “What did you do this time?” … and i think she doesn’t believe me when i say i didn’t do anything…
I’am spending a lot of time abroad for work. Because of that I made some ‘start flow’ buttons and made them favourite on my wifes phone in case something isn’t working. She can restart the Homey and Netgear router when necessary.
When she is watching tv and something goes wrong with the broadcast and the screen is black, she sometimes sends a WhatsApp to ask if I am doing something with the tv.
I think there’s a good proportion of guys who bring it upon themselves by ordering and installing this stuff without talking through as a couple, if it’s even a necessary purchase.