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Dont do it yourself
This DIY project was getting on Samiaras last nerve, she was trying to redo her bathroom and failing miserably. After about five trips to home improvement stores for chats with their professionals she made a post on a DIY help subreddit. Two hours later she was scrolling through replies that were either helpful or a little mean. Then she came across one from a user named Jackofalltrades.
It read: it sounds like you arent tightening the plumbing enough which might be why you have leaks. If you’re in the Pittsburgh area i’d be happy to help, DM me.
She thought for a moment before clicking on his profile to look at his pervious comment history, it seemed to mostly be home improvement or DIY posts in the last year, with a few posts on subreddits for grief the year prior. She messaged him back.
Later that day he messaged back, asking if she wanted to meet him at one of the local home improvement places tomorrow to discuss the issues she was having, she agreed and they swapped numbers.
The next morning she showered and got dressed in a long sleeve shirt and jeans before heading to the home improvement store to wait. Twenty minutes after she arrived she received a text from him that he was on his way to the bathroom section. Five minutes later she saw a tall, attractive man in a green quarter zip sweater walking towards her and waving, she waved back.
“Hey,” he said, “are you waiting for me?”
“Yeah,” she said, “i think so.”