My girlfriend’s dad has become my best friend over the last few months.
- He and I never really got along before, and then we had a couple of crazy years, and somehow a friendship was forged.
I think of him as my father-in-law already. During COVID he lost his job, and because of his age they just pushed him into early retirement. He was pretty pissed about it, and then he discovered medical marijuana, and that’s when we started hanging out. He had worked as an HVAc repair tech for almost four decades, and now he was at loose ends about how to fill his time. He liked smoking pot, but missed having something meaningful to do. I told him flat out that my house was in dire need of a new central HVAC system, and that I would pay for all the materials if he did all the work. It took him a while, several weeks, and we spent a good portion of every day smoking pot, but finally he got my new climate control system working perfectly. I was genuinely impressed with his work, and started thinking about other HVAC based projects he could help me with. I also put him out on social media, asking friends and relatives if they needed any HVAC work done to send this guy a message. Personally I don’t know the first thing about air conditioners, but now that I have him in my life, I really don’t need to know anything! This guy works for free, and gets me stoned, too.