My dad's 'fix it with a hammer' advice lasted 20 minutes before I called a pro

Last month my basement sump pump started screaming at 3am, and after an hour of whacking it like my old man suggested, I realized I'm 34 and should just pay the $250 plumber fee, has anyone else hit that point where you finally stop trying to be your dad?

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averywright10d ago

Man, my dad once told me to fix a rattling dryer by kicking it at a specific angle, which worked for like a week until I kicked it through the wall. The plumber that came out laughed for a solid minute when I told him the backstory, then charged me double for the wall patch too. Honestly, that moment when your grown-up brain overrides the voice of your childhood hero and you just wave the white flag is a beautiful, expensive kind of freedom. I'm just glad my version of 'giving up' costs less than my dad's version of 'trying harder' did, which was usually a new tool set and three weekends of extra cussing.