Erin Napier and Ben Napier’s secret to their happy marriage is communication, but Erin said they had one tense moment that tested their relationship. Check out the hilarious incident the HGTV star calls “very juicy.”
Erin Napier Recalls Garbage Can Mishap That ‘Tested Our Marriage’
During the July 18 episode of “The Heirloom Podcast,” Erin discussed how her marriage is so solid because she and Ben are good at communicating.
However, things got a little messy — quite literally — when she and Ben tackled taking out a very full garbage can in his shop.
“I have huge news in something that happened in our marriage this week,” Erin teased. “This is very juicy.”
She explained that the garbage can was long overdue to be emptied. “About August was the last time that trash was taken out. And he’s been shoving stuff in it since then,” the “Home Town” star shared.
Erin recalled, “I said, ‘Baby, it’s time. It’s time. Tomorrow’s trash day. The truck’s coming. Let’s do this together.'”
“Our marriage has never been more tested than it was by this thousand-pound trash can,” she said with a laugh.
They worked together to get the overstuffed trash moved, but it was far from an easy task. “It immediately ripped,” Erin said. “He started cussing.”
“I said, ‘Here’s what we got to do. Let’s get more bags,” Erin recalled. “He gets more bags. He’s getting … I’m talking about filth coming out. He’s barehanded. At the bottom, there was lots of liquid.”
Things were getting tense, however, as she joked, “I glared at this man that I love, who is the father of my children. I looked at him with like, hate.”
Erin also admitted that the contents of the can were, in part, wet beach towels she had shoved in it. They moved the contents into four trash bags and then, when pulling out the original trash bag … it gave way. “It ripped. The liquid, whatever it was, came out on the floor,” Erin recalled. “And I said, ‘You have to do better than this.'”
“We got the trash to the road and the trash is gone now … But anyway, what I want you to know is that it tested our marriage for about seven minutes. It was tough,” she said.
Erin called it a “really funky rough moment” when she told her husband, “You have to do better than this,” and then recreated the unhappy look he gave her.
Erin Napier Shared the Key to Her Successful Marriage
Garbage can chaos aside, Erin noted that they really are good at communicating, which she calls the “secret” to their great marriage.
“The reason I think we have a happy marriage with very, very little conflict is that I don’t let myself tell stories about him. I just say it. I say it right to him. ‘Are you doing this? Are you thinking that?’”
She continued, “And he says right back to me what he’s really doing and thinking. We’re together all day, so it’s very easy for us to do that.”
The HGTV star added, “Our communication level cuts out my [negative] creativity in a very good, positive way.”
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Erin Napier Shares Hilarious Incident With Husband Ben That ‘Tested Our Marriage’