lizzie, just get a desk grommet to plug the existing hole
and maybe another for the new hole.
What is it with men?
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lizzie, just get a desk grommet to plug the existing hole
and maybe another for the new hole.
i like men bashing. gives me great ammo to bring out all the bewdy lady stories i've got.
but then, that'd just be sexist.
but then, that'd just be sexist.
I'm sorry! I read this and was laughing so much I had tears running down my face. I feel your pain.
Mine put up the gyprock last night and I've now got gyprock dust where I don't want it. He did promise to move everything, or give me notice when he is going to the sanding, so I can move it.
haha - yes - not only did he drill the hole in the wrong place, but didn't bother to close or move my laptop, so it got a keypad full of sawdust - and didn't clean up the sawdust all over the floor etc (although he did leave the dustpan and brush out for me to do so).
it was on the end of one of those weekends which started with me having a painter out to look at the roof (large double story on a windy ridge) and when he was gone hubby declared "mutter mutter" that he'd get up there with a harness and paint it himself. when i politely told him that sometimes it's okay to pay the professionals to do a job and that the money was in the bank, he grumped off declaring that since we have so much money he's off to buy himself a brand new 4wd because his current one has an small oil leak.
didn't see him for an hour when he came back and demanded i come for a test drive with him. hmmm - $3000 for complete engine seals overhaul, $60,000 for new 4wd ... rather set the tone for the rest of the weekend. :rolleyes
What can I say?
Mine talks of new cars. But we still drive out 1998 Toyota Rav 4. I'm guessing we will until it either karks it or it becomes too expensive to bother fixing it.
maybe you ladies are missing the point that many men have - and will always have - the provider mentality.
as in, THEY want to be the one to make the difference, not pay someone else so they don't have to think about it.
i refuse to pay for someone to do something i can very capably do myself. i don't have a mower man, i don't pay people to wash my bins and i don't pay people to do my nails.
i can't cut my hair, so i have to pay someone else for that. i can't weld copper water pipes, so i pay a plumber. i can't grow a lot of food, so i buy most of it.
as in, THEY want to be the one to make the difference, not pay someone else so they don't have to think about it.
i refuse to pay for someone to do something i can very capably do myself. i don't have a mower man, i don't pay people to wash my bins and i don't pay people to do my nails.
i can't cut my hair, so i have to pay someone else for that. i can't weld copper water pipes, so i pay a plumber. i can't grow a lot of food, so i buy most of it.
i totally get that.
but when he is on fly in/fly out to south australia for work, for the next 6 months, and sailing season is coming up ... don't like my chances of getting it done by hubby without major resentment.
no win situation really - cranky because he is and resents it, or cranky because he isn't because he thinks he should be.
ah well - he does has his good point - and enough venting (for now
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Ah, love dating and accountant - I don't think he owns a drill, let alone knows how to use it (Yes, I will be in trouble if he ever comes across this, but so worth it!)
Although mine does talk of new cars, and does go looking for the things, and hopefully will buy a new one, so I can look uber cool in it and can drive his old one until it sells (hopefully! Because i'm still driving a Dihatsu..)
(Yes, I will be in trouble if he ever comes across this, but so worth it!)Although mine does talk of new cars, and does go looking for the things, and hopefully will buy a new one, so I can look uber cool in it and can drive his old one until it sells
(hopefully! Because i'm still driving a Dihatsu..)Agree with everything except this bit. Fifteen years ago I invested $80 in a set of WAHL clippers from a hairdresser supply shop. At an average cost of $15 every six weeks for a visit to a barber over that time, I have saved $2k, post tax. Someone can work out the IRR... along with how much the time is worth that I no longer have to spend in a barber's shop.
Best investment I ever made! Never had to have someone else cut my hair again. The number 2 comb does the trick every time!
Oh and we grow a fair few of our own vegies too. Won't have to buy potatoes for the rest of the year at this rate!
I'll freely admit there is a risk of this propensity going too far...
I love the venting and family interaction on forums like this - it certainly lightens up my day!!
Needless to say I won't be participating in any "mere male" stories (I value my male relationships too much ) but I do think that Aaron's point about that "provider" instinct runs true. My hubby puts it down to caveman times, when the men were the hunters and the women the gatherers! How times have changed in many households
Growing up with three brothers and extremely traditional sexist 1960's parents, my sister and I often received the rough end of the stick doing regular chores like the cooking, washing etc, whilst the boys got away with simpler jobs like putting out the bins and bringing in the milk bottles (whoopee!)
Needless to say I won't be participating in any "mere male" stories (I value my male relationships too much
) but I do think that Aaron's point about that "provider" instinct runs true. My hubby puts it down to caveman times, when the men were the hunters and the women the gatherers! How times have changed in many households Growing up with three brothers and extremely traditional sexist 1960's parents, my sister and I often received the rough end of the stick doing regular chores like the cooking, washing etc, whilst the boys got away with simpler jobs like putting out the bins and bringing in the milk bottles (whoopee!)
I get that too, and Hubby is very good at his handyman stuff. Some things take a little time to get done, but he is very busy. We have nationals coming up, so there is extra training required and he works long hours. We still have a reno of a Granny Flat to finish because he's been too busy to get it done.
BTW, I don't pay people to do my nails either. I prefer the natural look and think that manicures are a complete waste of time and money. I can think of many other places I'd rather put my funds instead of getting my nails done.
Sometimes us women just need to vent a bit. Although we may feel frustrated at times it's not done in malice. Hubby knows this, or I'd be in all sorts of trouble right now (which I'm not, BTW).
I love the venting and family interaction on forums like this - it certainly lightens up my day!!
I agree! It adds a more "human" element to the forum.
Yes, and goodness help the man that dares to 'vent a bit'.
LOL! Hubby does it too, from time to time. It's all good.
another point to consider is that if you expect him to fail, he will meet those expectations.
if you expect him to succeed, then he will always meet those, too.
depends on how you are, is how he will be - men are very simple but i think women do try to overcomplicate things a .... lot.
if you expect him to succeed, then he will always meet those, too.
depends on how you are, is how he will be - men are very simple but i think women do try to overcomplicate things a .... lot.
