When i was a kid my Dad always encouraged me to be fairly self sufficient because he wouldn't always be around, and there might not always be another man to take care of things for me. Through the course of my life, I've been grateful for his lessons because there have been many long years where i've had to do stuff myself, and now I've married a man who is pretty much a disaster as far as anything to do with tools goes. He's a wonderful husband though, so I'm not complaining, and if I can do most of the stuff that needs doing, then it doesn't matter anyway.
