D.I.Y. - Page 3

zippyt · 11-19-2006, 02:11 AM

Oh that is SOOOOO easy !!!!!

bluecuracao · 11-19-2006, 02:14 AM

Wha? Pick up stray socks? OK, that's pretty easy, and doesn't make me tired.

Clodfobble · 11-19-2006, 08:21 AM

Well I'll admit it, Bruce--I will loosely hint at girly incompetence if it means my husband will, say, clean the gutters. I do the vast majority of the chores in the house, and though he's in theory willing to do anything I ask him, it is not only more likely to actually get done, but he'll be happier about doing it, if he feels like he's "taking care" of us in a manly way.

Come on, bluec, do you mow the lawn at your house?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-19-2006, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

What are they expected to do??

Everything...cook, clean, shop, laundry, child care, all the things they do while he's watching football/baseball/hockey/NASCAR/Orange County Choppers/etc.

Most of the wives I know, even the "non-working" ones, are busy far into the evening with "women's work". When they occasionally request help on the grounds they don't know how to do something, most often it's because they are just worn out or would like to get to bed before midnight for a change.

Clodfobble · 11-19-2006, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

all the things they do while he's watching football/baseball/hockey/NASCAR/Orange County Choppers/etc.

Don't forget playing videogames!

xoxoxoBruce · 11-19-2006, 11:00 AM

Yeah, well, that's a generational thing....I'm old school.

Aliantha · 11-19-2006, 05:57 PM

Well, quite frankly, I''m having some time off work lately, and as you will probably have noticed, I've got plenty of time for dicking around on this site. My house is definitely clean and tidy. The washing is done. The kids are all sorted and when they come home from school we usually do stuff together (lately that's usually going for a swim).

I believe it's a matter of time management, something some people obviously need some help with.

Aliantha · 11-19-2006, 06:00 PM

What I mean by that is that I don't go along with the argument about it being because women are too tired. I think it's just because they know they can get someone else to do it for them when they could easily do it themselves.

Of course, we all do this from time to time, including me, but I don't do it because I don't have time etc. I do it because it's a job I just don't want to do, and I'm quite happy to admit that. My husband and sons all know it too.

bluecuracao · 11-27-2006, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Come on, bluec, do you mow the lawn at your house?

We don't have a lawn, but if we did, I wouldn't *get to*--he dreams of one day having a "mowrider" (a tricked-out John Deere with flames painted on the sides) which I probably wouldn't be allowed to drive. I'd have to get my own, except that bumper mowriders sounds too scary.

11-19-2006, 02:11 AM	#31
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Oh that is SOOOOO easy !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

11-19-2006, 11:00 AM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, well, that's a generational thing....I'm old school. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-19-2006, 05:57 PM	#37
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well, quite frankly, I''m having some time off work lately, and as you will probably have noticed, I've got plenty of time for dicking around on this site. My house is definitely clean and tidy. The washing is done. The kids are all sorted and when they come home from school we usually do stuff together (lately that's usually going for a swim). I believe it's a matter of time management, something some people obviously need some help with. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-19-2006, 06:00 PM	#38
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What I mean by that is that I don't go along with the argument about it being because women are too tired. I think it's just because they know they can get someone else to do it for them when they could easily do it themselves. Of course, we all do this from time to time, including me, but I don't do it because I don't have time etc. I do it because it's a job I just don't want to do, and I'm quite happy to admit that. My husband and sons all know it too. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-19-2006, 02:14 AM	#32
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Wha? Pick up stray socks? OK, that's pretty easy, and doesn't make me tired.

11-19-2006, 08:21 AM	#33
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well I'll admit it, Bruce--I will loosely hint at girly incompetence if it means my husband will, say, clean the gutters. I do the vast majority of the chores in the house, and though he's in theory willing to do anything I ask him, it is not only more likely to actually get done, but he'll be happier about doing it, if he feels like he's "taking care" of us in a manly way. Come on, bluec, do you mow the lawn at your house?

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