I just read and article on things men shouldn’t say or do. Wow. A few things were like ya we know but were men so get used to it. Some of the things were just like omg stop crying about it. One of the things was don’t buy a woman appliances as gifts, would you like if we bought snow tires for you. I say hell ya.
You never see a man complain about getting tools do you, even though it means finishing that project we started ages ago, we don’t go aww honey but i really wanted home decore instead. Hell no we don’t, you could get us floor mats for our truck, tools, tires, a shovel and spade and we won’t complain about it, shit we will be enthused to use it ( for a few days).
Another comment was about how we like to be rewarded for doing a few dishes and some laundry now and again, the women were like we do it all day everyday. Don’t get me wrong its a sucky job, but hey I don’t see my wife outside when its 10 below 0 in overalls for 3 hours shoveling out the driveway so she can get to the store. She can’t even keep track of when the last time she had the oil changed in her car. Shit once she drove around on a flat tire for 2 days and i mean flat and didn’t even know it till I saw it and of course who had to give up their truck so they could jack up the car take off the tire get it repaired and put it back on.
Change the oil, fix the broken appliances, replace the light bulbs, clean the lint from the dryer so it doesnt catch fire (and i mean take it apart and clean it), take out the trash, mow the lawn, clear the weeds, build that new fence, and deck, and deck chairs, pull up the toilet and replace it when its leaking, put new flooring in, shovel the driveway, put up plastic on the windows in the winter, and then listen to the bitchen about how hard it is to take clothes from a washer move 1 foot and put then in a dryer and push the button, or load dishes into a machine and push the button.
I know women think men just sit around, but I am sure any single woman out there would agree there are just some jobs around the house that are nice to have a man around to do because they require power tools, ladders, dirty shit work, in the blowing cold or the blistering heat we are there to do them.
What gets me even more is women think just because all these jobs we do aren’t required every day that they are not worth the praise. If you expect your man to maintain your vehicle, mow the lawn, fix anything that breaks, put up the christmas lights and tree, paint the house, build the deck and fence, and then have to come in and do laundry so that it seems even then boo hoo to you.
Besides I bet you $100 only about 10% of that laundry is mine becaue I dont even own enough clothes to fill a dryer 5 days a week. My wife will change clothes at least twice a day, shit I can wear the same pair of jeans 2 days in a row.
Now I am not saying women don’t work hard, taking care of kids can be frustraiting and exhausting, I mean my wife can do it while watching her daily soaps so I know its hard work but don’t be snide just because we don’t sit in the house all day cooking and cleaning, we do our fair share of crappy jobs around the house, it may not be everyday but usually when shit hits the fan we show up with a shovel to clean it up and its always a messy job.
Gregg.