I am in construction. I know enough to know that there are things that I know how to do and things that I don’t know how to do.
My wife, however, does not make that distinction.
I’ve roofed, fixed bullet holes in my walls (don’t ask) fixed plumbing (temporarily) and fixed cars, lawn mowers, kids, TV’s and you name it. Now, I just look at it when the old lady gets hysterical and say “ Fix it yourself, buy a new one or call somebody.”
I’m amazed at how women have just assigned me a journeyman level job.
For instance a high income female friend that asked me to repair her washing machine the way I would ask her to make me a sandwich, I told her that I had never even owned one, how in the devil would I know what to do, or even what is wrong.
Anyway, after I made her buy me a book on fixing them, I eventually ordered parts and repaired it somehow, but why? And why do some women think we can fix everything, to this day I have no idea where that assumption about washing machines came from.
That’s me. I think Mr. GG2 can fix anything and he almost can. Every now and then he takes a pass though. LOL!
“My wife, however, does not make that distinction.”
I am not in construction. However, I do home repairs myself.
Apparently, our wives are sisters! ;-)
“My wife, however, does not make that distinction.”
BOL!
After 5+ decades of my wife putting up with me, she learned the following:
I don’t: crawl under the house, go on the roof or higher than a two step stool, (her rules), do plumbing except to minimally fix toilets and no electrical jobs besides changing bulbs and minimal switch replacement, painting anything bigger than a few square inches. We have had the same yard guy for close to 3 decades.
If we need a repair or maintenance guy, I pay for that.
If she wants to do something different, usually decorative, she pays for that.
Same thing here; master plumber by trade, spent 32 years as a supervisor of all trades (elec, hvac, carp, electronics, locks, masonary, etc) you get the picture.
You have a tendency to pick up a little bit in every trade, but you sure don’t turn into an expert in any except your own.
But my ever-loving wife seems to believe entirely differently; whatever it is, if it’s broke I can fix it.
I keep telling her otherwise but when push comes to shove I still have to punt before calling in somebody who really does know how to fix it.
She also does not take into account that I am several years retired (and not as flexible as I used to be) and not up on all the changes in code or new materials and methods.