“”My wife has this amazing power such that when she is finished using any tool, all she has to do is open her hand and that tool CEASES TO EXIST.””
THAT is funny...clever!
Touching my husband’s tools was a NO NO - if they were, they better be back where he put them the next time he reached for them....He’s no longer with us and I’d even welcome back those days of him fussing and fuming over whatever!!!
Sorry for your loss. There’s actually not that much friction between my wife and me regarding tools. She has her own set of tools for making things out of pallet wood, though she doesn’t like to run the table saw, so I do that. If she uses any of my tools, I just make sure I get them back later.
We have now been together for over 45 years and not once have I ever told my wife not to touch my tools. She would always ask before using and I never got her to stop that either. I figured since we were married they basically were ours. She knew about taking care of them so I never worried.
Over the past couple decades she decided to start collecting her own tools as she always felt bad about using mine, so she now has a nice collection of tools and, don't tell her, but she is getting a large, purple, roll-away tool cabinet from Santa.