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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 12:47:04 PM | | Why wait for a man to fix your stuff? Do it yourself. I have just about every power tool I'm able to handle, and am extremely handy when it comes to home repair/yard work. I get pissed, when a man thinks he should do something just because he is a man, and I'm a woman. It's insulting to think that just because I don't have a d*ck, that I can't figure out how to use a drill, or, my new toy...a nail gun! I have replaced my single pane windows with double, I have replaced exterior siding, patched the roof, installed a brick patio & retaining wall at my house, and I have replaced the u-joints & drive shaft in my truck. Many home improvement & auto part stores offer classes to women on basic home repair - you should sign up for one! It is amazing the sense of accomplishment after finishing a repair job! | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 1:28:45 PM | Home Cheapo have those DIY clinics all the time. Perfect if you need to get clued up on something like tiling, faux painting effects, wallpapering etc...
& not a bad place to scope out the single women as you walk in the door on a Saturday in search of something to fill that last small space in one of your toolboxes etc... 
All the better if you do know WTF the guy is trying to teach, then you can ask a couple of questions to make him look like an idiot & gain the admiration of a bleacher full of MILFs   | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 1:50:18 PM | Oh my.
You expect a man that you're dating (you don't mention if this is a relationship or simply a few dates...) to come over and hang pictures? Are you that inept?
I'm betting you wouldn't date a guy who expected you to come to his house and do his laundry, dishes and clean his toilets? | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 3:22:38 PM | Let's stop ragging about women not being able to hang a picture as most certainly can. And if the furnace quits or there's a plumbing problem it's easy to know who to call. The problem comes with all the in-between things - like the garbage disposal stops working...or one piece of siding comes loose...or the one mentioned earlier about changing smoke alarm batteries on a 15' cathedral ceiling.
No, you shouldn't expect they guy you're casually dating to do this stuff for ya but I sure wish there were more small, miscellaneous repair guys to call when it's not a major appliance in question. And frankly, a lot of guys don't necessarily know how to do this stuff either -whether it's how boys are raised these days or that we live in a disposable society, these skills are in big demand! And I'd definitely trade a home-made meal for an odd job that took an hour or two to fix. Nothing wrong with the barter system...lol | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 3:39:35 PM | I like fixing things. Truth is, if I have enough time and the right tools I can fix just about anything. However, I don't get into the habit of fixing things for women I don't know very well. Why should I? To much at risk. And the truth is.....a lot of women don't really appreciate it. I also have a truck.......want to know how many women ask me to take something to the dump for them? People will take advantage of you if you aren't careful. I love to fix things for a woman I am seeing.....as long as it's a steady and exclusive relationship. At least then I know I am appreciated.
But no......I won't do it for a woman I hardly know.
I work too hard as it is. When I am just dating someone why would I want to take up my time fixing things in her house? | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 3:44:58 PM | And frankly, a lot of guys don't necessarily know how to do this stuff either -whether it's how boys are raised these days or that we live in a disposable society, these skills are in big demand! And I'd definitely trade a home-made meal for an odd job that took an hour or two to fix. Nothing wrong with the barter system...lol
many simple every day skills passed down from father to son have been lost.....the average family is fatherless.. . and boys don't get to see how things work .. | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 5:04:07 PM | Definitly think your after the wrong guys. There are lots of guys out there that will do small little favors for you, maybe not on this site. as so many guys on here just want sexy...sad yeah, but dont give up on looking! Your true prince charming who will hang a picture for you or kill a spider will come around one day and the wait will so be worth it!!
Good Luck Beauty! | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 5:12:47 PM | This reminds me of a time very early on in a budding relationship with a woman once long ago. I was at her place and she started showing me her wallpaper and criticizing her ex for the lousy job he did of it....
... I got the heck outta Dodge soon after that !!!!
Yikes ! | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 5:42:42 PM | The SIMPLE solution from a single woman who can't fix things around the house by myself. Find a good collegue, neigbour, or a well-established male friend. They can do an outstanding job without any sexual demands, dinners, or other similar things.
In case you do not them that well a gift card is always a good idea at the end. | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 6:32:17 PM | Any reason why at your age you can't hang a picture by yourself? If you need a handyman, hire one. Any adult should be able to do a simple home repair, there are hundreds of websites to give you instructions.
How would you feel if a man asked you out then expected you to do his laundry? | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 6:49:26 PM | Why wait on any guy? Just get in there and learn to do it yourself. Mine may not be hung perfect, or fixed right but I can proudly say I did it myself. I'm the type of person who just hates to ask anyone for anything, or ask for help..I will get in there and tackle it myself.
I totally agree with this statement. I've found that when you start to depend on anyone to fix things around the house or anything else for that matter, sooner or later you're bound to be disappointed. My next door neighbor and his wife have been a godsend to me when I needed their help with fix-it projects, but I've also learned how to do many things myself after being single for 25 years which gives me a great sense of pride.
My next project is knocking out a wall in my apartment over memorial weekend..because I can. (Yeah...we'll see how far my sense of "pride" takes me when my apartment complex charges me for putting up that wall again after I move out.)
OP: You'll be quite amazed at what you can do around the house yourself if you do a little research.. there is no need to depend on anyone really unless you require a specialist for what needs to be fixed.
Sans | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 6:59:26 PM |
How would you feel if a man asked you out then expected you to do his laundry?
^^^^^^^^^^ She should purposely put too much starch in his jockey shorts.....and when he scratches his balls...he will think of her
He probably won't ask her to do his laundry again.....then he won't nail her to the wall...sh*t, stupid keys get stuck....i mean nail her picture to the wall.... | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 7:08:25 PM | Sheesh...
If they balk about fixing something or hanging a pic. Kick them to the curb. They are not gentleman or chivalrous. Plain and simple. And definitely NOT worthy of you or any other female companionship.
When did men, become these metro-sexual wusses???
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 7:23:34 PM | | I am soso as a handyman, but am not a good carpenter or precision remodeler. I do my best. I have built a couple of bookcases for friends on occasion or repaired broken dresser drawers. My ex threw a fit cuz I hired some guy to crawl under our house and hook up a water line for the wash machine. I have arachnophobia and was plain and simply unable to do it. She called me everything but a man. I said "I don't see you doing it." | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/20/2008 7:39:15 PM | It's much easier to purchase a book on How to Fix Simple Things around the house than it is to expect a man you are dating to come into your home and do those things for you. I don't think that is one of the things to expect when you are dating a man.
I would just be glad to have met someone available for dating that I enjoyed being with, w/o expecting him to take care of my household also. Women nowadays do hang their own pictures and even some of us also know how to check our oil and even change a tire. (Not that I dare say I am one of those women that can change a tire .. lol).
I don't think it is as much as your meeting the wrong men as it is your expectations of them. I certainly would not feel comfortable going into a man's home I was dating and doing his laundry. Somethings are meant for us to do for ourselves and not to expect others to do. | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/21/2008 8:57:52 AM | | Wow, I have almost the same problem. Women that come over just wast to mess around and will not do the dishes, vacuum, do my laundry, do windows, and clean and dust. The NERVE of some people! | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/21/2008 9:27:40 AM | MSG 67 Sanderick---------------Now your a REAL MAN!
If a guy I was dating wouldnt do something to help me out-I would def kick him to the curb.
Some of us just cant do some stuff, DIY book or not. I would gladly do some guy's laundry for a favour. I'm the first to admit I'm totally useless trying to fix things, but I can cook some guy a delicious meal for his effort.
It's not a wonder why so many of you on this site will stay 'Single' forever------most of you are very mean spirited people from what I read!
My ex can fix anything and Thank God we are still very good friends. By helping me out he also helps out his child (the money I would've spent to fix something can be spent on on my kid)
Whatever happened to being "nice' to people? | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/21/2008 10:09:17 AM | I'll gladly load the triple a to someone.... and I've driven out to pick people up roadside when it has been possible.
I think that most people are going to help you if you ask... and they're capable of it. Unless you ask something unreasonable.
I someone blamed the way that kids have been raised in the last generation, but I think it goes farther back than that. Someone also blamed absentee fathers, but some of my friend's who had fathers that weren't around picked "fix it" behavior up anyhow. (And many of us who had fathers who were interested didn't learn this sort of thing.)
My old man is a smart man- he knows his limits. Together, when I was a kid, we did some good simple projects. You know.... water seal the fence, dig up the concrete that the stump of the basketball hoop that fell down in in the storm used to stand in, and plenty of amateur plumbing. ("Hey, Marc- take a look at this pipe wrench your grandpa left me! Wouldn't you have loved to see the shoulders on the [Family name] that broke this end off?")
But my father, while he enjoyed work, doesn't seem the have a huge aptitude for more complex jobs. Rather than destroy anything around the house, he would call someone when it was necessary to do anything too complex.
His father certainly did- my grandpa, by all accounts... he died when I was quite young, was a manly man. I love my father's stories about him. He was a devoted garner, did woodworking, and seemed like a handy guy to have around. I still have a foot stool that he made. The cancer, I think it was colon, got him quite young... so get your checks if you're a male in your 50s! (Recently my gram went into a nursing home-- I asked what became of Grandpa's WWII service pistol, and my dad was kind of shocked that she still had that.... he remembered being shown where it was hidden as a teen. "I'm showing you where this is in case you ever becomes necessary. Now, I think the firing pin is damaged... so don't just fire randomly. Be aware that it might blow up on you.'") He was a character... | |
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| Guys who can't or won't fix things around the house
Posted: 5/21/2008 10:18:05 AM | I think it depends. If I have been asking him constantly to do something that he IS able to do and he won't out of whatever his reason is, then yes it's quite annoying.
Just like if someone asked me to do something and I agree and would not do it.
First of all, I would imagine that most men take pride in their home and would want to do stuff to make it nicer. However, finding the time to do all these things is difficult, esp if you have kids.
<div class="quote">Sheesh...
If they balk about fixing something or hanging a pic. Kick them to the curb. They are not gentleman or chivalrous. Plain and simple. And definitely NOT worthy of you or any other female companionship.
When did men, become these metro-sexual wusses???
Interesting, I grew up with handymen and even to this day, my brothers and Dad still help me out with a myriad of things. They cut down a tree this weekend and went fishing after lol. That said, I always end up with "nerds" who are more computer oriented and would hire someone to do that stuff. For me it comes down to laziness. I'm NOT lazy and it is doubtful I'd date someone who was really lazy.
But if I just started dating someone, I won't be calling him over to hang a picture! I'll do it myself. I may ask him if he'd like to do some sanding though lol. | |
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