[Rookie13]

Well I for one thank god someone is showing/training us men, albeit commercials etc, after we have been ditched by our 'maid'..lol

Maybe, just maybe...some advertising company has 'noticed' the divorce rate and realizes...men need help/training in these area's...

Now if only they can train/show the women plumbing who have been ditched by their 'handyman'....

And BTW..Towels are the easiest ones...You'd think they'd show shirts or something!! 

[stayed]

No problem Rookie, several of the ladies had plumbing problems and thank God for You Tube...   FIXED!  For the record, I helped shingle my parents house and garage!

Hugs Stayed

[Dji76]

Agree media portrays men poorly, have been going on for decades. Thing is, I don't know any men that are actually helpless or buffoons like Homer Simpson. So who cares?? Let ignorant people buy into that crap. Yeah I get it... Mass media brainwashing. Raise your kids to know better and be the best man you can be. F--- the images portrayed on TV. Or look at the flip side... Even an idiot like Peter from family guy has a hot wife who holds it down for the family like our wives couldn't do lol.

[Rookie13]

That's funny Dj! 

And that is great Stayed on the shingling! The way I fold sheets is to roll it in a ball and stuff it in the closet! 

Not helping the 'cause' here am I.. lol

[Thunder]

LOL, Rookie!

At least their in the closet, right?   

[bookwrmmom]

Yes I agree with Stayed, thank God for Youtube! I have replaced the power cord on my electric stove when I moved into an older home and the plug was different. I have thawed frozen pipes (which I never had a problem with before-but this has been an unusual winter) successfully without them bursting. I can also use a drill to hang things myself, and these are just a few things to list. Now with that being said I was used to my MLCer traveling for work, so I HAD to be self sufficient (I was before I met him). A hurricane coming through, no problem Book can handle it. The only thing I need is someone to prime and start the generator for the first time because I could pull that d@mn thing until next week and it will not start. I just do not have the upper body strength for it.

I am one of the wives that did everything for my H, but it was not because he didn't have the intelligence to do it himself. It was more about the way I was raised. I watched my mother and grandmother before me do the things I did. I fixed my man's dinner plate, and took it up when he was done. He only had to do his own laundry if he was gone longer then his supply lasted. Otherwise all the household duties I did. H was always perfectly capable, but worked many more hours then me so I took care of it. Now when or if he comes home, there will be some things he will tend to himself. I now know that I created my own situation of feeling under appreciated. However it was started and continued out of love.

[MeNow]

The one that KILLS me the most, is the 2 kids, dog and Dad, watching mom put a new roll of toilet paper on the toilet paper holder.  I almost threw a rock through my the TV when I saw that.  Although, I must admit, if my h used the last piece of toilet paper the man would most likely NOT put a new one on the holder.  Not joking about this.  It wasn't that he didn't know how to do it, it was that he couldn't be bothered.

That's why I was always a gentleman and left at least one sheet for the next person.

[Rookie13]

Lol MeNow, your not helping the cause either! 

I hear you Book! another area I also over compensated on..duties around the house! Ex worked nights so I had LOTS to do concerning the kids/house after coming home from work...I swear I'd go to bed leaving things 'tidy' just to come home from work the next day and see "space I cleared off/put away" had "stuff that didn't belong there" in it's place daily! ( ex seemed to LOVE clutter!  )

At least I can find scissors, tape, pens, pencils, important papers and even my own clothes now! 

[bookwrmmom]

Rookie,
Since D18 still lives at home I still have to search for these items at times. H didn't make a huge mess as he was gone so often. However his "hunting room" with all his gear always looked like a bomb drop, and it p!ssed me off when he shaved and those little hairs where not completely cleaned up (he did a hit & miss job).

[Rookie13]

Yea, kids will always be "part of the house hunting" problem'..I'll tell ya though, doing the same routine daily did prompted a few..."what the hell did you do all day' out of me..

Hey Thunder, How the hell you get those circled corners with 'elastics' on the sheets to 'match up' and folded into some sort of small neat square will always be beyond me!  ...They look just fine in a ball in the closet to me...