Men- UGH! (who aren't generally mechanically inclined)

Hi Sylvie, I can do most things myself too, and can usually tell Shrek what's up if I van't of course he invalidates me until he finds out for himself and then adds a bit so I'm not as good as him, lol. I put it down to a builder/man thing, but at least when I'm fixing I don't have to tell everyone about it. Our lounge surround sound isn't working and hasn't been since before christmas, I've checked all the connections so there must be a break in the wire and only one speaker is annoying when you watch a film so it's not been on, of course he will get around to it, but when it's him that moans in the meantime, I can't listen to my stereo with just the one speaker but as he's out it can wait, men-uurgh!

hey there your post made me giggle hehe! well my partner thinks he honestly knows EVERYTHING! and how to fix the lot! he is as dumb as a plank of wood! i say to him ooh lets take the laptop to the shop and get it upgraded to make it a bigger memory and he goes NO I KNOW HOW TO DO IT, so i says okay then so he went out to town and bought a usb cable and says that makes the ram bigger haha! he soon was in for a shock when he found out it didn't do what he wanted it to do and he lost £10 too because there's no refunds on it, he sure isn't impressed now! =)

It is something to do with their egos. It's a man thing. Did you ever notice that if you go out somewhere, and get lost, he will not stop off to ask for help. He will keep on trying to get back on coarse?

Hi, I'm a mere male, and would like to point out something that I see a lot and wish I could do. Men are basically one thing at a time, one track minds. If you're hubby is writing a letter to someone, and you yell out, 'Do you want a coffee?' guaranteed, he will have written down coffee in his letter and then banged his head on the desk, ha ha. Women can do multiple tasks concurrently or at the same time. For example, talk to someone on the phone, while listening to someone standing next to them, while watching the kids, while writing out a list of to do's, etc. So, have pity on us poor incapables, and just let us think we are useful. :-) At some things anyway. K.

LOL.. this is great! I hear you loud and clear- I say something is broken or wrong-- tell him what it is and expect him to fix it- Most of the time he is like -- yeah right-- but then he looks and fixes it- I'm pretty lucky and my sig. other is very handy! A mason and carpenter by trade.. So he does the fix me ups around the house- thanfully he knows enough for the wiring- and calls for help! But I agree-- I do know what I'm talking about too! So listen to me!

I can so relate to that. When I offer my opinion or question why he does things a certain way I get the attitude. I have stopped even bothering. I also run into the "him getting around to it" I still have trim off doors from projects that were started months ago - but if I dared to do it myself - I would get an earfull! Ahhhhh Men......

ohh yess! its is such a guy thing! lol! They think because they can fix a few things..like a car,or a bike..that they can fix everything else..my ex thought that,,we had a leaky faucet once and he decided he was a plumber..next thing i know we have all this water gushing out of the pipe..helloo!! i dont know plumbing but i sure as hell know that you shut it off when you work on pipes,then there was the time the dishwasher would make this loud sound..,and he decided to tear the dang thing apart!! and then forgot how to put it back together again! and instead of calling someone to fix it..ohh noo! that would kill his manly pride he spent money we didnt have to buy another one..I was soooo ticked off! why? oh why? do they think they are fix it gods when they have no freakin idea what they are doing??! aarghhh!! lol!

oh yes it all sounds familiar, I have seen it all before but there is two ways of looking at this, be thankfulat least he has a go, maybe he should listen to you more but I for one have to pay for every little thing I need done in my house, , you are lucky.

Holy Cow..! It happens to me all the time. I'll mention something to my husband and he'll say that I'm imagining it or that I don't know what I'm talking about. I was raised by a single mother and we had to learn together on how things work and when they didn't how to realize it and even fix them at times. Usually a month later, even less than that at times, my husband will say something like, "Hmmm...there's something wrong with that." And at times (not very often), he'll even admit that I was right about the situation. I just can't understand some men..!

Not all men are like your husband, it varies, but i would like to inform you that my wife is happy with since she really can depend on me on everthing, im not pulling my leg here but i am jack of all trades master of none lol..