Simple things that men are unable to do!

This has really made me chuckle! I can relate to all of the above, also the inability to pick up a wet towel from the floor, and hang it on the towel rail. Nope, just can't do it.

Marg75

It's outrageous how some people have answered quizzer, for goodness sake it's s jokey question, it's age old, a bit of fun!!!

There are many things that are age old (like racism, misogyny, etc) but it doesn't necessarily make it right. If you feel this thread is wrong, there is nothing in the rules that says you can't disagree with it and if you don't, just join in.

My husband is a professional man, responsible for the lives of many thousands of people in his working life but he cannot multitask, if I ask him something or remark on something when he is emptying the dishwasher, he literally cannot answer me. Saying this does not make me misogynistic, it's just a fact!

I really don't think Quizzer was being sexist at all, it's just light hearted banter. People are too sensitive these days, another sorry sign of the times we are living in.

No doubt You are not as inadequate as Your Husband Quizzer…Heaven forbid 😜

if there is a negative response to a starter thread people seem to pile in and put it down unfortunately.

I’m with opal I saw op post as light hearted banter. We really do need to lighten up.

I must be in the minority as my husband seems to think he can do everything better than I can and even tries to give me advice on my own profession

JaneJudge

I must be in the minority as my husband seems to think he can do everything better than I can and even tries to give me advice on my own profession

Now, I think that’s an interesting - and funny - comment. But someone, in a certain frame of mind, could tell you to LTB / that you deserve better / or that that’s really sexist and you shouldn’t make disparaging remarks about your partner…….

Definitely intended to be a lighthearted thread - has certainly put me off starting one incase I get my wording wrong !

lemsip

if there is a negative response to a starter thread people seem to pile in and put it down unfortunately.

Sadly this is often the case. I usually wait a bit before posting to get the feel of a thread that has got off to a bad start.

I’m guilty, if that’s the right word, of writing jokey posts about DH and his sometimes quirky behaviour in the early days of Gransnet but I stopped as soon as he became ill even though he never lost his sense of humour. I didn’t include all or other men in my comments though.

I've just mentioned this to DH and asked what he thought?
He laughed and said some men are just gormless his word not mine. A relation of his made a hut for a ferret and forgot to put a door on it the same person not his father put shelves up in the kitchen for his wife to display plates, when she put them up they all rolled off the end and smashed he had not used a spirit level.
He then said some men are gormless on purpose naming a friend who when asked by his wife to do a bit of shopping bought lard instead of butter saying they were all fat and knowing after a few times she would stop asking him.
He didn't find it the least bit sexist and said he was probably down for Christmas cards.

StacyAnna

JaneJudge

I must be in the minority as my husband seems to think he can do everything better than I can and even tries to give me advice on my own profession

Now, I think that’s an interesting - and funny - comment. But someone, in a certain frame of mind, could tell you to LTB / that you deserve better / or that that’s really sexist and you shouldn’t make disparaging remarks about your partner…….

he has his good points and I am sure I am annoying as well....

What the heck is LTB?
Him indoors, like I've said, when it comes to things like putting the inner roles in the bin, which is literally within reach, will stretch up to the windowsill baskets and put them in there. It's illogical in my mind, but he still does it!
He'll cook a lovely meal, and leave the kitchen looking like a 💣 hit it!
Tea towels were disappearing, I could not work out where on earth they were going to,until I saw him sat on the sofa one evening, during cooking, tea towel in hand, that arm stretched across the back of the sofa and then not even 10 minutes later he had a fresh one out. I pulled the sofa out and there were my tea towels and a couple of t-shirts he claimed had disappeared!!
Now, whenever anything goes missing I say, "Check behind the sofa!" 🤣
He drives me nuts, but I wouldn't swap him for the world!!

I picked LTB up from mumsnet - if a poster there says ‘my DH has failed to do the washing up’ or ‘my partner has cheated on me’ - they frequently say LTB (Leave the B……)

Honestly what a lot of sexist nonsense. Men aren't the only people capable of dealing with spiders, many of us have done it since we were little. Urged on by a company of strong women who told us "If you want to live and thrive let a spider run alive" whilst we tipped them out into the garden.
Men can cook, men can sew, men can iron.
Women can use saws, women can fix things, women can put up shelves.
Some people are better with their hands than others but there is absolutely no delineation on the grounds of sex.
One of the things one of my DSs admired about his partner was the fact that she owned and used more power tools than he did. And he's a great cook, makes fantastic cakes.

is gransnet dying? not many new threads starting up lately so ones that have been up for a few days and have several pages are being found and then the thread becomes repetitive. all having been said already!

But men and women are wired differently aren’t they? I attempted to bring up my son and daughter in exactly the same way but they just seemed to follow male female stereotypes. My son would try to dismantle his pushchair. Sticks became guns even though guns were banned in our house.He was obsessed with robots. My grandchildren are following the same pattern, too.

Glorianny

Honestly what a lot of sexist nonsense. Men aren't the only people capable of dealing with spiders, many of us have done it since we were little. Urged on by a company of strong women who told us "If you want to live and thrive let a spider run alive" whilst we tipped them out into the garden.
Men can cook, men can sew, men can iron.
Women can use saws, women can fix things, women can put up shelves.
Some people are better with their hands than others but there is absolutely no delineation on the grounds of sex.
One of the things one of my DSs admired about his partner was the fact that she owned and used more power tools than he did. And he's a great cook, makes fantastic cakes.

Indeed men aren't the only sex to deal with spiders. My daughter had to rescue me one morning on the way to work. Her boss fell about with her excuse for being late. However, as my husband lives with me and is usually around he has become my knight in shining armour. I am phobic enough that it causes a physical reaction and although I have tried to overcome it, I can't.

No, men and women are not wired differently

Men aren't the only people capable of dealing with spiders, many of us have done it since we were little. Urged on by a company of strong women who told us "If you want to live and thrive let a spider run alive" whilst we tipped them out into the garden.
Where, unfortunately, it may not survive!

I've been nurturing one which lives in the bathroom but it hasn't been out to see me for a few nights now, so I fear the worst.
Although it could have found a cosier spot now the weather is getting cooler.

Hithere

No, men and women are not wired differently

They do, however, tend to have more muscle mass and to be stronger due to testerone levels so are more capable of taking out the bins, especially the garden waste bin and the waste glass.

Calliste

Please tell me that was a joke

I'm not a neurologist but I do think there are differences between male and female brains.

loopyloo

I'm not a neurologist but I do think there are differences between male and female brains.

Without a doubt 😄

If we are wired the same why do women have 2X chromosomes and males have 1Y and 1 X.