Simple things that men are unable to do!

Mine is very adept at claiming he is no good at something...

With all due respect, this makes me so cross.
My DH absolutely did not have the sort of shortcomings OP itemises, but to extrapolate from her personal experience that men are unable to do these is not light hearted banter but every bit as sexist as those dinosaurs who tell us not to “worry our pretty little heads” or claim women can’t parallel park or insist that only they can put up a shelf straight.
What century are we in for heavens sake?

My DH, sadly now deceased, was just like yours Quizzer. If I was looking for a screwdriver, I had to look at the last job he had tackled and find an assortment of tools. I always had my own personal tool box!

Im sure there are many things that many men are able to do, such as:

Hanging up clothes as opposed to dropping them on the floor
Taking their fair share of parenting/childcare duties
Shopping
Cooking
Generally tidying up
Life admin/keeping track of bills
And so on

Yet if the majority of the women on Mumsnet are to be believed men routinely avoid these tasks and duties by being (or appearing to be) useless at them. Or by "faffing about" in the shed/garage/bathroom to make time pass.

Foxygloves

With all due respect, this makes me so cross.
My DH absolutely did not have the sort of shortcomings OP itemises, but to extrapolate from her personal experience that men are unable to do these is not light hearted banter but every bit as sexist as those dinosaurs who tell us not to “worry our pretty little heads” or claim women can’t parallel park or insist that only they can put up a shelf straight.
What century are we in for heavens sake?

Very well said Foxygloves, this type of thing has to stop, maybe change it to things some adults cannot do.

Thank you 'foxygloves'. As a grandfather I recognise the stereotype but do not conform to it, neither do any of my male friends. Never had a shed or a garage either.

I couldn't work DH's iPhone at all until I got one of my own several years later and found out how to do it

Foxygloves

With all due respect, this makes me so cross.
My DH absolutely did not have the sort of shortcomings OP itemises, but to extrapolate from her personal experience that men are unable to do these is not light hearted banter but every bit as sexist as those dinosaurs who tell us not to “worry our pretty little heads” or claim women can’t parallel park or insist that only they can put up a shelf straight.
What century are we in for heavens sake?

👏👏👏

Foxygloves

With all due respect, this makes me so cross.
My DH absolutely did not have the sort of shortcomings OP itemises, but to extrapolate from her personal experience that men are unable to do these is not light hearted banter but every bit as sexist as those dinosaurs who tell us not to “worry our pretty little heads” or claim women can’t parallel park or insist that only they can put up a shelf straight.
What century are we in for heavens sake?

Absolutely agree!

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Feigning incompetence is the best way to get away with murder

Match it with gender roles and proper genitalia - bingo!

Seriously? Have we all completely lost our sense of humour? Can we really not have any light hearted banter between the sexes any more?
I can parallel park, I've never tried to put up a shelf, and if someone wants to joke about it, it's fine by me, I give as good as I get. Are we all turning into a nation of easily offended snowflakes?

Sorry, that was directed to Foxygloves, not the OP.

Opal

Seriously? Have we all completely lost our sense of humour? Can we really not have any light hearted banter between the sexes any more?
I can parallel park, I've never tried to put up a shelf, and if someone wants to joke about it, it's fine by me, I give as good as I get. Are we all turning into a nation of easily offended snowflakes?

Being divorced I have learn't /forced myself to DIY jobs I'd rather not. I still do them badly.

biglouis

Im sure there are many things that many men are able to do, such as:

Hanging up clothes as opposed to dropping them on the floor
Taking their fair share of parenting/childcare duties
Shopping
Cooking
Generally tidying up
Life admin/keeping track of bills
And so on

Yet if the majority of the women on Mumsnet are to be believed men routinely avoid these tasks and duties by being (or appearing to be) useless at them. Or by "faffing about" in the shed/garage/bathroom to make time pass.

Let's face it: men should be able to do all these things, but most either can't or won't.

In much the same way, as women should be able to hang up shelves, cut hedges, chop firewood, repair brakes on bikes and punctures, but many of us do not do so.

For both sexes probably because like me these people are wise enough to realise that if they once admit to being able to do tasks their spouse routinely attends to, he or she will stop doing it on the grounds that "you turned out to be so good at it" and it will ever after be added to our work load.

This is not sexist behaviour, it is a statement of fact.

As is the fact that a man who is ill makes a far greater fuss about it than any woman ever did, or ever will.

My DH suffers from the same inabilities as the OP describes.

On the other hand he does nearly all the food prep (it's wonderful to just be able to cook the prepared food) and the washing up.

Men and women are wired differently and that's a good thing, because we complement each other.

Foxygloves

With all due respect, this makes me so cross.
My DH absolutely did not have the sort of shortcomings OP itemises, but to extrapolate from her personal experience that men are unable to do these is not light hearted banter but every bit as sexist as those dinosaurs who tell us not to “worry our pretty little heads” or claim women can’t parallel park or insist that only they can put up a shelf straight.
What century are we in for heavens sake?

Here hear 👏👏
I live with someone who can go from showing me how to fix a complicated sewing pattern to putting a new/ different engine in his classic car. And he does all the cooking and food shopping.

Another thank you to Foxgloves. We really must stop dividing the world into women's this and men's that.

Foxygloves

With all due respect, this makes me so cross.
My DH absolutely did not have the sort of shortcomings OP itemises, but to extrapolate from her personal experience that men are unable to do these is not light hearted banter but every bit as sexist as those dinosaurs who tell us not to “worry our pretty little heads” or claim women can’t parallel park or insist that only they can put up a shelf straight.
What century are we in for heavens sake?

Absolutely agree Foxygloves misogyny is heavily criticised so why not misandry. My shortcomings far outweigh those of my husband but he is amazingly tolerant.

I dont feel bad if I am unable to change a tyre for example as long as I have the ability to earn money to pay someone who can. I dont actually think it's necessary to be able to do everything in order to get through life.

True, Galaxy but we don't need to be dismissive of husbands and partners.

I can do things with ease that my husband finds tricky and vice-versa but they are not "gender-defined" things and I would only have "fun" with my failings (and his) with my husband (and maybe very close family).

I'm with Foxygloves on this one.

I read the OP as a bit of light hearted fun. Oh well. I’d bet you’re wishing you hadn’t bothered Quizzer.

Ah well if we live on our own we have to do them all although I must admit I often shred my clothes onto the floor at night if I m not wearing good stuff So must be a man then by OP s rating 🤣🤣🤣

I was about to list all the 'failings' of my DH but I won't now! 😂

I'm sure he has a list for me too (although obviously not as long...!!)