to have a rant about wussy women?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

It is possible that women in this day and age can:

mow the lawn
have theur very own email address
drive when their hubby [bleurgh] is in the car
fill the car with petrol
sleep in the house without hubby being there.

I know you're ickle and cute and pwecious, but, ffs, man up.

I can do pretty much anything that I chose to, but I enjoy delegating , my weakness is spiders as I am stone cold petrified of them. DH must bring the Shoe of Death (TM) to obliterate them. In his absence, I have phoned my dad.

This is what really grinds my gears though. I work in a shop that sells vair nice dresses. You would not believe the number of women that cannot chose a dress without their OH's approval, or who will bring a dress back because he didn't like it?... I have seen grown women come twirling out of a fitting room, clearly delighted to have some grumpy arse anti-Gok clad head to foot in fucking stone washed denim and Superdry glance up from his I phone and go "nah". Cue woman slinking back to fitting room.

FFS!!!!!!

Yes I agree lesley33 - though I've seen on here before the attitude that women who can't/don't drive must be weak or subservient, dependent on a man, generally pathetic etc. When in fact there are all kinds of reasons, including health issues, why someone (woman or man) might be unable to drive, sometimes there are personal preferences not to, sometimes it's just not necessary and it's cheaper or more practical to walk and use public transport.

And the same people rarely have anything so say about men who can't/don't drive. Just think we need to be careful not to hold women to a double-standard here!

My DH does what I ask him to do, which are the things I don't like, like washing up, putting the bins out and mowing the lawn. I don't flutter at him, I just ask if he'll do it.

Oh.

To the SnippyOnes.

Man up was a careful selected term used in an ironic fashion to be juxtaposed with the nuances of the OP.

Ok?

Delighted by the dress obvs, not by anti-Gok!

I am the one in the household who can drive. Do I get concession on the mowing the lawn bit since we don't have one. I could if we did.

I had to learn to do "blokey" things because I was a single parent, so I'm a whiz at plumbing in a washing machine and changing wheels on cars. My female cousins were aghast (but impressed) when I changed a wheel when eight months pregnant. I was more annoyed at the five blokes who stood and watched me through the window of their plant hire firm, while I changed the wheel in the pissing rain, and didn't offer to help a hugely pregnant woman with the task. I was very pleased when I managed to do it in record time and then marched in there to use their Swarfega!

at shit a kitten, that's my new favourite phrase!

Woh. I actually cant put things up on the top shelf of our kitchen and DP is more than a foot taller than me so he has to grab my stuff down. Kitchen is too small for a stool so I would be climbing on the worktops (which I do when he's not here)

That's not wussy. That's just the deal when a giant marries a midget.

TBH Ephiny I do a bit of a double take about anyone who can't drive - man or woman. Not because I think they are pathetic particularly, just because I can't imagine not being able to iykwim

Chaos - Okay didn't realise you wre being ironic with "man up".

I can do all of those things but chose not to mow the lawn. I do get a bit girly and wussy about anything to do with the car though. If the car needs to go to the garage, I have been known to simper in a ridiculous manner to DH

I am with you and not with you.

I absolutely refuse to be told by my mother that I cannot travel alone late at night/walk home from the bus stop at night etc, nor that I cannot go on holiday to Greece alone because of the dangerous rapey men. I will sleep alone with one eye open when DH is away.

However, I am really shit at mowing the lawn. I almost tunnelled through to Australia the last time I did it. Lawns are man's work in this house.

Oooo it annoys me when women simper.

You CAN do it yourself, it may be scary, but do it once and you're set to do it time and time again!

I do all of those

I usually get DH to close the kitchen window, not because he's a man but because he is inches taller. Saves me going to get the steps so I can reach the safety catch to release it. I'm a shortarse.

Chaos, OK, didn't realise you were being ironic. Still hate the phrase, though. From one of the Snippy Ones .

At the moment I need a man (or strong woman) to mow the lawn as I can't start the bloody mower after the winter.

I am definitely wussy when it comes to driving. I passed my test in July at 31 but I don't have my own car so really only drive once a week when DH is off.
I hate most aspects of driving so if DH will do it then I'm pleased!
Currently pregnant so getting used to driving DH a bit more!

We're aiming to get me a car for the Summer and come Sept DS1 will go to school and DC3 will arrive and I'll hopefully be more confident and competent.

I find it hard being rubbish at something and having no confidence, but there it is!

Neither of us drive, no need to.
I am chief DIY'er and navigator as DP is hopeless.
DP does anything involving heights because I have balance problems and fall down often enough with my feet on the floor.
Lawn mowing delegated to chickens.

Soupy have you primed the nipple?

I am just a tadge tetcchy, alopogies.

Had Starbucks with a pwincess this morning.

I always get confused by gender divisions of housework. Having been brought up by a single parent, I assume women and children do everything.

For example why is taking the bins out sometimes thought to be a "male job"? Is the assumption that men can only handle the easy jobs that are practically impossible to mess up?

I am a lesbian with many friendsw ho are in lesbian coupkes. For obvious reasons none of them are like that. But there is obviously a difference where someone is stronger or taller and is therefore naturally better at some things than others. There are things I physically struggle to do because I am short and not very strong.

And obviously it is silly to risk injury or to struggle on trying to do something that you are not strong enough to do safely. But IME the issue is more usually confidence than anything else. The more you do something, the easier it gets.

Did she manage to hold a gweat big cup of coffee in her own teeensy ickle hands, Chaos ?

Oh yes. And you know what else I hate? When women who judge other women on nothing more than making different decisions.