To find this alarmingly sexy?

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I am a 41-year old feminist who's done all the reading about socialisation and gender stereotyping and yadda yadda yadda. DH put a magnetic knife strip up in the kitchen yesterday and was looking all solid and competent whilst wielding a drill and wearing a jumper. I was overcome by a desire to shag him.*

I'm hormonal and it had been a while, so I'm hoping that that was what was behind it, rather than me contemplating a future where I am turned on by the sight of fortysomething men engaged in minor acts of DIY. Saying that, I've asked him to think about putting up some shelves

*Unfortunately we have friends, and they were on their way.

outabout it was all going so well. Toolbelt, digging big holes, woodwork (so presumably lot of sawing), brickwork, Power tools.

Then, she came in from work and helped whip up another batch of concrete??????? What???
No, no, no! She should have come in from work and made you a nice builders brew then you should have saved your "best sawing" while she sits , watching you and sipping her tea.

Keep in mind for next time!

Yanbu

I came into the kitchen on Saturday to find my bespectacled, nerdy DP under the kitchen sink tightening something or other to stop the tap wobbling. And then when he stood up, he flipped the ratchet in the air and caught it.

It made me all flustered and confused.

And he's just got his licence and has a nice shiny company car and when he drives me anywhere in it...😳 I'm so glad other people have verbalised the sexy forearms thing and how sexy arm behind the passenger seat reversing is.

Someone linked to the the jack Russel thread, please

If you mean DC to school and back, food shopping, washing put in/out, tea at least prepared, some 'admin' done, yes these happened too, not necessarily half though.
I don't plan on repeating it so I do the repairs, shopping, washing, admin etc for myself, it's not difficult.

Snowmagedon No, it would ruin the perfect thread.

Only a bit of banter outabout !
And never say never again.
With all your competence and skills it would be a crime and a waste!

crying with laughter Mrs hathaway. The mention of the short sleeve shirt did that to me as well.

Huge difference between short sleeve and dolled up sleeve.

why is it that upstart?

What was it about the use of a cement mixer that attracted you to MRS X?

Oh dear. DH is shit at DIY. I find watching him do attempt it tedious and annoying. I end up getting all arsey, snatch whatever tool he's uselessly wielding off him and finish it off myself. I hope this is not an analogy for our love life....

However he is in a band and I lurve watching him play guitar especially if it's bare forearm playing......yaaaaassssssss......

Pmsl at Gudgyx. Have you seen him forcing on an airline? Watched his forearms bulge as he pulls back the locking collar? Yeah, likethat.

/Runs away.

For some reason this has reminded me of those Diet Coke adverts.

When I can distract myself away from the DIY mess that is left behind (bloody sawdust gets everywhere), yes, it is quite sexy seeing a man wielding a large tool and using it very competently.

@charolais .....are you really Pioneer woman?? PM me! :o

i don't get the tool wielding thing....dh is a bit hopeless at DIY, but when he's in charge of his motorbike and leather jacket and takes off his helmet with one hand./....

YUM!

DH and I used to belong to the same club, and if the weather was fit we'd go there on his motorbike. It was great watching him standing there casually with one elbow propped on the windowsill, bulging softly in his leathers, while all the other women members came over all silly near him, and I stood there thinking, "That's mine, that is."

If he's digging in the garden or doing something else that requires a lot of forearm/upper arm/shoulder action, I have been known to demand that he removes his shirt so I can stand there and drool...

I absolutely love it when DH wears his DIY gear.... sigh.

YANBU.

Snowmagedon . The links on the 2nd page. Why not actually read more than the opening? Y’know, for progression?

I feel like this about my dw !! (Same sex couple) She can handle a power tool or 2 which i find very sexy.

Haud mentioned tree surgeons. OH yes. There’s a special place for them. All chainsaws and straps and lumberjack shirts- they all look great up a tree!

Not so good when they’re sipping brews and arguing about who drank their sugary one by accident.

My DP has a managerial job but sometimes has to wear high-vis with a clipboard. (He has his own hard hat).
Come the weekend he's always pottering and fixing things.
He's from Cornwall so can reverse down a country lane better than anyone I've seen.
Best of all he knows the scientific names for all the trees & all the fungus. That never fails to give me the fanny gallops. I find him incredibly sexy.

I'm very lucky.

My Dp and I both get terribly attracted to each other when watching Pointless. His obscure flag and political knowledge is hot.

Pity that doesn't work for women mama. I'm ace at geography- I could have been a goddess

It's shit isn't it. There he is throwing out flags of countries I couldn't point to on a map but when I get all the low/pointless answers for fungi and birds and plants...I'm the weird one.

Although when I get pointless or low scoring answers for football or cricket related questions, he definitely wants me 😏.

I fancy my DH when he's in his suit. Nice derrière, but he won't let me at him cos of creases.
Last year we had a site manager here who was very correctly attired in twill task pants and not afraid to get on his hands and knees. He was a hotty, shame he left ....must get him back soon to attend to my snagging!

Men, workbooks, combats and high vis's..plenty of them at my work.

Makes work very bearable