to say women who live with men don't own power tools

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Iooking at the early responses, I maybe asked the wrong question, many women are responding that they own "small" tools or "small" toolboxes, but not the power tools,

so basically the same again

YABU- I am a woman living with a man, and I own power tools, or share equal ownership of the power tools in our household

YANBU - I am a woman living with a man, and he owns the power tools in this house, or mostly owns them

Again, if you don't live with a man, please don't vote, but please comment

Oooo a nail gun - I'd like one of those. We already have a staple gun, which dh does not like to use as he finds it...frightening. So that one's definitely 'mine'.

I am divorced and now own ALL the tools. I do DIY, tow my own enormous caravan and pump my own car tyres! No men needed. I do have a DP and he’s lovely but he knows better than to patronise me by suggesting he needs to do the blue jobs.

[quote FusionChefGeoff]@isthisareverse and others feigning faux confusion - surely you understand the concept that in a lot of relationships the DIY is heavily 'owned' by one member and therefore the tools to do that DIY would be considered 'theirs'?

Of course you're so equal and progressive we would never so that about YOUR relationship.....

But It's not that alien an idea that OTHER people might do it differently?![/quote]
what a stupid post.

Do you pretend that the cleaning and housework is also "owned" by the partner with a vagina?

You don't need to be equal and progressive to need a toolbox, don't be so precious. If nothing else, the minute you have kids, you need to build and assemble and drill things. Most of the stuff in the house belongs to.. the house. If there was no DH, or no DW, there would still be a need for a washing machine, a drill, a lawn mower. It's not quite the same as a make-up bag or shaving kit.

But It's not that alien an idea that OTHER people might do it differently
Don't be so aggravated when posters are merely replying to the OP. Not sure why you seem to be taking everything so personally.

I have my own tools. My ex moved out in January, but when he was here he had his own toolbox. Mine is much bigger and I use them a LOT more than he does. He's not really into DIY. I like repairing and restoring things rather than buying new. I also do a lot of odd jobs myself.

He has a better ladder than I do, and his drill was a lot more powerful than mine (not a euphemism! ). So I sold mine and now I use his - he never uses it anyway so I keep it here and he'll come and use it if he needs it. I have a whole cabinet and cupboard and shed full of tools.

Neither. We rent so owning power tools is pointless - we have none.

On the odd occasion when one might be needed we borrow my mothers.

I love a good portable drill

The tools in our house are bought with joint money.

But 99% of the time are used by husband.

They're not "his" , I can use them whenever I want

I suppose that all the tools belong to my DH as he paid for them, but when we first moved it they were all mine, as they broke or we needed upgrading he bought them, mostly as he works next to screwfix.

By the same token all the housekeeping items would be his too he paid for most of them.

In reality everything is ours and we use them when we want.

If you don't share finance, I would still expect tools to come from the joint account - unless one is a tradesman needing them for work.

Even if some posters are getting their knickers in a twist about it

When I was with my ex he owned the tools because he was a kitchen fitter

I used them or waited 3 months for him to do a job

I used to manage a DIY store and would regularly have customers of both sexes asking me if there were any men that could talk to them about power tools

I used to think it was very funny when the man often 17 year old weekend staff would come and ask me about the tools cause they didn't have a clue

The power tools would be the house power tools…like pretty much anything else

But it is dh that buys them and uses them the majority of the time with the exception of a sanding mouse which i bought

Why would I buy tools when DH keeps a small engineering works in the cellar?

I do use them. When I want to do something.

When I lived alone in a tiny city centre apartment, I owned 2 screwdrivers and would knock nails into the wall (for pictures) with a cowboy boot heel

YABU to write 'isle' (an island) instead of 'aisle' (the things in shops)

But IABU to point it out :-)

Neither of us own power tools. I borrow my parents' drill if I need one because £50 on something I hardly need is pointless. The last thing I needed a drill for was the ring doorbell, which I installed last year. The time before that I can't even remember, probably when I put up curtain poles about 5 years ago.

I love a power tool. Hedge cutting, lopping, mowing, drilling, furniture assembly etc- all my department.

The tools are shared but I bought them and only I use them (he’s not interested)

Our two year old calls the garage daddy’s room and the kitchen mummy’s room

This is nothing to be proud of.

We're both useless, neither of us own power tools. I bought the hammer and the screw drivers though, does that count?

I buy and use the tools. DH wouldn't know how to plug one in, never mind use it.

Again, all the tools are mine. The power drill my husband has never used, that's always down to me. Not sure if you count hedge trimmer as a power tool but that was originally my job as well, but has been passed to DH as I'm currently pregnant and don't fancy my chances on the wobbly ladder with it 😅

The only electrical device I use is the hoover. DW owns the jetwash, mower, sander etc

I’m a man, I own many power tools. DW doesn’t own any, although maybe she has used the drill as a screwdriver before! She would probably question my skills with the aforementioned tools though!

I do all the DIY round here, my husband doesn't have much of a clue! So the drill etc are mine - he owns the lawnmower and garden tools

Neither one of us owns any power tools. Is it weird that I've been living on my own or witha partner over 10 years and never needed any?

Neither of us owns any of the DIY or gardening tools. We have 'crap' drawers filled with tins of screws, nails, and hooks, manual and power tools, a whole box of bike fixing bits and bobs. I wouldn't have a clue how to put the socket set to really good use but DH calls it 'the' socket set, not 'his' socket set. I'm a dab hand with allen keys and self-assembly furniture but the allen key set is still ours, not mine.

To be honest the main things that tends to make a difference are how high up the thing that needs tinkering with is (DH is a foot taller than me), whether it's easier to get at for a leftie (me) or a rightie (him), and who can be bothered to do it