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

Yabu. Live with husband of 10 yrs. had my own power tools before marriage and treated myself to a new impact driver a month or so ago. My husband wouldn’t know what one is. He got a single screwdriver off my dad when we got married with tighten and loosen directions marked on it in sharpie.

All tools are mine. I've spent this evening changing the kitchen mixer tap whilst my husband shone the torch for me. ScrewFix account is in my name. YABU 🤣

I'm the only one to use any tools in our house. Technically, they belong to DH as his step dad left them to him when he died, but since DH has never done any DIY in the 15 years we've lived together I've claimed them as mine. I don't use them a lot, but I do use them when needed.

Ha! My exh thought he was a proper manly man, but I never saw him use a power tool ever. ALL the tools in the relationship were mine, and I was the only one to ever use them. I wouldn't trust him with a penknife, let alone a power drill! He couldn't even hammer in a nail. Arse hole.

I brought power tools to the marriage, and I took them with me. Any that DH wanted in the course of it were faddy things for the garden, was fine for him to keep them.

I live with DH, we jointly own power tools. I probably use them at least 50% of the time. We tend to try and take me in to account when buying them - I'm quite petite so if it makes sense will go for a smaller model or try and check whether I can actually reach the buttons etc. The only thing I struggle to use a bit is the hedge trimmer - I don't really have the upper body strength to do a whole hedge!

@SusannaM

Surprised at the poll results. I own and use all the power tools, but it's part of my job. Most women I know frequently comment on how they couldn't do what I do, can't even put up a shelf etc. I've tried to bring my kids up differently, but daughter says she'll either have a bloke to do that or she'll pay one. I despair.

My son refuses to learn how to use a saw and his answer to what will you do if you ever need to cut anything was I'll get my wife to do it 🙄

I do all the DIY in our house, I bought the tools, the drill, the sander - I suppose technically they’re jointly owned like any household item but DH wouldn’t know where to start with anything like that, it’s just not his strong point.

I live with a man and neither of us have any power tools

I own more power saws than he does. He bought me a cordless drill recently (I already had a corded one).

We each have our own tools (we were mid 30s when we got together) and although we will borrow each other's if needed, the collections remain separate.

I own a sander, jig saw, drill. Am taking them with me when ex sods off to his new life in a few week’s time.

I own all the sanding tools, the paintbrushes, the wallpapering and tiling kit, the sewing machine and those things that squeeze gloop in neat lines. I have sets of tools for bicycles.

He owns all the woodworking and metalworking tools and all the drills. He bought me an electric drill and sometimes I use it. And then he sorts out the mess and looks sad.

I do have a photo of me painting with 2yo DD under one arm - you can't do that with a drill.

Dh loves DIY. He is really excellent at it, very fastidious although effing messy. His "hobby"is buying tools; if we ever have a nuclear war and every DIY and builders supply shop is obliterated we will be OK. Our garages and outhouse resemble a Wickes crossed with a garden centre.

I, on the other hand, can barely paint white emulsion. And I hate doing ti. So we stick with our strengths and DH does the building work while I make the tea 😂

I have to say that the poll results are a surprise to me.

It’s my toolbox, I’d say most of the tools are mine since I am the one who has no patience and will just do a job myself to get it done therefore has gone and bought said tools.

But we live together and are due to get married soon and have two DC.. it’s not really mine and his it’s ours.

We have his and hers chainsaws!

Utter bollocks. It was me that bought the circular saw in this house, and me that uses it.

I own the power tools, because I bought them and I'm the only person who knows how to use them (I have a commercial chainsaw licence).

OH, bless his heart, has many strengths, but DIY is not one of them. If I was being generous, I'd say project management was more his thing.

Used most tools, hired a few. Think OH was a bit surprised when he came home to find me with a big breaker knocking up a Knack concrete path, I had booked a skip, ordered soil and turf though

I have a toolbox. No power tools. DH cant even use one. Hopeless.

Don't own any tools, wouldn't know how to use them if I did and don't want to learn (though I'm sure I'd be perfectly capable of figuring it out with YouTube). DH enjoys DIY, I have no interest...I just leave him to his joy.

What does owning power tools show though? It had nothing to do with sex or gender. More to do with skill, need and interest.

I have what I need for the projects that I am confident to take on myself. I don't have a table saw or a jackhammer, for example, because I'm never going to need something like that.

I own all the tools in this house bar a screwdriver with interchangeable heads DH bought in Aldi and loves. They're mine, not ours - you can tell by the way I bought them, with the exception of the drill which my dad bought for me as a housewarming present.

Can’t remember who bought the power tools we have - probably mostly while we were shopping together. I do more DIY than my DH so I use them more - not sure I’d class that as mine…but it’s certainly not ‘DH’s toolbox’!

DP and I have an equal share. We use them an equal amount which is to say not much and usually together because we're both useless.