To secretly wish my husband was better at DIY?

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My DH is lovely but utterly useless at all things DIY. He tries things but to be honest he mostly makes them worse - we have wonky door handles, windows that won’t open anymore, doors that don’t fit the frames anymore because he’s over sanded them, random holes in the wall etc. I always try to persuade him to get someone in to do these odd jobs but he always insists he will do it and well… see above.

Anyway, I’ve got a few friends whose partners are very handy round the house and I’m secretly extremely jealous!! One of them has just installed a new bathroom which looks amazing, another is planning an outdoor kitchen. But they never need to get a man in to do anything because their DHs are great at DIY.

Usually I don’t buy into the stereotypes that women should be doing cleaning and childcare while men get on with their manly persuits like sport and hunting and fixing things around the house but urgh there is this teeny part of me that would absolutely love to come home and see my DH sweaty and topless having built us an extension on his day off 🙄

Anyone else?

DP is very good at DIY and well muscled but I must say I've never fancied the sweaty, shirtless builder look on anyone. It's handy for me because I really do not enjoy any kind of DIY/reno/building work. I'm not bad at it tbf but he actually has fun doing it, so that's his role. He's also excellent at gardening and that does save money.

I would struggle to date someone who couldn't even hack the basics of DIY like putting up frames or building flatpack. But that's because I like a practical man not averse to hard graft and think the ability to build and fix shit would be useful in a zombie/alient attack, haha.