At work today a colleague described how she and her children had had to get dressed in the dark this morning because all the lights were not working upstairs. Her husband had already left for work so she did not investigate, but admitted that she knew that it must have just been the fuse that had blown and she just needed to flip the switch back on the fuseboard and the lights would work again. However she did not do this. Instead she called her husband and told him to see to it when he got home later, and she and her four children proceeded to get dressed in the dark. When I asked why she didn’t just flip the switch she said in all seriousness, “well that’s his job, you don’t do these things yourself when you’ve got a husband around to do it for you” – this is despite the fact that he wouldn’t be home for another 6 hours!!

Have you ever heard anything so pathetic in your life?!? And what amazed me more was that another woman in the office agreed that this job should be left for the husband -–I believe the phrase used was “why bark when you have a dog”.

Anyway for a bit of fun, does anyone else have any equally ludicrous examples of women, or men, refusing to do even the most simple tasks just because they see it as their other half’s job?

OMG that is soooo pathetic!!!

As she never heard of teamwork etc God forbid what her kids will grow up like!!

I can't think of any examples of my own but just wanted to say how pedantic some people can be!

:confused:

If there was something I knew the SO could do much better then i'd leave it, but flipping a switch, it's not rocket science and it either works or doesn't.

When doing DIY, most tasks are mine, painting is shared, but glossing is the SO's job. But that's because she makes a better job of it than I do.

*Zones out*

I'm sorry, it appears we've entered a time warp and we're back in the 1950s....


Did the Feminist movement happen or was it just a dream....?

It's time they showed 'Stepford Wives' on tv again.......

Has there been a 50's sitcom revival lately? :rolleyes:

It is pathetic...

But do you think he cares?? Why?? Because i expect his tea will be on the table and clothes washed and ironed! :D

Originally posted by youwhatref
It is pathetic...

But do you think he cares?? Why?? Because i expect his tea will be on the table and clothes washed and ironed! :D

Not in time for when he gets home, that's for sure!!

He'll have to 'flick the switch' first... :hihi:

not without the electric they wont

Originally posted by banesmabes
At work today a colleague described how she and her children had had to get dressed in the dark this morning because all the lights were not working upstairs.

Don't know about you lot, but cooking and ironing is done downstairs and neither of them run off a lighting circuit.

Originally posted by Cyclone
Don't know about you lot, but cooking and ironing is done downstairs and neither of them run off a lighting circuit.

Err..errm.... but how do you know it isn't an upstairs/downstairs house!? :clap:

I grew up with my dad working all over the world, and in a very technical computer based job. He is, however, utterly useless at virtually every practical job about the house (including wiring a plug), so my mum is the one who does the DIY. She's brilliant at wallpapering, and my house has some lovely shelves built by me, mum and various power tools. The chimney breast in the kitchen was history when mum set to it with a kango, as was one of the upstairs fireplaces.

Together they bred some very practical daughters- I fitted my own kitchen and could lend a hand with brickying and plastering before I was ill, and my sister's an engineer. Both of us can (or in my case could) turn hands to vehicle maintenance and repairing washing machines when needed.

I thought that the days of waiting for a man to do things for you were well and truly over (but maybe that was because in my family it has always been that everybody does all jobs where possible).

in this day n age most people wonna be indipendent, I mean come on.. waiting all that time 4 him 2 flip a switch!

Originally posted by banesmabes
At work today a colleague described how she and her children had had to get dressed in the dark this morning because all the lights were not working upstairs. Her husband had already left for work so she did not investigate, but admitted that she knew that it must have just been the fuse that had blown and she just needed to flip the switch back on the fuseboard and the lights would work again. However she did not do this. Instead she called her husband and told him to see to it when he got home later, and she and her four children proceeded to get dressed in the dark. When I asked why she didn’t just flip the switch she said in all seriousness, “well that’s his job, you don’t do these things yourself when you’ve got a husband around to do it for you” – this is despite the fact that he wouldn’t be home for another 6 hours!!

Have you ever heard anything so pathetic in your life?!? And what amazed me more was that another woman in the office agreed that this job should be left for the husband -–I believe the phrase used was “why bark when you have a dog”.

Anyway for a bit of fun, does anyone else have any equally ludicrous examples of women, or men, refusing to do even the most simple tasks just because they see it as their other half’s job?

Well my advice to him is to leave the washing up because that’s "womens work"!

My next door neighbour will not pick up the morning paper off the lawn because it's her husbands job for when he gets home from work.

Also have friends, married for years that have his and her money ? she would say, we went out for a meal last night and Tom paid for it, (thats the husband)....she said it like she saved money (her's) ?

Honestly, thats crazy! lol! :o

Me and BF are equal when it comes to the household stuff... We take it in turns to do the pots/make the bed and all the rest of it... However he likes to be in on the problem solving, the fixing of various technical bits and pieces and whatnot...

Mind you, he never cooks. I do it all. No, I tell a lie, he popped a box of micro chips in the microwave for me, but didnt lift the flap on them :loopy: So, I rest my case. lol!

Originally posted by noseyrosie
*Zones out*

I'm sorry, it appears we've entered a time warp and we're back in the 1950s....


Did the Feminist movement happen or was it just a dream....?

Exactly what I thought. Especially as she so readily admitted that she knew exactly what the problem was, and even told me all about how handy she was around the house when she was single and lived alone. But she really honestly seemed to be advocating that when you get a husband all this knowledge should be forgotten (or at least repressed) and left up to him to deal with. Her tone was quite telling as well, "When you have a husband you don't need to do these things..." i.e. 'you're single, you don't understand, this is how it's meant to be'!!

Originally posted by poppins
My next door neighbour will not pick up the morning paper off the lawn because it's her husbands job for when he gets home from work.



I like this one! I bet she leaves it out whatever the weather as well doesn't she?

woof woof woof :hihi::hihi:

I'am rubbish at odd jobs :(

I am useless at the vast majority of practical things. Flicking a fuse switch and changing a light bulb are about my limit. Rather than a DIY enthusiast I am a "GSE" enthusiast (ie "Get Someone Else").

What's all this rubbish about the 1950s ? :suspect:

I can remember my mother repairing a fuse and showing me how to do it...by candle-light.

That would be in the early 50s when fuses were little pot things and had to be rewired with the correct gauge fusewire for the circuit.

I'm currently on strike. Theres a washing basket full of dirties, a dusty laminate floor, rubbish iled up on the side next to the bin because nobody has put a bin bag in it, and a sink full of washing up. But I will insist on eating out of every conceivable dish shaped item (maybe off on an xbox disk), I will dress like a tramp in my oldest clothes (because the nice ones are dirty) and generally not do ANYTHING until my boyfriend gets off his arse and mucks in! He doesnt ASSUME its my job as such, his family were never that clean so he doesnt see the importance

This will undoubtedly backfire when he goes away to work for a week and I'm sick of looking at the mess.

I thought that the days of waiting for a man to do things for you were well and truly over

Apart from killing spiders maybe....