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Ain't "the double standard" a pip?

I think it does have everything to do with parenting or the lack thereof.

I'm very mechanically inclined because I had to be. Dad was never around even when he lived with us. And then I doubt he was all that mechanical anyway. I can't remember him ever tinkering with anything around the house. I did watch as he attempted to add a dormer to the upstairs bedroom. That dormer never got finished and stayed a dormer for 17 years after it's conception. But...lotsa beer got consumed! From that experience I learned how NOT to build onto a house and how to curse like a sailor on shore leave and how to drink anyone under the table...LMFAO! Thanks dad!

So anyway...I had to take the bull by the horns and learn what I needed to know to get things done. I still do it to this day at work. Anyone that needs a sewing machine "looked at" at work comes to me first. If I can't get it back on track we have to call a mechanic and send it off site for major repairs or wait several days till the mechanic can fit us in. That usually leaves a good machine down for too long...so I learned how to fix most problems by watching mechanics through the years and asking LOTS of pertinent questions.

LMAO@Sharni's reply! I leave the mechanical things at home to Mr. Lixy. He's an amazing teacher though. We did the walk through a few times and he showed me the things I'd need to know around the house should he not be there and there was an emergency.

It's funny what you learn when you don't know you are learning too. I think I could wire a new fixture if I had to. Mr. Lixy and I started from scratch and wired a ceiling fan/light in our living room where there was nothing before. That process sticks in my head.

So yeah...it's a learned or neglected thing. Simple life lessons in our formative years, forgoing gender, can go a long way in helping us to find that circuit breaker box. It's a shame Mr. Lixy's mom didn't teach him to cook!