GF and I are both female, so we just have to muddle through life as best we can without a ... erm ... peenie between the two of us
(er, that didn't exactly come out right ...)
Anyway, we have a phrase for stuff in our house that are traditionally "male". We call it having the x peenie (well, not a peenie, but the other word). For example, GF is great at setting up all the wires for the TV and stuff, so we say she has the "electronics peenie". I do a lot of computer stuff, so I have the "computer peenie". The other day, I shoved my hand in the garbage disposal and poked around and managed to dislodge whatever was in it, instantly earning myself the "garbage disposal peenie".
You get the picture.
There are a few things for which no one has managed to earn a peenie. For example, car stuff. By default, I have the "car fluid checking peenie", but neither of us really are very good at it. The only person who has the "change a tire peenie" is AAA
Life sure is hard without peenies, but we do manage
GF and I are both female, so we just have to muddle through life as best we can without a ... erm ... peenie between the two of us
(er, that didn't exactly come out right ...
Anyway, we have a phrase for stuff in our house that are traditionally "male". We call it having the x peenie (well, not a peenie, but the other word). For example, GF is great at setting up all the wires for the TV and stuff, so we say she has the "electronics peenie". I do a lot of computer stuff, so I have the "computer peenie". The other day, I shoved my hand in the garbage disposal and poked around and managed to dislodge whatever was in it, instantly earning myself the "garbage disposal peenie".
You get the picture.
There are a few things for which no one has managed to earn a peenie. For example, car stuff. By default, I have the "car fluid checking peenie", but neither of us really are very good at it. The only person who has the "change a tire peenie" is AAA
Life sure is hard without peenies, but we do manage
Truly, I am not knocking those who claim "I don't do that - I'm a girl", "that's what husbands are for", etc. I'm not even advocating that ya'll DO these things on a regular basis. Just want to remind you that ANY knowledge on basic survival is power.
I'm another older-than-dirt farm girl. While I ultimately chose a more corporate career, I've found the non-gender specific (and perhaps menial) skills to be as valuable as a college education.
I can grow my own food (animal & vegetable) and make/repair clothes. Have basic carpentry, electical & automotive skills (although automotive is iffy these days.) I don't forsee me canning tomatoes or making dandelion wine anytime soon...but I helped do it once!
Anyway...don't get sucked into "gender-specific" roles. You never know when roles may be switched.
I.E., my 2nd husband became disabled. Thankfully, while he was Mr. Macho throughout his life, he was ALSO raised in a non-gender specific household, so our skills overlapped: he's as comfortable with laundry/cooking/finances as I am with yard care/automotive/electrical.
IOW, ya'll don't have to do it every day...but educate yourself on the basics. At the very least, you can recognize if someone else is ripping you off.
). She's knows nothing about cars, nor does she thinks she needs to because its her "man's job". Needless to say, she's out 900 bucks because she didn't educate herself to begin with 
. She has a brand new 09 car, with less than 5000 miles on it. She went to this car place and they told her she needed services on her car that weren't even due for another 3 or so years and 30,000 miles. Their reasoning? "Just in case". ***? Poor thing. 
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Well, except for you, Dawn.
What things have you never done that are typically gender specific.
Yes I can change a tire - My dad made me learn how to change a tire, check the oil and other fluids in the car before I was allowed to drive
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