Mencompetent

Agreed, most men are like this. Iโ€™ve known many myself.

Iโ€™m a good cook. Do it several times a week. We usually cook together, though. More fun that way.

I wash nearly all of the dishes and never have a problem noticing when anything is out. I go grocery shopping by myself all the time to get what is needed (did it just yesterday). Why do all too many men seem incapable of this?

Itโ€™s not like I take care of everything, though โ€” we do concentrate on what we prefer. I donโ€™t like sweeping, so I donโ€™t do that. And I donโ€™t like cleaning mirrors. But we generally clean the bathrooms about half and half. Same with vacuuming and any other form of cleaning.

If we ever have to paint, though, Iโ€™m just not doing that. I hate painting, am bad at it, and refuse to do it. Iโ€™d rather hire someone, or just not do it at all. And no one wants me doing general house maintenance, if there is to be a house left standing at the end of it. I will gladly be the dumb muscle if my girlfriend decides she wants to do something, but if itโ€™s up to me I hire someone.

I also donโ€™t do yard work, but thatโ€™s why they make money.

But not being an oblivious dumbass is really not hard. I left childhood behind a long time ago. Why canโ€™t more men do the same?

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  1. You also didn’t have a normal childhood, which is also why helicopter parenting baffles the hell out of you. From your posts you didn’t even have typical 80s parental supervision. Didn’t you have a recent post saying that you got yourself up, breakfast and to & from the school bus at the age of five? When would you have learned that that someone else would take care of a chore if you sat back? IIRC, your sister is several years younger so I’m not even sure how much kid minding you did.

    • Yeah, I was pretty much taking care of myself by the time I was halfway through kindergarten. You’re probably right that has something to do with it. If I didn’t do it, no one did — though my mom did at least cook dinner most days (unfortunately, she was a terrible cook).

      My mom tried to get me to be responsible for my sister, but I rebelled, so I wasn’t saddled with as much of that as I could’ve been.

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