question for the guys, sweating women while working

[PineappleMama]

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Well, there was this one time I went to DH's work to put the shocks on the truck... since between work and school he hadn't had time... and they had the BIG lift and air wrench... ANYWHO, by the time I was done I was up to my elbows black and had a smudge on my nose... DH was rather appreciative of the look... to say the least...

My FIL came back (the one who thinks women can't know ANYTHING about cars... to the point where if your tranny craps out totally and you tell him it's the tranny, he won't believe you... THAT bad) anywho, he came back as I was putting the last wheel back on... put the nuts on, then tightened them in the star pattern and he just about fainted... he couldn't believe I knew to do that... really, I'm not THAT dumb... very frustrating... but his opening line was "You look like a regular grease monkey" and I replied with "Daddy would be proud"... I swear the look on his face alone was worth the sweat, sore muscles, and smushed nails all put together.

AND the truck didn't sounds like honeymooners on an antique iron bed anymore either.

Dragon that is TOO funny about Amtgard... DH had friends do that, but he just didn't have the time to really get into it.. and yet we still have pipe and funoodle swords all over the place... hehe... just last week he came in complaining that DD (7 almost 8) just drubbed him all around the yard...

 

[twentynine]

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Sorry to laugh at your discomfort, but I was. Out loud. Very loudly, out loud. My DH likes Gold Bond for the same areas you do and I could just imagine him stopping the car and standing waist deep in the Ohio River for relief.

I am so with ya there! That was danged FUNNY!!!!!

Then ya'll would love the one about the chlorox sanitizing sheets on the back of the toilet.

Gives a whole new meaning to the words "feeling clean and fresh".

I will never go to the bathroom without my glasses ever never again!

 

[PineappleMama]

Sorry, but that's funny right thar.

Much more amusing then when the fellas don't bother lifting the seat I stumble in there in the middle of the night... OR bonus points they DO lift it, but leave it up so I fall in... can't live with 'em... can't properly train 'em.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Why not get some "athletic" work shirts made with wicking material? You could always layer on a nice thin cotton blouse over a wicking tank top or something. It would be cute, feminine, and keep the sweat off you better.

 

[Mahonri]

you've always got a kind come back for your co worker.

For a nice sized latina, you sure don't sweat much. What a great compliment, right?

 

[JetBlack]

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I think your husband is sharing a brain with my husband - sounds like something mine would say also...

You think they have half a brain each? That much?

 

[AK Michelle]

I have worked in that kind of environment but currently have an office job.

Kudos on being able to run a lathe, it's a skill many could never master, male or female

As for looking hot and sweaty, I usually look pretty cute, hair done, make up on , clothes clean and well accessorized. But the other day I was on the phone when I said I was glad a man wasn't there to see me cause I was "working hard, my hair had chainsaw "dust" in it, I smelled like two stroke exhaust and woodsmoke and my clothes were pretty dirty, not a lick of lipstick anywhere to be found..." said man commented that he bet I looked the best that way.

I think working hard is cute, being too lazy to do anything with yourself is not. At least that's my theory.

 

[danischi24]

I work majorly hard in high humidity & temperatures already over 100 when I get to work at 7am. I sweat terribly & get covered in the nastiest waste & birth materials imaginable but I strip down to a sports bra, shorts, crocs, a cap & bandanna & just keep going with regular hosings off. I must admit that no one has found this sexy yet but I think that the smell of old placenta & calf diarrhea might be more off putting than my sweating. What do I care? Anyone rude enough to comment on my skimpy attire or smell wishes they hadn't pretty quick...I WORK for a living & to heck with anyone who has a problem with it.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Twentynine, you are dangerous to yourself. (And really funny!!!!!!!!!)

 

[ChooksChick]

I'm a mechanic's daughter (one of 4- I always say I was his only son because I was a tomboy) and I've worked MOSTLY male dominated jobs most of my life, from insurance agent, computer hardware technician and assistant director of a medical clinic to chef, construction worker and landscaper. I look great in a power suit and can hold my own against the good ol' boys, BUT-

I got a different kind of respect every time I worked in a position where I could sweat and work hard and keep up physically with the boys. There's an appreciation and respect guys have for a woman who can show she's capable and willing to muscle it out side-by-side with them. If it's teamwork and not a competition where a woman's trying to emasculate them, most men find a hard-working, sweaty woman sexy on a very different base level than a pretty model all made up.

Don't let it bother you- just don't stink up the place and you're fine!