So we have ten acres of land. FIL has a ZTR and he mows most of our land, but a decent chunk is too hilly for him. DH used to do it all, but he has been working insane hours and it got really out of hand.
Our mower takes me and a kid to start. My wing span is not long enough to pull the cord. So we managed this for a while but DH caught me the other morning.
So out we go this week and DH buys a new mower with an easier start and all of these other super features.
He doesn't get why I am less than thrilled.
I say, "Don't buy me better tools so I can do the job, either do the job or hire some one else to do it for me!"
He says, "I want you to manage without me."
So, we're in the store and I -joking - complain to the sales guy that DH bought me a smaller tiller that I could handle, and tractor I could drive, and now a new mower. I was seeing him making sure I could do all of what used to be HIS chores!!
The guy looks at me very seriously. He says, "Real men do what they have to do to make their women as independent as they can be so that they can manage without us if we were to be gone."
He adds, "Sounds like you got yourself a great guy."
I agree!!!!
But, I thought it was an interesting way of looking at it. DH said he completely agreed that he thought his job was to make it so I could manage without him if I needed to. He needed to make me able to be independent in case something happened to him.
(I still have very mixed feelings about this mower....
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Our mower takes me and a kid to start. My wing span is not long enough to pull the cord. So we managed this for a while but DH caught me the other morning.
So out we go this week and DH buys a new mower with an easier start and all of these other super features.

I say, "Don't buy me better tools so I can do the job, either do the job or hire some one else to do it for me!"
He says, "I want you to manage without me."
So, we're in the store and I -joking - complain to the sales guy that DH bought me a smaller tiller that I could handle, and tractor I could drive, and now a new mower. I was seeing him making sure I could do all of what used to be HIS chores!!


The guy looks at me very seriously. He says, "Real men do what they have to do to make their women as independent as they can be so that they can manage without us if we were to be gone."
He adds, "Sounds like you got yourself a great guy."
I agree!!!!

But, I thought it was an interesting way of looking at it. DH said he completely agreed that he thought his job was to make it so I could manage without him if I needed to. He needed to make me able to be independent in case something happened to him.


