Power Tools And Their Men?

October 21st, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

My wife is not allowed anywhere near my collection of power tools. She can grab the occasional screwdriver, or hammer, but there is no touching my circular saw, my cordless drill, or my regular drill. A man’s power tools are his protected toys and even though it is highly likely that my wife could do much more good with my power tools than I ever could I still won’t let her near them. There are some things in life that a guy needs to feel like he has the upper hand in and ever since my wife became much better at cooking on my brand new propane gas grill I have felt an ever increasing need to put a protective barrier around my power tools. The backyard deck with my new, shiny, huge propane gas grill used to be my kitchen but apparently you can cook more than just hot dogs and hamburgers on an outdoor grill. How was I supposed to know?

So now my power tools are even more off limits than they ever used to be and my wife could really care less. To be honest if she really wanted to use them she would just go back to my tool cage and take them. What am I going to say? The only thing that bothers me is that she has this knack for not putting things away and I need to have everything in its rightful spot. So if my power tools started getting scattered all over the house I am sure I would probably badger my wife to no end about it so to avoid any of that she just leaves the power tools alone.

It’s A Man’s World

So I disillusion myself with a false feeling of superiority over my power tools when it comes to my wife. She really doesn’t need to use them so that is probably why she honors my hands off policy. She has already taken over my grill so what else is there? Plus I don’t get to have the same issues with my wife that other guys have. My wife is the one that insisted that our family room be painted with the colors of my favorite sports team and that all of my sports memorabilia be mounted on the walls. As a guy, how in the world do you argue with a woman like that? Every day I still wait to see if she really did get me that dirty magazine subscription. I’m telling you I have the perfect marriage and it drives me nuts.

My wife comes home from working all day and does the dishes, cooks dinner, does the laundry, and never complains. I really wish I was making all of this up but I’m not. Plus she is attractive so I basically have every guy’s dream wife and it is weird. We don’t fight ever. When we are broke and we cannot go out and do anything for a little while she is just as happy to sit at home and watch DVDs. I’m telling you its creepy. But I am getting used to it I guess. My friends call me the happiest married guy they know and I am still trying to figure out if that is a compliment or an insult.