Why are men so hopeless ?

[priveet]

Domestic chores seem to take them forever. Most women could dig up a field of potatoes, take them home, wash and peel them, before a man could peel enough spuds for a family of four. Likewise most women can get themself and two kids washed, dressed, fed and watered while a man is making four slices of toast. Or, am I wrong ?

[j2buttonsw]

God, I am so cr@p I am going to kill myself. Thank God for people like you for showing me the truth.

[woofgang]

Men are not hopeless, they are smart.All over the multiverse, wherever therare two genders, one say"oh here let me do it" and the other one retires to the settee with the football scores

[Lennon]

Nope, I believe you're right priveet. Lucky for me, my boyfriend does all the cooking as I'm hopeless at it, but although he will attempt to do some chores every now and then (which is better than some men I know) , I am better and quicker at it. Do you not think that this may be there way of doing the age old thing of 'if she thinks I'm really cr@p at it then she'll do it herself and won't ask me again' :)

[priveet]

Gotta be the fastest responses ever. 30 seconds from posting question to receiving 3 answers.

[treaclefight]

the secret of effivient housekeeping is being able to keep everything moving, clothes are going through a cycle of washing / drying / ironing / being put away / being worn and left on the floor / being rounded up into a washing basket, crockery is doing a similar thing, food is constantly being eaten / restocked, this is only the obvious bits. it takes a certain type of mind to know where absolutely everything is at any given moment, let alone to know exactly what to do and when to keep the whole thing moving. i honestly think that women generally have the edge on that type of thinking, men have their strengths tho, when the inevitable spanner in the works occurs (blocked sink, blown fuse, broken down car etc) men can be wonderfully efficient and deal with the one problem in almost obsessive detail, someones got to do that and it really gets on my nerves when i have to spend all day sorting out one problem so i'm glad i have a man who's prepared to. my best friends are exactly the opposite, he takes care of the housekeeping and she takes care of the things that get in his way. i dont think equality is meant to apply to what each person does, i think the equality should be in what each person gets from the relationship. it makes me happy that i only have to point and say 'darling' when something breaks ( 3 kids, this happens alot), he's happy that he doesnt have to work out where his clean shirt everyday has come from, we have completely different abilities but between us we've got it all covered (and we really miss each other if one of us has to go away for a few days)

[treaclefight]

a lazy man is another matter entirely, he needs to be taken back to where you got him from, (normally his mother) you wont get a refund but you will cut your losses.

[Squirrel]

Do you want it done well or do you want it done fast? (OK, that's not always the case). Although, it is annoying if you happen to be doing a perfectly good job of cleaning the work surfaces, getting in the corners etc. and then a woman (or anyone...) tuts loudly, ("Give me that!") and makes a great show of doing the whole thing vigorously and as quickly as humanly possible, making you feel like an idiot as you stand and wait...it's as if they think the Queen might be arriving at any second.

[brawburd]

there are SO many degrees of housework propriety from doing nought to letting it rule yer life. I just think the very worst thing is being made or expected to feel guilty about not doing it to perfection. I could spend 2 hours doing housework - I might miss the corners but the rest of the house will be immaculate. My partner could spend 2 hours doing housework - he gets into the corners but just spreads the dust around! But he is more likely to spend the 2 hours while I am more likely to pretend to feel guilty about it! My 2 hours will be once a fortnight, his will be once every 2 days. And he still gets to watch the football scores!

[xyzzy@bok]

a note for both sexes regarding chores; adhere to your nature; men chop wood, light fire, cook food, women clean up, sew, mind children. Then we got excellence all round :-)

[sft42]

God Xyzzy...Did you get leccy in the cave for the computer then? I think I'll stand well back matey cause you've just lit the blue touch paper on this one!

[treaclefight]

adhere to your nature not a bad thing as long as you remmeber how many men make excellent carers and how many women make excellent hunters, adhere to your nature doesn't necessarily mean adhere to your sexual stereotype

[woodpam]

I agree with Treaclefight on this one. My ex was useless at house work (I'm good because I hate it but like a clean house and do it at Olympic speed). However,in the winter he used to go and defrost my car and warm it up for me before I left for work in the morning and that was worth a weeks worth of hoovering to me. Sadly, that was the best thing about him!

[xyzzy@bok]

Quite right Einstein. - you early bird :-)

[quattro]

.People tend to generalise about men and women if your a man you can't cook and can't do housework if your a woman you can't do diy and hate football but from what has been posted here we know its not like that

[feelap]

I beg to diifer at the comments made. I am a male, who is soemwhat the patriarch and to a degree the matriarch of my household which consists of 3 other skint students. I do all the cooking, cleaning, and washing. These skills were first demonstrated from my mother who, since i can rememebr, has always made sure her little boy can cook a half decent meal, have fairy soft hands and know the differnece between bio and non-bio detergent and for that I am most grateful.