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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 382526" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>As far as car stuff goes, I think part of why my husband married me was he was fascinated with the idea of having a wife who could fix the car. I can tell what is wrong pretty often, though I cannot do the work any more. When we lived in OH I had a friend who would help me do the brakes, etc... husband will help, and isn't as clueless as he would like to pretend to be. He just has to be forced to actually THINK about what they tell him. Anymore he will ask my dad for help. Dad used to teach auto mechanics when I was little, and always did our car work. I was in college when he stopped doing any of it himself. Then I figured out that he only did it himself because he couldn't afford to have someone else do it. </p><p> </p><p>But I have helped do almost everything you can do to a car, including putting a new engine in one. I got the "honors" on that job because gfgbro was too unreliable to count on (I was in high school and couldn't get away, LOL!) and I was little enough to fit into the tight places to make all the connections. </p><p> </p><p>It drives me bonkers when husband ignores car problems and just turns up the radio. BONKERS.</p><p> </p><p>So I totally understand your annoyance and frustration with your husband. Don't let him drive ANYTHING that matters to you or you are not ready to replace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 382526, member: 1233"] As far as car stuff goes, I think part of why my husband married me was he was fascinated with the idea of having a wife who could fix the car. I can tell what is wrong pretty often, though I cannot do the work any more. When we lived in OH I had a friend who would help me do the brakes, etc... husband will help, and isn't as clueless as he would like to pretend to be. He just has to be forced to actually THINK about what they tell him. Anymore he will ask my dad for help. Dad used to teach auto mechanics when I was little, and always did our car work. I was in college when he stopped doing any of it himself. Then I figured out that he only did it himself because he couldn't afford to have someone else do it. But I have helped do almost everything you can do to a car, including putting a new engine in one. I got the "honors" on that job because gfgbro was too unreliable to count on (I was in high school and couldn't get away, LOL!) and I was little enough to fit into the tight places to make all the connections. It drives me bonkers when husband ignores car problems and just turns up the radio. BONKERS. So I totally understand your annoyance and frustration with your husband. Don't let him drive ANYTHING that matters to you or you are not ready to replace. [/QUOTE]
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