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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 183698" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Abbey, the kindest thing you can do for him is to let him do it. Sounds like he needs to be needed.</p><p></p><p>If unsure, ask mother in law how to deal with it.</p><p></p><p>Do not see it as father in law's lack of faith in your abilities. He's just grabbing an opportunity to do something useful. Chances are his own lawn is already manicured, every blade of grass exactly the same length...</p><p>If you don't want to owe him anything, then do something nice for him in return. Make him something. A gardening apron springs to mind, with pockets for all the utensils. </p><p></p><p>husband is anything but a chauvinist swine, but he WILL NOT let me mow the lawn. I'm very handy with tools and practicalities, but I do not know my way around a lawnmower because husband has deliberately kept me ignorant. He has a horror of seeing women push lawnmowers because he sees it as a signal to the entire neighbourhood that the men in that woman's family are lazy loafers.</p><p></p><p>If anything happens to husband, I'll have to buy a sheep.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 183698, member: 1991"] Abbey, the kindest thing you can do for him is to let him do it. Sounds like he needs to be needed. If unsure, ask mother in law how to deal with it. Do not see it as father in law's lack of faith in your abilities. He's just grabbing an opportunity to do something useful. Chances are his own lawn is already manicured, every blade of grass exactly the same length... If you don't want to owe him anything, then do something nice for him in return. Make him something. A gardening apron springs to mind, with pockets for all the utensils. husband is anything but a chauvinist swine, but he WILL NOT let me mow the lawn. I'm very handy with tools and practicalities, but I do not know my way around a lawnmower because husband has deliberately kept me ignorant. He has a horror of seeing women push lawnmowers because he sees it as a signal to the entire neighbourhood that the men in that woman's family are lazy loafers. If anything happens to husband, I'll have to buy a sheep. Marg [/QUOTE]
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