They dont make Women like they used to.My wife is 27 and cant make a grilled cheese, let alone keep the stove goin. Im envious of some of yall.
One could say that of a lot of 27 yr olds, male and female.
They dont make Women like they used to.My wife is 27 and cant make a grilled cheese, let alone keep the stove goin. Im envious of some of yall.
They dont make Women like they used to.My wife is 27 and cant make a grilled cheese, let alone keep the stove goin. Im envious of some of yall.
One could say that of a lot of 27 yr olds, male and female.
What did I miss? The thread title is as gender neutral as one can get, and folks from both sides of the gender coin have responded. In my case, my wife's lack of interest in running the stove has nothing to do with her being a woman.
actually, as the OP, I was asking what do you do to make it easier for your significant other to keep the stove going. in my case, i keep biobricks handy, i wouldn't normally use them otherwise. but threads take on a life of thier own.
Amen. Some gender roles served us well, at the time. Whereas women typically learned to sew and cook, men typically learned how to maintain the home and family transportation. Now, we seem to be living in a world of wussies who can't do any of these things. Rather than the man learning traditional woman roles, and vice versa, most successful people are happy to have zero skills of self-sustenance. An affluent man rescuing his family from a flat tire has somehow become, "call AAA."I don't think they make guys like they used to either. I lucked out, but man, my BIL barely knows where the gas goes in the car, much less how to change the oil in it. Any time any little thing needs done on their town house, he calls a "guy". I don't think he'd know which end of a hammer to use for what.
Buddy, the first time she put in a Brad Pitt movie she was working those controls like a champ
Oh now I understand, plenty of wood and kindling, super cedars if she needs them and the flue and stove top thermometers and my great advice.actually, as the OP, I was asking what do you do to make it easier for your significant other to keep the stove going. in my case, i keep biobricks handy, i wouldn't normally use them otherwise. but threads take on a life of thier own.
She doesn't like handling splits.
.Annual thread . . . and as I have said in the past . . . running a woodstove effectively does not require a dingus.
Just hope she doesn't find an "alternative heat source" while you are away.Well the wife runs the stoves or freezes when I am gone, makes it easy.
Another good reason to get one of these.Get a Blaze King and she will never have to touch it! I remember telling my wife how to run that Leyden and I couldn't understand why the bypass was so hard for her to figure out. I said it is the same as the Blaze King was. Then she reminded me, she never once had to touch the Blaze King! I'm so glad to have another BK!
One can only hope.Just hope she doesn't find an "alternative heat source" while you are away.
Too Funny I prefer my other half not to use anything that has an engine or motor.. Dishwasher Clothes washer dryer shes just hard on things slams door to dryer drops lid on washer when i use n manage things last forever she mustve another car every couple years never cleans maintains etc she has always had great jobs so i been happy at home even raising my daughters who can operate anything under the sun and i mean anything other than birthing and work she got it made i guess she cussed me like a sailor during childbirth I reminded her that my Child will never be in upper or Mid Mgmt in retail breeds nothing but Wimps .. my daughters are drop dead beautiful edumacated to carhart wearing outdoors will whip any guy into shape quick i feel bad for em .. the guys ..Why? It's personal experiances. I'm not all that easily offended though (and really I find very few things around here even remotely possibly offensive-try hanging around automotive forums or worse, having a show car you take to shows/cruise nights). If anything, I get annoyed that people still think and act certain ways, but it goes both ways. Like, a friend of ours kept dating these high maintance chicks that would rather sit around reading cosmo and doing their nails and talking about shoes-and want us to come over. And of course, he and DH would go hang out in the garage and leave me with them. UGH. I'd rather put in a motor than talk about shoes. I mean really, who the heck cares, they go on your feet. And nail polish chips WAY to easily, I cannot be worrying about that when handling firewood or detailing my car.
Although...I will admit that sometimes I wonder if the chicks that won't touch the stove are married to the dudes that won't do dishes or laundry, lol. My neightbors are like that. She won't learn to drive the lawn tractor because he won't do the laundry or dust. lol
My wife is from Hawaii and grew up with screens (no windows). She likes to have the windows open and therefore wood heat, as it is the only way we can keep the place warm with the windows open.
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Wow, I can relate to this "quirky" behavior. My wife is from the tropics too. She hates our PA winters. I usually come home each day to find the Greenspeed Heat Pump cranked up to 80. And she will have the front door (with screen) wide open.
This year will be our first with a wood stove (hopefully) and it should be interesting to see how it goes.
I think most of you guys who ponder/complain about this, made a poor choice, IMHO. No long term planning
perfect thread for my morning. I wake up, ask the girlfriend how the furnace is running and she says fine and that she just stoked it. I go down and check, dampers closed and the wood she threw in there is just smouldering away choking on the smoke. I call her down and show her the situation and once again try to explain how to run the furnace. Suddenly im a dickhead and shes never touching the furnace again.
In about 1980 or so I installed a flue temp. gauge on the stove and told her to use that a guide line, it seemed to help her a lot but the stove is in our living area where she can keep an eye on it. My wife probably thinks I am a dick head 90% of the time, I am getting use to it.perfect thread for my morning. I wake up, ask the girlfriend how the furnace is running and she says fine and that she just stoked it. I go down and check, dampers closed and the wood she threw in there is just smouldering away choking on the smoke. I call her down and show her the situation and once again try to explain how to run the furnace. Suddenly im a dickhead and shes never touching the furnace again.
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