Posted on 06/25/2013 7:38:12 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
Because they believe they know everything.
Hah. My standard answer.....fine you do it.....as I walk away.
I have also banned my spouse from using power tools. This following a trip to the ER after she had weed-whacked both of her ankles.
If a power tool job needs doing, I’ll gladly do it.
Guess I’m a bad guy for concluding that sharp blades and
spinning projectiles are not her bag.
.....And it is WORSE when it is siblings giving advice each other, and in a special way on some very important issues.
My husband and I didn’t have ego problems. If I could do a job better, I did that job. If he could do a job better, he did that job. Each person has different skills. We understood that and it worked for us. If one said he/she could do that better, he/she got that job. We didn’t have word fights or try to verbally hurt each other.
You have by, definition, a cookie cutter relationship:)
Hey, I’m happy to learn ‘how to do it right’. If I screw up tell me. You want to get on my shoulder and tell me, “this is how you should be doing something”, I love that.
I’ve learned a lot of things that way.
But, it’s a two way street.
Glad to see everyone using “advice” correctly and not substituting “advise” in its place.
“....And it is WORSE when it is siblings giving advice each other, and in a special way on some very important issues.”
No it is better. Sibling advice, parental advice, spousal advice...nothing better or more fun than that. Throw in some uncles and grandparents too.
I think an people who were raised as an “only child” in general do not get the whole sibling “advice” or “rivalry” thing. Unless you were raised with the fighting, bickering, and competition that siblings bring it is hard to understand.
That same thing heavily influences spousal relationships. My wife and I are each first born of four and we act like even with each other. A “only” or a “baby” should never marry an oldest it is a recipe for domination.
LOL! Good thing she can take a joke. ;-)
What’s strange is that she seems kind of touched by my Power Tools Ban. She will joke about it with her girlfriends, but in a way that kind of says “isn’t it cool he cares that much?”.
But she will still have a fit if I tell her not to cut onions with the blade pointing towards her thumb. Go figure!
“But she will still have a fit if I tell her not to cut onions with the blade pointing towards her thumb. Go figure!”
Perhaps you could say, “Let me cut that for you so I would be the one cut if the knife slipped.” Don’t see how she could resist that.
And this has what to do with Wall Street? Is the WSJ drifting down the la la lane of liberalism?
That is called passive aggressive, and is hell to live with.
Let me tell you how to buy a fishing boat...
Actually, this article acknowledges innate gender differences and suggests not giving advice. Liberalism is all about telling others how they should live their lives, and according to Liberals gender differences are nothing more than a social contruct.
i keep telling mine the light switch ALSO turns lights off.
or you could be cutting the onion poorly on purpose hoping your husband believes you just can’t do it, thinking it’s a task simply beyond your capability, and starts doing it himself.
not really. it’s more a husband thing than a penis thing.
they take advice or explaining an alternate, possibly better way, as personal criticism, not just an alternative. the closer’you are’to thatperson, the more it’s taken personally. the paradox is that you can’t stand taking instruction from a person that supposedly you love the most.
Something my dad taught me about advice:
Option one: Your advice is not heeded and it still turns out OK for the person you advised. Result – you’re an idiot who knows not what he is talking about.
Option two: Your advice is not heeded and it turns out poorly for the person you advised. Result – you are a “know it all” and will be shunned because you remind the advised of what an idiot they are.
Option three: Your advice is heeded and it turns our poorly for the person you advised. Result – again, you’re an idiot who knows not what he is talking about.
Option four: Your advice is heeded and turns out OK for the person you advised. Result – the advised will be grateful, but will soon forget you helped him out.
So, giving advice has only a 25% chance of a good result for you. I’ll skip those odds. By the way, thanks dad.
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