Do Women Understand Teamwork?

[texasjohn]

Interesting....
I don't think women generallyhave experience with proper tools and just try to use whatever is in their hand at the time.

Example, we had been married about a month when i found my wife driving a nail for a picture with a frying pan.... left lots of half moon marks on the wall:confused2: And, my wife drives me crazy by working on stuff in a different sequence than it is obvious to me should be done.

However, there are exceptions. My daughter in law is superb at getting things done, using tools, etc. Anytime there is something that needs assembling, she is right there getting it done. In fact, she takes the lead and doesn't read the instructions...and gets it right...she just has that kind of mind. She quickly learned how to use the FEL (faster than I did) and uses it with finesse and care. A cousin had a plasma cutter. He demonstrated its use and operation for 3 minutes, gave her chalk to outline a silhouette in sheet steel. She made an intricate drawing and cut it out, first time final with no mishaps. He had trained dozens of people...said he had seen only one other learn so quickly.

So, guess it depends, but I hear you:laughing:

 

[Sigarms]

Do all men know how to work on cars?

I guess I'm very lucky,, My wife and I can work side by side on yard and house projects all weekend long.

Ditto. I consider myself very lucky. My wife will even go to a box store, pick up materials and do a little project without me knowing about it.

Then again, when I was dating, if a girl told me to be there at 7 and I was there at 10 of and I had to wait a half hour waiting for her, I'd just leave:laughing:

 

[Ezlivn]

My wife doesn't even know what a lawn mower is.:laughing: I bought her a car for Christmas a few years back and she's NEVER cleaned it once.
HOWEVER.....when people comment on how nice the flowers are around the house....or how the new kitchen looks with the new paint job or how nice the yard looks yada yada.....all of a sudden it's "Oh thank you..."WE" did that together!! WE?? WE?:laughing:

Honey you got a frog in your pocket? WE?:laughing:

 

[charlz]

My wife and I work together pretty well.... cleaning up leaves is an exception ... I prefer to pick them up with the riding lawnmower versus endless raking, loading etc. She insists upon raking them into huge piles that I have no hope of getting with the lawnmower as it will instantly clog. If the piles get wet and not picked up they start killing the lawn. We have been living in this place 6 years and this year she finally listened and didn't pile the leaves... just raked them out away from the house etc so I could get them with the mower. It takes a good 5 mowing events before most of the leaves are out of the trees. She still tries to get every single leaf out of the flowerbeds, bushes etc each time we go out... I just shake my head and point at all the leaves still left in the tree's that are waiting for you to finish so they can fall.

 

[jpm]

no

 

[Bird]

This thread is hilarious, to me at least, because it's so familiar.:laughing: We've been married for well over 45 years and most of these posts sound like us. We've learned to work together just a tiny bit, but we'll never learn to do things the same way. My wife literally has an uncanny knack for instantly recognizing and using the slowest, most difficult way to do any job, no matter what it is. I certainly may fail at times to recognize the easiest, quickest way to do something, but I try to do that. She will always do the opposite.

However, in spite of it nearly driving me up the walls at times, I really can't complain because she will get the job done, and nearly always done well. She's probably a better worker than me.:laughing:

[in March it will be 5 years for the two of us/QUOTE]

And it'll probably be the same in another 40 years.:laughing:

we had been married about a month when i found my wife driving a nail for a picture with a frying pan

Yep, even when the right tool is readily available. In a commercial kitchen equipment store, many years ago, I bought the world's best paring knife. She broke the blade using it to pry the lid off something, and I've never been able to find another knife like it.

My wife doesn't even know what a lawn mower is.

My wife never touched one of my tractors or riding lawnmowers. And she never used our current walk behind mower, until this year. I had knee replacement surgery on Aug. 30, and after that she mowed the yard a few times. I would not have thought she'd even figure out how to start it, but she did.

She has another great talent, too. She may be the only woman in the world who could put up with me for 45 years.:laughing:

 

[Thomas]

Welcome to dark side ..your learning.

 

[weldingisfun]

She has another great talent, too. She may be the only woman in the world who could put up with me for 45 years.:laughing:

Bird, I think you hit the nail squarely on the head with that one. This is the greatest talent for most women, being able to put up with their husbands. Mine has been successful in that arena for over 43 years. She does her best to work with me in my world, bless her heart, she tries. I don't even try to work in her world, unless she asks me to. I learned a long time ago, in her world, I just get in the way.:laughing:

 

[Reverend Blair]

It depends on the job.

If it's carpentry/renovating, working with Mrs. Rev is difficult at best. She doesn't like the saws, she doesn't like the air nailer, she expects rough framing to look like finished furniture but isn't particular about things like plub fence posts, and she doesn't understand a framing square but is sure that it's wrong. There is no flow to her carpentry work and she doesn't like to listen.

She learned most of her carpentry/reno skills by watching those shows on TV.

If it's painting, generally it's best if she works on one side of the house and I work on the other. She's a good painter, and there's a flow to her work, but it's different than mine.

She learned painting from helping her parents.

If it's gardening, she's excellent. Easy to work with, happy to grab a shovel or rake, willing to listen to unfortunate little realities about drainage, and unafraid of mowers. She's iffy about the old Allis Chalmers two wheeler, but any sane person would be. Best of all, she knows and cares about flowers. I just plant random flowers to attract bees to pollinate vegetables, but Mrs. Rev actually plants flowers because she likes them. Makes the place look nice.

 

[troutsqueezer]

It depends on the job.
but isn't particular about things like plub fence posts, and she doesn't understand a framing square but is sure that it's wrong. There is no flow to her carpentry work and she doesn't like to listen.

I can relate to most of these responses too but this one really does drive me nuts. I have this thing about posts, garden statues and benches being plumb. Not so with wifey. Doesn't matter if they look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa to her. "What's the problem?"