There comes a time in a man’s life when he just has to start looking good in front of his wife.  I’m not talking so much about physical appearance, though that is equally as important, I’m talking about impressing her by being able to do things that she needs done around the house.

You see, a woman wants a man that can DIY.  Actually it would be DIH (do-it-himself).  She doesn’t want a man who throws self reliance to the wind, and just wears cool stuff and acts snobbish, calling in the professionals for even small and simple tasks.  What she really wants is a man to hold onto his round-tuit and get around to it more often!

If you want to know if you measure up in the DIY department, you won’t usually have to wonder for very long.  Women have a way of letting you know if you aren’t responding to their requests in time, and if your chores are performed sufficiently.  I can tell my wife’s measurement of my performance by the geometric angles on her face that come and go from time to time.  She doesn’t have to speak.

If you don’t know how to do something when your wife asks, feign like you know exactly how to do it, that you’ll get right to it as soon as you complete something else extremely important, and then hurry and use all the resources you can get your hands on to learn the skill or technique that she is requiring of you.  Then get on it ASAP!  You can keep the peace a lot better this way.

Self reliance is a wonderful topic.  It comes in handy right when you need it.  But if you procrastinate, it can be too late when faced with an emergency.  I procrastinated a long time on these vole holes in my yard because it wasn’t an emergency.  Besides, if you let it go on for a while, and pansy around for a bit, then when you completely knock it out, you can tell your wife you decided it was time for the big guns, and that you weren’t going to mess around anymore.  Then she’ll know that when it comes down to do-or-die situations, you got her back.  Kind of like Shaq.  Like he always says, he makes the free throws when it counts! You can never be so cavalier about safety and getting ready for disasters, mind you.

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