Bear got his first lesson in lawn mowing - because he is a boy. Grandpa helped him learn the ropes. Lawn mowing is definitely manly - and definitely a man's job - right? Then I thought of the 2 summers that I mowed my lawn - before I found that I could pay the neighbor kid next to nothing to do it for me. I wondered if lawn mowing really was one of the "man jobs". One year ago - the man jobs in my world just didn't get done - it was too much of a pain to have to find someone to take the time or to trouble themselves with my list of "fix its" - so if I couldn't figure it out - it just didn't happen. Several years removed from the days of a large group of single guy friends I could call on for "man job" duties - and having no "dating pool" of men that I could flirt with or kiss to get my "fix its" taken care of...I resented the fact that there are man jobs and woman jobs. But, there are. There just are. And the lists are different for every couple - for every person really. A woman in my ward fights her husband for mowing priviledges. One of my closest friends is the techno person in her marriage - her husband can't work the DVD remote. Let alone hook up the player. She's the one with the tool box. But, she is a really bad cook - and he does all the cooking and cleaning. My friend Kendi (and if I knew how to post a link and make it show up - I would link to her blog right now - but, I'm a little stunted in my blog knowledge - help me please!) just posted a blog about finding a 4 foot gopher snake in her yard - and needing to find the closest male at home in the neighborhood...I would definitely agree that snakes would be a man job on my list. Regardless, the man job list and the woman job list are constantly changing and being defined on an individual basis. Its been so nice to have my Dad around to assign these tasks to. When he leaves, I'll go back to my world of "unfinished fix its" - because for me there are just some man jobs - I can't manage. What are the man jobs that you can't manage?
Bear thought he was so tough and strong to be able to pull and push the mower. Grandpa was very encouraging.
He showed him ALL the ropes. How to do it ALL the way.
They even bagged the clippings! Good job Bear!!
5 comments:
When I'm pregnant (especially now at 7 months) everything becomes a man-job! Well, I still have to cook, but I'm getting a little extra help with some other stuff now that moving around is getting to be more difficult every day!
PS - to make a link in your text, it's just like doing it on Word. Highlight what you want to link to and then click on the link icon (between the left justify and text color buttons.) A window will pop-up and you can paste or type the link in to the space provided and click okay and you're done! It will show up underlined and highlighted in your text. Hope that helps.
PPS - I think blogging is a woman-job. I mean I can still type!
i'm so excited to see that he's learning to do this! :) my little booger boy is growing up so fast!
What a lucky Bear to have a big Bear grandpa. The ONLY man job in my house is making the money. I'm just not capable. all other jobs that aren't mine are hired out, because his man job is the only job he is really good at. It works.
Lawn mowing, is a man's job, but cleaning up the clippings... now that is a REAL MAN'S JOB!!! Glenn always said that was considered "bonus". So the few times it happened I was "lucky". For awile I was mowing the lawn for a year or two because Glenn was out of town a lot, but this past summer I hired a gardener..yeah! One time I was mowing and found a snake in my yard... I RAN OVER IT with the LAWN MOWER! Yup. I am a REAL woman. Then I had my "man" neighbor pick up the chopped up pieces of snake still squirming... totally gross. Cool.
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