Young Men Today - I don't Get it

[Seymour Flops]

This young lady appears to be from some ferun place, so I guess it's a universal problem:



My future son-in-law and my daughter caught a flat on the way to our early Christmas celebration over the weekend. They were much later than I would expect for changing a flat. Sure enough it was time for changing the flat, but also time to wait for AAA to come and change it for them.

My four sons can damn well change a flat jump a car whose battery has run out, check oil, install a doorknob, restore a worn wooden table, etc. This is where I disagree witht he second young lady who says the real men are the men women don't date because they work with their hands in their jobs, or aren't good looking or whatever. Not true in my sons' cases. They are handsome, and none of them "work with their hands," they are an engineer, a software designer, a military investigator, and an online entepreneur.

I think it is the recent generation of dads, not the current generation of young men who are at fault. My boys knew how to change a tire, or a battery, or add oil, or check an air filter, because I made sure they did. I showed them how even when my tire didn't need changing just for the practice. When I worked on my car, they were there, and not just handing me tools, but doing the work.

Okay, I'm the old dude that gripes about how it used to be, but damn, Y'all!

 

[pknopp]

Back then you know what else we didn't do? Scan YouTube to find stupid clips to get us all upset.

 

[Cougarbear]

This young lady appears to be from some ferun place, so I guess it's a universal problem:



My future son-in-law and my daughter caught a flat on the way to our early Christmas celebration over the weekend. They were much later than I would expect for changing a flat. Sure enough it was time for changing the flat, but also time to wait for AAA to come and change it for them.

My four sons can damn well change a flat jump a car whose battery has run out, check oil, install a doorknob, restore a worn wooden table, etc. This is where I disagree witht he second young lady who says the real men are the men women don't date because they work with their hands in their jobs, or aren't good looking or whatever. Not true in my sons' cases. They are handsome, and none of them "work with their hands," they are an engineer, a software designer, a military investigator, and an online entepreneur.

I think it is the recent generation of dads, not the current generation of young men who are at fault. My boys knew how to change a tire, or a battery, or add oil, or check an air filter, because I made sure they did. I showed them how even when my tire didn't need changing just for the practice. When I worked on my car, they were there, and not just handing me tools, but doing the work.

Okay, I'm the old dude that gripes about how it used to be, but damn, Y'all!

That's not what the 2nd hot chick was saying. She was saying, it's your choice ladies. You want a rich dude, then don't expect him to do his own work on the car or anything else. He can pay for someone to do it. If you want someone who works with their hands and is a handyman around the house, then don't expect him to be wealthy, but go for him. That's okay. That's what I heard.

 

[shockedcanadian]

This young lady appears to be from some ferun place, so I guess it's a universal problem:



My future son-in-law and my daughter caught a flat on the way to our early Christmas celebration over the weekend. They were much later than I would expect for changing a flat. Sure enough it was time for changing the flat, but also time to wait for AAA to come and change it for them.

My four sons can damn well change a flat jump a car whose battery has run out, check oil, install a doorknob, restore a worn wooden table, etc. This is where I disagree witht he second young lady who says the real men are the men women don't date because they work with their hands in their jobs, or aren't good looking or whatever. Not true in my sons' cases. They are handsome, and none of them "work with their hands," they are an engineer, a software designer, a military investigator, and an online entepreneur.

I think it is the recent generation of dads, not the current generation of young men who are at fault. My boys knew how to change a tire, or a battery, or add oil, or check an air filter, because I made sure they did. I showed them how even when my tire didn't need changing just for the practice. When I worked on my car, they were there, and not just handing me tools, but doing the work.

Okay, I'm the old dude that gripes about how it used to be, but damn, Y'all!

As relationships become little more than transactions it will just ensure that fewer wealthier men will have access to more laisse-faire ladies until tbey break up. Poorer men will find less attractive women but they have a better chance of sticking together, having a nuclear family etc. That's my take anyways. This is another reaso why true Faith is important. G-d brings and keeps couples together if they are both true believers. It also encourages respect for one another and a loyalty to eacb other. Just as grandpa and grandma used to live.

 

[Arlette]

This young lady appears to be from some ferun place, so I guess it's a universal problem:



My future son-in-law and my daughter caught a flat on the way to our early Christmas celebration over the weekend. They were much later than I would expect for changing a flat. Sure enough it was time for changing the flat, but also time to wait for AAA to come and change it for them.

My four sons can damn well change a flat jump a car whose battery has run out, check oil, install a doorknob, restore a worn wooden table, etc. This is where I disagree witht he second young lady who says the real men are the men women don't date because they work with their hands in their jobs, or aren't good looking or whatever. Not true in my sons' cases. They are handsome, and none of them "work with their hands," they are an engineer, a software designer, a military investigator, and an online entepreneur.

I think it is the recent generation of dads, not the current generation of young men who are at fault. My boys knew how to change a tire, or a battery, or add oil, or check an air filter, because I made sure they did. I showed them how even when my tire didn't need changing just for the practice. When I worked on my car, they were there, and not just handing me tools, but doing the work.

Okay, I'm the old dude that gripes about how it used to be, but damn, Y'all!

They probably just wanted to delay listening to some old boomer yammering about something.

 

[Arlette]

Old boomer - when we were kids we got ONE toy for Christmas. And it was a stick.

 

[MarathonMike]

Back in my day, we had to make our own Christmas gifts. And we LIKED IT!

 

[Mashmont]

This young lady appears to be from some ferun place, so I guess it's a universal problem:



My future son-in-law and my daughter caught a flat on the way to our early Christmas celebration over the weekend. They were much later than I would expect for changing a flat. Sure enough it was time for changing the flat, but also time to wait for AAA to come and change it for them.

My four sons can damn well change a flat jump a car whose battery has run out, check oil, install a doorknob, restore a worn wooden table, etc. This is where I disagree witht he second young lady who says the real men are the men women don't date because they work with their hands in their jobs, or aren't good looking or whatever. Not true in my sons' cases. They are handsome, and none of them "work with their hands," they are an engineer, a software designer, a military investigator, and an online entepreneur.

I think it is the recent generation of dads, not the current generation of young men who are at fault. My boys knew how to change a tire, or a battery, or add oil, or check an air filter, because I made sure they did. I showed them how even when my tire didn't need changing just for the practice. When I worked on my car, they were there, and not just handing me tools, but doing the work.

Okay, I'm the old dude that gripes about how it used to be, but damn, Y'all!

I've found if you're in a workplace with uneducated people who have been there a long time, they will work hard to maintain a pecking order in which the educated people aren't allowed to do certain jobs. The meme is "only experienced people can do it", and they'll try to belittle educated newbies I encountered that when I worked at 7-11 over 40 years ago for a few months. The assistant managers worked the day shift and filled out certain forms each day. They made it sound like it was impossible for a newbie to do it. The reality is any intelligent person could have done it. These women were protecting their jobs and felt insecure.

I think it's the same thing with changing the oil, checking the plugs, etc. Uneducated men back in the day belittled educated men who hadn't done "handy" things before. I had a real hangup about that when I was young. Then I got into the house business and learned something about everything. But you know what? Professionals at siding or decking or plaster still do the same thing. You can't be as good as craftsmen who do the stuff every day of the week. Some bash other people's work in order to elevate themselves. Educated people don't feel the need to do that.

 

[Hellokitty]

That's not what the 2nd hot chick was saying. She was saying, it's your choice ladies. You want a rich dude, then don't expect him to do his own work on the car or anything else. He can pay for someone to do it. If you want someone who works with their hands and is a handyman around the house, then don't expect him to be wealthy, but go for him. That's okay. That's what I heard.

Yeah that's kinda what I got, but seriously some of this stuff is pretty basic, like I would expect all guys to be able to check tire pressure/oil, change a tire and jump start a car.

 

[MarathonMike]

Yeah that's kinda what I got, but seriously some of this stuff is pretty basic, like I would expect all guys to be able to check tire pressure/oil, change a tire and jump start a car.

When each of my kids took off for college I made them both do exactly that and show me they knew how to change their tires and jump start their cars before I let them go.

 

[Arlette]

Yeah that's kinda what I got, but seriously some of this stuff is pretty basic, like I would expect all guys to be able to check tire pressure/oil, change a tire and jump start a car.

And a woman knowing how to make biscuits. So fucking lame.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Yeah that's kinda what I got, but seriously some of this stuff is pretty basic, like I would expect all guys to be able to check tire pressure/oil, change a tire and jump start a car.

And if they don't, I have AAA.

 

[luiza]

Young Men Today - I don't Get it​

Yes .
Maybe some of us of a certain age let that thought cross our minds .

My lesser half scorns even looking at this site which allows me to make that comment ..

 

[hondo 50]

A few years back, I heard about these special workshops done by Home Depot. It seems that their original workshops were too advanced because they found these "men" didn't even know how to do basics. Supposedly, they could barely handle a pair or pliers or a screwdriver. So the big box store had to offer more elementary classes.

 

[Woodznutz]

I didn't know how to fix a bent spindle on my big JET drill press, so I went to YouTube, and voila, there was an instructive video. Without the instruction I might have hurt myself.

 

[MayorQuimby]

And a woman knowing how to make biscuits. So fucking lame.

She's right though. Guys should know how to do basic maintenance on a car like checking tire pressure, changing the oil...etc. In fact, I believe both sexes should know stuff like this, by the time they are old enough to get a drivers license.