Originally Posted by retroguybilly

"I'm sorry...for your lack of being able to understand a husbands (sic) responsibility to provide for, respect and listen to your (sic) mate."

It's just that you gave us more information about your domestic situation than anyone wanted or needed to know.

What I DO see is that you are letting your wife dictate your agenda. You should understand that women will attempt to dictate your ENTIRE agenda if you LET them do so.

I DO understand that she feels she is ENTITLED to have you take complete responsibility for fixing her car whenever it breaks, and she does not think her attitude is sexist. But tell me, if YOU were to adopt the attitude that YOU were ENTITLED to have sex whenever you want it, or ENTITLED to have her cook dinner every night, or ENTITLED to have her keep the house clean, would she think THAT was sexist? I'll bet she would!

C'mon, face it, what she is really telling you is that she never learned to work on cars because she didn't think it was important enough. But she sure does think it's important to know how to fix her car when it breaks, doesn't she? How does it make you feel when she belittles and disparages your car repair abilities with her psychologically-defensive attitude that it is "too unimportant to learn" (i.e, refusing to admit that she made a big mistake by never learning), while at the same time she pressures YOU to fix it in a big rush? Don't you ever get tired of such hypocrisy?

I really don't like double standards. That's one of the reasons I say that divorce is a great thing.

Also, in the future could you just ask your question and not tell us how upset your wife is? It really adds nothing to the post to tell us how upset she is, except to make everyone wonder why you would gratuitously mention something like that. If you felt compelled to mention it in your post, you must find it upsetting yourself that your wife cops such an attitude. Some things are better left unsaid, if you get my drift.

Thank you.