I think you need to send your mom a picture of your successfully assembled furniture so she sees tangible proof that you can do it.
My mother is actually the opposite of yours. She drives me nuts too because she gets so frustrated with me when I tell her there are things I just can't do alone. She thinks I should be able to do anything by myself.
Mom's all drive us a little nutty sometimes don't they? My mom changes her own oil and changes her own tires, etc. What I get is that I am suppose to be the helpless one in the man's eye.
I've been a do-it-yourselfer for quite some time, as I own an old house.
With the house comes the yard. I decided to do the yardwork myself, so I bought a lawnmower and later, many other implements including a chainsaw! Anyway, all of this stuff was a real mystery to me when I was growing up. It was "men's stuff." I remember being very amused by the instruction books that come with all of these things. They are written on a 5th grade level and of course ALWAYS have a picture of a man using the tool. It's true there are some things that really are too heavy for me to do, but the other stuff? Pu-lease. I figure if I can learn a software program like Photoshop, I can d*amn sure figure out how to run a lawn mower (and change the oil and the sparkplug thank you very much).
And of course, I assembled my gas grill. And I can snake out my bathroom sink. Easy.
My mother doesn't give me grief about any of this: she's somewhat of a do-it-yourselfer too because she always sewed all of our clothes. But she let my dad do all the man's jobs—but bossed him around the whole time he did them.
Your mom sounds a lot like mine - especially when I plan to travel solo, etc.
I just take it as a compliment. My mom would never dream of doing some things alone, and I just think she's secretly envious/impressed that I do.
AJ, enjoying life with C.
I think you need to send your mom a picture of your successfully assembled furniture so she sees tangible proof that you can do it.
My mother is actually the opposite of yours. She drives me nuts too because she gets so frustrated with me when I tell her there are things I just can't do alone. She thinks I should be able to do anything by myself.
Mom's all drive us a little nutty sometimes don't they? My mom changes her own oil and changes her own tires, etc. What I get is that I am suppose to be the helpless one in the man's eye.
I totally admire anyone, male or female, who can fix things.
I've found that being self sufficient can come back to bite ya!
I've been a do-it-yourselfer for quite some time, as I own an old house.
With the house comes the yard. I decided to do the yardwork myself, so I bought a lawnmower and later, many other implements including a chainsaw! Anyway, all of this stuff was a real mystery to me when I was growing up. It was "men's stuff." I remember being very amused by the instruction books that come with all of these things. They are written on a 5th grade level and of course ALWAYS have a picture of a man using the tool. It's true there are some things that really are too heavy for me to do, but the other stuff? Pu-lease. I figure if I can learn a software program like Photoshop, I can d*amn sure figure out how to run a lawn mower (and change the oil and the sparkplug thank you very much).
And of course, I assembled my gas grill. And I can snake out my bathroom sink. Easy.
My mother doesn't give me grief about any of this: she's somewhat of a do-it-yourselfer too because she always sewed all of our clothes. But she let my dad do all the man's jobs—but bossed him around the whole time he did them.