Am I the only dad who doesn’t do many handyman works at home? You know, plumbing, electrical works, carpentry, repairs, etc…
When something needs to be fixed, most of the time, I hire someone to do it. Not that I don’t know how to, it’s just that I’m not doing them too often I’d rather delegate it to someone who knows better. (Fine, I feel lazy… I don’t have that energy just by thinking of it, compared to other things I love doing.)
My wife was even clowning me sometimes for not knowing how to do stuff “every man should know.” I told her, it’s just a matter of preferences and interests. I’m happy she understands. (At least, I know how to assemble Ikea stuff.)
Some men grew up learning DIYs, while I opted to learn the creative and soft skills that I love and I’m now using.
Fathers who know a whole lot of things are admirable. Sometimes I wish I’m like you. But fact is, not everyone knows everything, even if the world says that you should. You can do one thing that I can’t and I can do another that you can’t. Different strokes for different folks.
So fellow dads (and moms, who usually get a lot of this banter), don’t sweat it out if someone tells you “you don’t know nothing.”
