Ways to Motivate a Man

[Lulubelle]

Originally Posted by scubagirlj

quit fighting your head-when you want something done right, or right away, DIY

There is a small ACE hardware near my home. I keep telling the owner, who is in a low traffic high rent district, that he needs to have DIY classes aimed at women. I've learned how to do a lot over the years, but I want to learn how to do trim carpentry and such. I have a bonus room to finish, and want to be part of the labor. I already can do minor electric, a holdover from my tech crew days doing lighting and sound design for performances held at UNC.

Girl Power.

[DMWiz]

Originally Posted by Lulubelle

I already can do minor electric, a holdover from my tech crew days doing lighting and sound design for performances held at UNC.

Girl Power.

Leather boots and power tools... looks like a calendar to me! No more motivation needed.

[PACKRMAN]

Originally Posted by DMWiz

Leather boots and power tools... looks like a calendar to me! No more motivation needed.

Throw in that six pack and charge admision

[emt]

Originally Posted by caburrid

My husband and father in law built a half wall about 2 weeks ago, and after putting the putty on it and all it has been sitting waiting for painting and final touches for a week, with no progress being made. He is currently sitting on his butt watching football. Anyone out there with a suggestion on how I can motivate him to get it done?

For me this works:
If I finish the job desired, I get to go on a trip to the keys. Also put a TV in the room where work is desired with volume at max. setting while working.

I'm sure you know of a similar desire of his.

lol, If he won't take you up on that deal...I will....

[Lulubelle]

Originally Posted by PACKRMAN

Throw in that six pack and charge admision

LOL, bring it on, but I'll have you doing the work before you know that I am doing it. One problem though, I don't have many tools, only a power drill and the basics. And before any of you...(SL)...jump on this, I am only interested in the types of tools one buys at the hardware store!~

[Splitlip]

Originally Posted by Lulubelle

LOL, bring it on, but I'll have you doing the work before you know that I am doing it. One problem though, I don't have many tools, only a power drill and the basics. And before any of you...(SL)...jump on this, I am only interested in the types of tools one buys at the hardware store!~

Crap! And I was gonna be so on that!

[Lulubelle]

Originally Posted by Splitlip

Crap! And I was gonna be so on that!

You know, my bad, I should have let that one go. What is the fun in cutting you off at the pass?

[snagel]

I guess I'm lucky...my wife actually likes all the home remodel stuff and doesn't mind getting in and getting her hands dirty (although she has slowed down a little lately). A couple years back, I bought her a table saw for her birthday....she loved it. They guy at the store thought I was nuts and headed for a quick divorce. She then wanted a router (because she could make pretty designs - too much watching home improvement shows). I tried to tell her that a router is a very dangerous piece of equipment, but she insisted. Well, we got one and I tried to show her how to use it and was very concerned she was going to hurt herself. She turned it on and it went crazy and as predicted almost disaster. She hasn't touched it since.

How does she motivate me on projects? If I don't get them started, she starts them. I came home one day and she tore all the paneling off the walls in one room. The drywall was torn up so she tried to patch it with drywall paste - to the point of putting a layer of paste over the whole wall. I couldn't stand it and eventually had to tear out all the drywall and put up new. She told me later that if she just kept tearing things up, I would eventually start repairing.

Snagel

[emt]

"She told me later that if she just kept tearing things up, I would eventually start repairing."

Snagel


I think your wife is far smarter than you have realized and I would reexamine the: I guess I'm lucky...my wife actually "LIKES" all the home remodel stuff.

Now, don't pass that idea on to my wife, lol, I much prefer the trips to the Keys.......But, I know what you mean by it gets to a point where you have to do something.

[scubadiver888]

Originally Posted by Lulubelle

There is a small ACE hardware near my home. I keep telling the owner, who is in a low traffic high rent district, that he needs to have DIY classes aimed at women. I've learned how to do a lot over the years, but I want to learn how to do trim carpentry and such. I have a bonus room to finish, and want to be part of the labor. I already can do minor electric, a holdover from my tech crew days doing lighting and sound design for performances held at UNC.

Girl Power.

Hey Lulubelle, we have a Canadian Actress (Mag Ruffman) who became a General Contractor in order to pay the rent before making it in acting. She appears regularly at home renovation shows, morning talk shows and had her own television show on Home & Garden Television Canada.

She actually does better work than a lot of guys I know.

Maybe you could be the USA equivalent of Tool Girl.