Did you ever spend a Saturday afternoon in the shop working on the new ride and have the wife look in on you with that amused look on her face that lets you know she's glad your happy? then when you return to the house smelling like the shop{a well known aphrodesiac}she insists on a physical demonstration of of her admiration for your abilities to turn what seems to be junk into kinetic art. Then a short time later just as she says "I'm close" your wit leads you to say"I'm farfromnukin" and the moment disolves in laughter requiring you to start over. Yeah, me neither!
Every man's fantasy. Only problem is, they DON'T look in on the garage with anything close to an amused look and the DON'T find it adorable or anything like it when you come in smelling like ass or gas. And the last thing doesn't happen. Period. Now, wake up and get off the creeper before your legs go numb. And don't forget to take a shower before you sit on any of the living room furnishings. That's pretty much a Saturday in SE MI.
......Yep happens to me all the time, of 'course that would be why she is always telling me I live in a fantasy world !!! But it sure is nice to dream
You should use jack stands next time. I think the car fell on your head. But I bet it was good till you came to.
So true. I was just watching The Alman Bros. on TV with my Brother-in-Law. They were in middle of a scortching jam. We were digging it. My wife walks in and says, "Honey, that's a bit annoying." Her sister says, "Amen". My only response was, "Why do women hate everything we love?" Denise, you are a rarity! Marriage is what makes what we accomplish in the garage that more amazing.
ok two so far i stopped at the junkyard ( her idea )while with my girlfriend yesterday and she got pissed as we were leavin.. i had forgotten to kiss her while in the yard (first yard visit this year) ... had to drive back thru the gate roll the windows down and plant one ... the dog was pissed too but i just let him out to pee on a import and he was happy and yes its cold up here
My girl is ok with the car thing, i've even gotten her into 60's cars, like t-birds and rivs, but she won't let me anywhere near her if I smell like grease or gas. She's perfectly ok with the idea of a backyard full of cars, which is a rarity from what I understand.
Guess I am one of the lucky ones....my wife of 34 years actually likes to help me build old cars. And then race them at the nostalgia drags at Temple/Accademy drag strip while I watch with one eye closed. I haven't finished a car yet that she didn't help build. We are in the process of building a 55 Buick mild custom for her daily driver. I think she is more excited than I am.
They really love it when you work all day in the garage and then come in and go strait to the computer and sit there for a couple of hours!
5 years ago I wake up on a sunday morning and my girlfriend at that time wasnt laying next to me. I walk through the house and shes no where to be found. I open up the shades to my room and out in my driveway is my car on jack stands with two legs sticking out from under it. She had dropped my oil pan to replace the gasket that I was planning on doing that day. 5 years later she still gets under the car and smells like gas and oil sunday night only shes my wife now.
I hate your fuckin' guts.LOL Ya lucky stiff! My wife hates it when I stop at these kinda places or spend my time lookin' at old iron on road trips.
My wife has always been very good about my garage time, espcially after I finished her car first. But I don't think she thinks garage smells are a turn on.
My wife is very neat a clean, doesn't like me being greasy and all, BUT, she has never bitched when a car breaks; has never complained when I needed to wrench all day to get something moving; has never said " why don't you just buy a new car??", is perfectly happy driving her old Volvo 240, never says anything about it being old-fashioned, and didn't blink when we took a 300,000 Mercedes to Florida and pulled a trailer load back. Even when the half-shafts gave up the good fight in Georgia, she just took our son shopping nearby and told me "call when it's done". She's not going to change oil in anything ever, but she's the best at what she does do all the same. Cosmo
My misses is cool too. Just got the chevy sled back from the painters today. Her words were i love this car. Then she gets her mate to sit in her little 32 truck. After that they try my little 23 T bucket. But they do comment on the screen being too high. Its high at the moment but not for long. Wanted to try it at full height first. Got 10 cars at our place, she does moan occasionaly. as i seem to put car parts everywhere. Her maoaning is justified. Need to keep on making a note to myself. GET THE GARAGE BUILT. Yep shes cool. Wish you guys luck with yours. Cheers Roland
My ex-wife was fairly tolerant but she hated my "radar". You know when you can spot a rusty A or a '40 Ford fender poking out form behind a barn while clipping along at 70MPH on the way to some family function. She hated it even worse when I would take the backroads just to look for old tin.
About halfway thru choppin my cab, mine came out made me teach her how to use the mig. I think soon shes gonna lay better beads than I do! Yesterday she woke me up because she wanted to go ask on a set of 40 juice brake setups we found in a guys yard. I still cant figure out how I got so lucky...
Our First Date Was In My 30 Ford Pickup Hotrod In 66 After Many Hotrods And A 31 Sedan I Build 19 Years Ago And Now Building Chopped Channeld 32 Ford Pickup She Still Loves Me Ya Gotta Love Her Tim
OK my turn, I knew she was a keeper when there was a 327 Chevy engine under the kitchen table for our first winter. That was many moons ago. Now she really enjoys me out in the shop and not hangin around in the house. Even brings me out milk and cookies!!!
I've got a "car room" in my house, a basement full of car parts, 3 out of 4 cars in my garage are 40+ years old, only 1 is operational at this minute, and she's never said a word. Plus, she wanders swap meets and car shows without complaint, can identify most vehicles by model, and asks what car parts she can buy me for my birthday. Guess I did OK.
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