Well no sometimes she looks at me a smiles but its one of those smiles like a cat I think it means she knows something that I don't. Actually the wife's dad was a gear head. If smelling like a mechanic turned her on I'd get a little worried.
My wife is super cool with my hot rod lifestyle. I get alot of people ask me when they come into my backyard workshop/junkyard..."What does your wife think of all this?" and I tell them that I've never heard a negative word about it. That's how I was when I met her and that's how I'll be when I die. She used to go to alot of events with me years ago and even slept in old station wagons. She is partially disabled with rheumatoid arthritis now so I attend most events alone and hook up with buddies when I get there. She even raced my Willys coupe at Fremont back in the 80's but she hasn't ridden in my rpu because she can't climb in until I get the doors working. Her dream car would be a 62 Vette but when she went to test drive my buddies car she couldn't reach the pedals! Anyway, I feel real lucky to have found my soulmate!
My wife, "EWww you smell like gasoline, open the door,throw your clothes in the washer" etc. Me.."Well the smell of cat piss makes me gag" I guess it all depends on what yer used to..Hell, she comes home with info, sightings, of cars she says we should go look at...she has no problems tolerating the car thing, shes as bad as I am...but, I'm not so tolerant of her cats...ever forgotten to roll yer windows up and had a cat piss in there, you might as well burn the damn thing....
"I'm not so tolerant of her cats...ever forgotten to roll yer windows up and had a cat piss in there, you might as well burn the damn thing...." No, but if your car looks like a litter box, ya gotta expect that...............
I had to take a couple years off of working on cars (not by choice, but that is another story) so i was squeeky clean and odor free for a long time. When I got back into it again one of the first things she did was to take my cut-up grease stained hands in hers, smile at me and say it was good that they looked like mine again. She was also glad that I smelled like me again... She's both a doll and a keeper -- she's been puttin up with me for nearly 25 years. Yeah, I am blessed.
My wife would have to go in from the garage to look in on me. If I am working in the garage she is out there helping me. My wife loves cars as much as I do.
Denise why do you think you get so many kisses? My girlie is awesome too. She always tells me she saw some old iron somewhere and drives me back by it later. She knows my hands have to bleeding before I can come back in. She loves my truck just wishes I'd finish it faster so she can drive it (hell its cold outside)
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