This thread is brought to you by a discussion on 97.9 and things I hear from Brainage and his fellow gearheads.
Does your significant other give you a hard time about being a gearhead or tell you what you can and can't have (in terms of cars and things to put on them such as blowers and NOS kits and such)?
On 97.9 they were talking about how wives and/or girlfriends give men a hard time about cars and working on them and/or buying them.
Just a couple weeks ago a friend of ours was telling us that his live-in-lady told him he could only have one car besides his everyday driver. I don't get that. I wouldn't say that to Brainage because one, he would go out of his way to buy something else. Sort of like when I am driving and he tells me to hurry up so of course that means I slow down to 20 MPH (when no one is around or we are on a side street of course).
Another friend of theirs was forced to sell their dragster (it was a 10 second car) and was not allowed (and yes, this is the word that was used) so they could by a family car.
So my question is this, as long as the bills are paid, a roof over you, food on the table and clothes on your back, why do women give men a hard time about this?
I guess it confuses me because my mom never hassled my dad when he would tinker with the family car (he and his buddy did some whacked out stuff to the old 78/79 Fairmont station wagon) and I have never even thought of hassling Brain as I like his cars and have actually worked on them with him. (My part is the wiring - hey, I had to get some use out of my degree besides a paycheck. )