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In reply to the discussion: Apparently, this is where we "Complain How Hard It Is To Be A Man" [View all]NRA_SUCKS
(39 posts)39. Ironically I think it's women who beat us down faster
I know several guys who sew, and are know a fair amount about sewing machines, etc but you'd never know it until and unless you asked them.
The triple standards against men who WANT to try "women's work" are bashed by all sides. Men who are afraid to seem effeminate BECAUSE of how women demand us to be, and even more BY women who want us (by in large) to be MANLY all the time, while simultaneously complaining what we are never taking their needs into consideration. - literally a no-win situation no matter what.
and fwiw, i don't have much of an opinion on sewing machines... I use what I can afford, but Singers are pretty nice. the problem comes with the quality of the needles. Chinese ones are crap, but American made needs cost so much!
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Apparently, this is where we "Complain How Hard It Is To Be A Man" [View all]
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
OP
Nah, they put them behind the counter because they cost an arm and a leg and people steal them.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#2
yeah. I only use em once, so I don't care if she wants to use them after me.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#18
problems?...get that Bowie knife caught in the zipper, and then I tell you what.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#15
...It's essentially the DU posting equivalent of playing "ding dong ditch"
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#47
In what ways do you, personally, feel the comfort of "the drivers seat"?
lumberjack_jeff
May 2013
#46