Men and mechanical things (wife, marriage, women, husband)
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With me it was neither, just a desire to learn. My Dad is an excellent welder but no mechanic, no electrician, none of the other stuff I do.
If it's inherited it came strictly from one uncle on each side of the family tree.
By no means do all guys have this.
I will say that IIRC it's been established that mens brains work more as 2 independent sides, sort of an "odd parity" while women's tend to be more integrated, more of an "even parity" and this leads to better spatial abilities in the male and better language abilities in the female. But don't quote me on that.
In our household, I'm more incline to pick up a screwdriver to fix something, although my husband can handle tools, if needed. We both grew up in households where we were expected to be able to handle basic mechanics. However, I think that I'm more wired to enjoy fixing things.
You know, my wife comes from a household of Mr. Fix-its. In my family, if we couldn't fix it with a hammer, a screwdriver, pliers, or duct tape, we would call Mr. Ricketts, the alcoholic handyman. He'd show up a few hours or a few days later, and fix whatever while I handed him tools. Then he stroll out and bum a Chesterfield off my mother out on the patio. Then she'd write him a check for more than he asked, and he would drive off in a cloud of burning oil, presumably on the way to the liquor store. That's the sum total of my repair knowledge until adulthood.
My wife, however, came to the marriage with every tool known to man. And some of that has rubbed off on me. I actually fixed some plumbing the other day that she couldn't figure out. Hah!
But, I don't think it's genetic. It's just what we've been raised with.
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