At what age will a man finally say - No more, I can't do it again I'm too old?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
May 7, 2017 9:45am CST
Men think they are built to last and that's far from the truth. They remember how it used to be while figuring it can continue like that until the day they die. Not true, it has to end sooner than later.
My husband finally agreed that he is too old to do it one more time so he is turning the job over to someone else. From now on he will take the SUV to the Chevy Dealer for oil changes and tire rotations.
His grandfather owned a gas station/garage when my husband was a teen. That's where he learned to work on cars and anything else with an engine. He has always done work on his own vehicles...heck, he even saved me money by working on my car when we started dating.
But with time and age comes sense, sometimes. He has now rotated his last tire and emptied his last oil pan. I would rather pay for the work to be done than to watch him pretend he is still young!
Photo from Pixabay - it is not a photo of my husband!
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13 responses
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 May 17
Or he can have a grandchild come over and tell him what to do, be the foreman of the job 
I think to slung off a balancing weight from a tire the front shakes with a little speed and I need an oil change!
I think to slung off a balancing weight from a tire the front shakes with a little speed and I need an oil change!4 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 May 17
We live 850 miles from family. Grandson is only 5......by the time he could help it would be too late anyway
We can pay for work to be done, even then he checks all the lugs when he gets home and tightens the one they didn't tighten properly.
@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
8 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill Our husband not always want to understand that they cannot do anymore what they did 20 years ago. It's time to slow down now.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
@LadyDuck If we couldn't afford to pay for work it would be a different story.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 May 17
It's not just age and out of shape it's the breathing issues too. He is adjusting to the fact he can't and doens't have to do it all.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
7 May 17
That has to be a hard thing to do... let go! I don't know if it's more of a man thing or women get there too!!
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@WendySpickerman (983)
• United States
7 May 17
Boy does this open up a can of worms I'm trying to keep the lid on. It's a touchy subject for those who deny their age and even more so when it comes to working for men. Many grow up believing they have to be the provider and those who have been at the same job all their life just don't know how to stop. To them, life is their job and their job is their life.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 May 17
@WendySpickerman - my husband and I quit work in 2001 - he was 57 and I was 53 - so giving up a job was not hard for him at all... we wanted to be free to enjoy life while we were 'young'. Giving up working on a car is minor in the scope of his life!
@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill Certainly it seems you need to be a contortionist to get into some of the spaces.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
@JudyEv There is so little room in these new engines he burned his arm pretty bad a year ago and that helped push him into letting others do the work. The first two years we had free oil changes, now we have to pay but it's worth it.
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
7 May 17
As long as I'm physically capable of doing something I'll do it...unless I have enough cash to pay others to do it for me
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@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 May 17
My husband changes the oil and the way he is, he will do it until he can no longer do it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 May 17
Thanks oil is the easier thing... Rotating the those huge tires gets harder and harder!
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
7 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill I am not fibbing.I am a rock.Test me.LOL
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 May 17
I know we are aging and we know we don't do a good of a job as we did ten years ago. I think it's time to hire a cleaning person to come in and to the heavy stuff!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 May 17
Ha Ha! Are we married to the same man? My husband has always liked to work on our cars, and do many similar things. He is finally learning (at age 72) that he cannot do everything he used to do.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
Oh, so that's where he goes when he leaves for days LOL!!! I knew a few years ago he isn't up to some of the things he could do before...it has taken him a little longer to 'get it'.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill - I am relieved that my husband is starting to "get it," too. Sometimes, however, he still tries to do more than he can handle and ends up feeling exhausted!
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
7 May 17
My Grandpa never stopped working he just slowed down it seemed like.....
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
7 May 17
He is always doing things but the heavy stuff he can do without!
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
7 May 17
I must have turned "too old" for that kind of work at birth!
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
8 May 17
what a great feeling ............ your husband now will be available to you all the time....
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
We have been together 24/7 since we moved south 16 years ago - I need him to be not so available LOL
