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writes: My husband brought this really crappy car (which I have to fixed almost everyday) without asking me first (im not mad at him anymore) that keeps breaking down. We were on the way home the piece of junk died on us (what a surprise). I fixed in like 30 minutes without my husband's help and saved so much money. He told that he could have done it himself in 10 minutes and trust me he doesn't know a thing about cars. When we got home we had this huge fight about it. Now we're not even sleeping in the same room together. What do I do?
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reader, anonymous, writes (27 November 2008): A simple way to do solve this issue would be to make up with your hubby first but don't appease him by telling him you agree with him, keep this issue behind. Keep the car, and the next time it breaks down let him try and fix it if he thinks he can do it better anyways. If he fails, well you'll have that knowing look and grin to give you the leverage to get rid of that damn car.
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reader, tux  +, writes (27 November 2008):
 Sell the car.. ;)
But seriously, You are in a tough situation because you broke your husband's male ego.. If you want to fix the problem, apologize no matter how much you feel that you're not at fault..Create a problem in your house for him to fix.
But Never argue with a man and his ego.. If he says he could have fixed it in 10 minutes, just agree with him even if you don't think he could have. It's a moot point at that point because you already fixed it.. No sense on arguing that he could have fixed it. If you have to in that situation, make it sound like you wouldn't have been able to fix it without his help, no matter how he didn't help you in doing it.
It's often sad, but males do have egos with certain things like cars.. even if they know nothing about them, they think they can fix them.. when their loved one fixes it, well they feel they need to ruffle their feathers to show their manhood and reassert it only because they feel that they need to be a complete man for you.
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