Well there is something you can do right now. If something else goes wrong, make him help you fix it.
I torture my sons by making them help me as I currently finish up a transmission on their car. One of them made a hole in the wall and I will show them how to make the patch, but they’re sanding it.
They have all been shown how to sweat copper, plunge a toilet and cable a drain.
It is odd that your dad knows how to do to do all this stuff, but doesn’t teach you. When I’m old and crusty, the last thing I want to do is fix everyone’s stuff. He’s just setting himself up for a lot of work in his golden years if he doesn’t.
Im not completely helpless! Haha. I’ll admit he was never a good teacher in the sense that he would get frustrated easily and would just do it most of the time, but that’s not to say I didn’t learn a fair share of how to do things from him. I just find it wild that he can literally do pretty much anything and is not phased by anything. Growing up I learned to do oil changes, brake replacements, change car headlights or tires for cars, and we had the chance to redo a small house once and it took a year but I learned about flooring, insulation, and drywall. I wasn’t there for electric or plumbing, but that doesn’t mean I can’t do the normal stuff like change an outlet, replace a fan or light fixture, or fix the pipes under sinks. I do not know the more involved stuff, though, like running a new electric cable and connecting it to my electric panel, nor do I want to! It’s just not my thing, and that stuff makes me nervous.
Well there is something you can do right now. If something else goes wrong, make him help you fix it.
I torture my sons by making them help me as I currently finish up a transmission on their car. One of them made a hole in the wall and I will show them how to make the patch, but they’re sanding it.
They have all been shown how to sweat copper, plunge a toilet and cable a drain.
It is odd that your dad knows how to do to do all this stuff, but doesn’t teach you. When I’m old and crusty, the last thing I want to do is fix everyone’s stuff. He’s just setting himself up for a lot of work in his golden years if he doesn’t.
Im not completely helpless! Haha. I’ll admit he was never a good teacher in the sense that he would get frustrated easily and would just do it most of the time, but that’s not to say I didn’t learn a fair share of how to do things from him. I just find it wild that he can literally do pretty much anything and is not phased by anything. Growing up I learned to do oil changes, brake replacements, change car headlights or tires for cars, and we had the chance to redo a small house once and it took a year but I learned about flooring, insulation, and drywall. I wasn’t there for electric or plumbing, but that doesn’t mean I can’t do the normal stuff like change an outlet, replace a fan or light fixture, or fix the pipes under sinks. I do not know the more involved stuff, though, like running a new electric cable and connecting it to my electric panel, nor do I want to! It’s just not my thing, and that stuff makes me nervous.
I dunno, sounds like you might actually be pretty capable.
Maybe you just work on the next shitshow on your own. You might surprise yourself.