The Garage: A Man's Best Friend
Martin Stoleman
If a woman's place is in the kitchen, what is the man's place
in the home? If a woman loves to work with her hands and create
beautiful meals for her family, where does a man like to work
and keep busy? For some men, it is the home office, but for
most men, their place is in the garage.
A garage is a man's treasure house. It is full of the things a
man loves most. Walls are lined with row after row of tools.
Most men know exactly where every tool in their garage is even
if they haven't used it for years. Men also keep shovels, lawn
mowers, and a variety of other outdoor equipment for lawn
maintenance and family recreation organized somehow in their
garage. Most men are always looking for new and better ways to
show off the prized possessions that adorn their garage walls
and fill their cabinets.
The garage is also the place that holds what for many men is
the most prized possession of all: the car. And we all know that
men love cars. They love to wash them, detail them, and they
certainly love to talk about them. They love to buy new ones
and restore old ones, they love to go to car shows and compare
their vehicles with the vehicles of others. And the garage is
the starting place for all of this. In the garage is where men
spend hour after hour working on their cars and making
improvements on them. Many sons learn to love cars like their
fathers after an afternoon or two spent with dad in the garage.
Many men love to gather in the garage. It is not uncommon for a
gathering of many families to end up with the women in the
kitchen and the men huddled in the garage. There men share
beer, cigars, and stories. They talk about their jobs, they
talk about their favorite sports, and they talk about their
latest adventures. They encourage in their manly pursuits and
catch up on who is doing what to improve their homes, cars, and
other possessions. The garage really is a place of friendship for
men.
So, the next time your husband or father cannot be found when
dinner is on the table, look no further than the garage. It is
almost sure that he can be found out there, fixing something
you didn't know was broken or trying to make something he has a
little bit bigger, better or faster. Everyone says that dog is a
man's best friend, but I disagree. For many men I know, the
garage is his best friend.
About The Author: After thirty years of marriage, author Martin
Stoleman has learned from experience that a garage is a man's
best friend. See more at
http://www.aboutgarage.info
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