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Input: AITA for getting offended by my [26F] SO’s [26M] refusal to let me snowblow our driveway?


My SO and I just purchased a home and are spending our first winter in it. We were graciously gifted a John Deere TRS 32 snowblower by his father. The other day while driving home from grocery shopping we were talking about how my father said our snowblower was too big for our 4 car single garage driveway. My SO said how my father was just jealous since my Dad’s snowblower was so much smaller, which honestly it is and he probably is jealous. I replied that ours needed to be so heavy duty with chains on the wheels since our driveway is on a hill. To give you and idea, I have to use the e-brake when I park so as to not slide down or have a jolt when I switch transmission and when it’s icy it’s dangerous getting the mail. 

My SO then said that without a doubt no female can safely handle that thing. Quickly he corrected himself almost in the same breath that some women could probably do it, but not me. He then said the test of usage depends on whether or not he can overtake my bicep muscles with just his three fingers. For reference I’m about 5’3 and weigh 125lbs, can carry about 40-50lbs for a few minutes and then have to take a break. 

Now I’ve been the most DIY and fixer-upper of our home and previous apartment. I used to mow my dads half acre lawn using a rider mower and also snowblow during the winter all myself since 18. I’m a highly capable individual, or so I think. I believe that I could use the snowblower even with my current strength (which is not currently passing the usage test) just by using common sense and the mechanics of the blower (ie. use the proper speeds to navigate and turn the machine as well as the reverse to slow down). He is telling me that there is no way I’d be able to stop the machine from rolling down into the street if I were to snowblow by myself. He’s concerned about the momentum and condition of the driveway preventing me to stop it from moving. With all the functions in mind, he still thinks I could not stop an uncontrolled slide down the driveway since I lack the muscle strength.  

So I called him sexist and was offended that he had so little faith in me to properly handle this machinery given my previous experience. I feel like he was being an asshole for using my gender and then lack of physical strength as the reason I can’t help clear our driveway. He thinks I’m being an asshole for being illogically upset at his resistance to me using it due to failing his strength test, and insists it’s not because I’m female, but because I don’t have the required muscle strength in his opinion.

So, AITA for being offended? 




getting offended by my SO's refusal to let me snowblow our driveway