Originally Posted by
devildogmech
Your BF should read some Heinlien
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
-Robert A. Heinlein
Why build a bicycle isn't in there, I don't know
I think my parents took that as their motto raising my sister and me. (Yes, we can do all those things. And I can fix bicycles, and she can fix anything electrical. She married an architect, so her buildings will be nicer than mine...)