Wow. I really get this. I’ve been a single mother for 20+ years, have bought and owned where we lived, including this handyman special where I am now. I am grateful my dad taught 3 three girls how to use tools, change a tire and basically be handy enough to understand and get by. My sister and I even worked a part time job putting up floor to ceiling displays at a large retail store. So, “mansplaining” contractors don’t last long here. I replaced a kitchen and bathroom with contractors I could talk to and who listened to me. It made me comfortable when they suggested other ways of doing things. I recently got fooled by a flood remediation contractor who lied right to my face about doing something wrong that I had witnessed with my own eyes. I stopped all work and fired them on the spot. Those hired to replace them were really scrutinized, and two contractors lost any opportunity whatsoever when they showed up at my house unprepared to go under the house to inspect the needed work.(they had been told about this ahead of time. I don’t have time for them to “come back and do that next week.”) They wanted to pull a number out of the air, (or some part of their body) and get a contract out of me. The company I settled on was there on time every day, worked hard all day, and we reviewed what they had done at the end of everyday. They missed some finish work, and came back promptly to take care of that. And because of their extra effort (they had to jackhammer my crawl space on their knees!) I took care of them with bottled water, I heated their lunches in my stove and microwave and bought them the special “Giant” pizza that amazed them so much they took selfies with it. And here’s the thing. I did my homework and let them know that from the beginning. However, not everyone can do that and I think it is still a terrible thing that there are contractors, car salesmen, computer techs (don’t get me started with that!!!) who assume that they can just run someone over and rip them off. These days, my fiancee lives here, but if there is someone working on the house and they ask him about it, he just smiles, points at me, and says “ask the boss.” (we recently took apart the dishwasher and fixed that together :) )