Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! I too am married to an engineer (and for over 40 years) but there is one thing worse, he is now retired and the over-engineering comments are even worse than they were when he was full-time employed. I agree with you. I got these same comments about the ironing board.
It will be too heavy.
It will be too wobbly.
It will soak up steam and starch and the ply will separate.
And the most frustrating thing about all this is HE WAS RIGHT! Gr-r-r. A fellow quilter's fishing hubby made one for her so I had them make one for me. Sure enough, it is heavy for me to move (I put things away frequently); it also broke my old supporting ironing board and when I reached over to the far edge, it was wobbly.
So DH bought me a new ironing board and I have not changed a thing since.....other than I put the iron on the pointed end and press on the wide end. lol Hope I gave you more laughs on the subject.
.......PS: Oh, don't tell anyone but the iron fell off the pointed end once; I got a new iron. lol