amma, that really works. My girlfriend has a pink set of tools and her ex refused to use them. I thought it was funny.
I guess there are a lot of "saving face" issues men have to contend with. I remember that Pat (who is one of the more enlightened of the species) had major trouble when I had to buy certain "girls only" articles. He would literally bury them in the bottom of the shopping cart. (Logic dictates that items on the bottom will be prominently placed at the top once finished) He pretended that he was not with me. Hysterical. Strangely enough, he loves to go to the LQS and fabric stores. He will hold the bolts and help me figure out colors.....Fickle creatures! (Wonder what they say about us.)