Don’t try to fight it or ignore it, there are fundamental differences between men and women. This difference was illustrated to me today while using wood putty to fill in the holes in my kitchen cabinet doors.
Men will use a putty knife to apply the putty to the holes. Women will use an offset cake decorating spatula. It’s important to use the tool that you are most comfortable with and a $6.00 Wilton Brand Offset Spatula with wood grip is the tool for me.
Also, I think most men (or just people smarter than me) would take a small amount of putty and put it on a tray of sorts and safely cover the rest to keep it from drying out. I’m using straight from the container and as parts of it get dry and crusty I just scoop them out and throw them away. Mmmmm economical.