i hear ya!! i'm a country girl and the daughter of a taxidermist. (think 5 year old who could salt hides and skin deer) and people were always weird that i was able to walk out to their trucks and legally check in their deer kill and tag em' and all that jazz.
also men find it strange that i can garden, do simple carpentry, and many other MEN tasks...lol my dh does the dishes and laundry and i do the gardening and landscaping and it works fine for us both