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I pledge allegiance to the Decrees and Statutes of Man Law, and to the Insecurity for which it stands: one gender very flawed, indiscernible, with testosterone and ego for all."I can drink a hundred beers and seduce a thousand women. I grind my coffee with my teeth and boil the water with my own rage. Tough men eat nails, but I do all my grocery shopping at the Home Depot. I tell you I don't need your approval, but actually I really do."
I will not adhere to your view of a man, bravado will not be my game. It takes a real man to romance one woman for life, not to seduce dozens because he can't keep them interested. I do not need a list of "man laws" or "what men like" to show me how to be. I will not heed these lists made by men who need set up rules so they can prove their manliness. In the end they just become ruled by them. I will get over myself.
Cite your man laws to me in seriousness or in jest and I will take all of your man cards away. Which, if you think about it, will be doing you a favor if you couldn't get rid of them yourselves.
So I will say "Please" and "Thank You" and "May I?" and I will mind my manners, because I don't need to be rude. I will not tear someone else down, because recognizing someone else's power does not diminish your own. I will not become aggressive when my manliness is threatened or in question, because it is not subject to popular vote. My masculinity can stand on its own two feet, no crutches necessary, thank you very much.
Comments (25)
well done!! i don't have much more to add. :D you're right about what takes a real man... not many real men around these days to remember that! so good job. :)
Bro, you so need to submit this for Featured.
@ShamelesslyRed - hee hee Sneaky!
Nice post!
I have a friend that is a stay home dad... his old boss called him said he really needed some help with a construction job and if he wasn't working he'd like to hire him back... The friend said no I stay home with my girls, it would cost to much for daycare... The man said what have you turned girlie now.. your wife got you on lock down.. He simply asked his old boss two questions... When is the last time you actually spent quality time with your kids... and what are your kids favorite foods to eat?... His boss apologized and he hasn't heard from him since... Really the guy does tattoos.. his saving up for his own shop... and he works out of his home...
@OhItWontBeForever - @NaitoOfNarnia - @x_Butterflies_and_Hurricanes_x - Thank you!
@ImUrKarma - Good for him! I think he answered (or questioned) his old boss very well.
thanks for the rec :)
@overly_toasted_bread - Very welcome.. was a post that i was touched a man would right... I sometimes wish my husband would think like that...
Thank you both for the rec!
@ShamelesslyRed - Haha I enjoy the subtlety of your plan immensely :D
@NaitoOfNarnia - You know, you can submit it as well. I was thinking about it, and still am, but I tend not to submit my own posts. Idk, kind of a personal thing for me.
Submitted for featured. This is totally awesome.
@overly_toasted_bread - @AnamcharaConcepts - LOL Nevermind, Danni beat me to it.
@AnamcharaConcepts - Thank you! Thanks for the rec too
@NaitoOfNarnia - you snooze you lose ;)
now we'll just have to see if people vote on it
@overly_toasted_bread - LOL I was the first to vote, though. ;)
Lol... oh, this is great. :D
@Loonsounds - @SUPAHeARt - thanks! :)
Thumbs up, Jesse.
@suicidalspirit - @beatingdrums - thanks you
@Kontzicles - thank you
and thanks for the rec!
I REC! This is to be featured! (=
@MollyLocketSkin - Thank you! :D
Well, only if people vote on it, we'll see how that goes.I liked this, it was pretty awesome. Why can't more men think like you?? I am blessed to have a husband that does think like this and we're trying to raise our son in this train of thought. Thank you for speaking up. ;)
Nice mocking tone.Thanks.