Posted on 10/01/2015 5:59:43 AM PDT by 1010RD
Being a modern man today is no different than it was a century ago. It’s all about adhering to principle...
1. When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small.
8. The modern man uses the proper names for things. For example, he’ll say “helicopter,” not “chopper” like some gauche simpleton.
9. Having a daughter makes the modern man more of a complete person. He learns new stuff every day.
10. The modern man makes sure the dishes on the rack have dried completely before putting them away.
12. The modern man checks the status of his Irish Spring bar before jumping in for a wash. Too small, it gets swapped out.
13. The modern man listens to Wu-Tang at least once a week.
16. The modern man lies on the side of the bed closer to the door. If an intruder gets in, he will try to fight him off, so that his wife has a chance to get away.
20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon. Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield.
25. The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.
26. The modern man cries. He cries often.
27. People aren’t sure if the modern man is a good dancer or not. That is, until the D.J. plays his jam and he goes out there and puts on a clinic.
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I was thinking at the end of "Saving Private Ryan", but yours is appropriate, too.
"Tell me I've led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." Gets me every time.
Boehner is disturbed emotionally.
I had a rough time when my best pal died...he was only 39 and left a lovely family....a Christian dad, fit and athletic, he had a heart attack...he was my best friend....I had difficulty reconciling that one...I still do, stopping to his grave on occasion to share a cigar
My other pal had parkinsons, asbestosis, lung cancer and ultimately got pneumonia and passed...he was a master mechanic for prep ww2 rolls royces - he was 68, old school and remarkably frugal
both great guys, hunters, dads and funny funny people
Isn’t Wu-Tang what the Chinese astronauts take to into space?
Modern NYT reader, maybe.
It has nothing to do with manhood.
1. When the modern man buys shoes for his spouse, he doesn’t have to ask her sister for the size. And he knows which brands run big or small.
I'll buy my own shoes. Since when do women want MEN picking out shoes for them? Seriously? Most men's concept of shoes is "do you really need more than one pair of black?"
8. The modern man uses the proper names for things. For example, he’ll say “helicopter,” not “chopper” like some gauche simpleton.
This is just dumb. Every profession has nomenclature. The successful modern man knows the nomenclature of his profession and the inside jokes associated with it.
9. Having a daughter makes the modern man more of a complete person. He learns new stuff every day.
Is this some kind of a slam against men who want to bond with their sons? And I say this as a mom to two daughters.
10. The modern man makes sure the dishes on the rack have dried completely before putting them away.
The "modern man" has been completely pussy whipped by the militant feminist in his life into doing the housework to her specifications, instead of her being grateful he's doing half.
12. The modern man checks the status of his Irish Spring bar before jumping in for a wash. Too small, it gets swapped out.
See #11 above.
13. The modern man listens to Wu-Tang at least once a week.
Huh??
16. The modern man lies on the side of the bed closer to the door. If an intruder gets in, he will try to fight him off, so that his wife has a chance to get away.
Hubby is yelling "get down and cover me" while firing the shotgun at the intruder. Oh, and Hubby has made the house as secure as possible so intruders have minimal chance of getting into the bedroom to begin with.
20. On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon. Some nights, when he is feeling down or vulnerable, he needs an emotional and physical shield.
This happens right up until he passes gas, then all bets are off, and he's gonna need a different kind of emotional and physical shield. Just saying.
25. The modern man has no use for a gun. He doesn’t own one, and he never will.
Oh please. Hubby had to get a CCW so he could be around my purse.
26. The modern man cries. He cries often.
He gets a tear occasionally, like when his uncle told him about his experiences during WWII, during great renditions of the National Anthem, and he cried when his mom passed away. but I've never seen him bawl like a baby.
27. People aren’t sure if the modern man is a good dancer or not. That is, until the D.J. plays his jam and he goes out there and puts on a clinic.
Hubby is a great dancer and a great lead, but real dancing with actual steps, not throwing oneself around like you're having a seizure.
Either I’ve been doing one wrong or you’ve been receiving the other wrong because not only are the two not even on the same page, they’re not even in the same book or library.
I’ve spooned till I’m blue in the face all night long while getting blue in the face is the greatest 37 seconds of that day.
Which reminds me of a Dice Joke.
Little Boy Blue.
He needed the money.
That is why the modern man will be extinct in short order
For you to laugh at later.
My machine shop apron should to the trick.
This sounds like a Liberal, just begging to be ruled by a tyrant.
I take it that the “indigenous pipples” are exempt from the obligation of modernity.
I agree with a couple of these. I don’t bother to park close unless the wife and kiddo are in the truck with me, or I know I will have a lot of stuff to load. I also support buying two shoehorns, one short one for your good Johnson Murphy business shoes, and a long one for your exotic cowboy boots so you won’t ruin the heel cups. The rest of that list is utter crap.
The modern man has no use for a gun?!?
Then how is he gonna fight the intruder that came in a few minutes before.
The author is not describing a man. He’s describing Matt Damon.
If they’re being taught everything by feminists.
I’m glad I’m not one of these so-called “modern men.” I eat meat, I drink beer, and I listen to heavy metal.
I take comfort in the certainty that this wimp is not representative of American males in general. He’s a subset of the Urban Elite Degenerate class; most males still manage to fill out their pants.
I thought this line of thinking was "sexist." Hasn't the left, for years, been trying to diminish the man's role as a protector? Of course, in my household, the wife would have your bullet riddled corpse laid out on the floor before I ever woke up. Don't mess with Mrs. Cowhand.
Oh well, I agree with “the Modern Man” about guns. I don’t own one and never will.
At least until I sell the other 43.
This explains why it’s so difficult to find a husband. . .
This explains why it’s so difficult to find a husband. . .too many modern men.
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