What does being a man mean to you?

Cloud · 11-21-2009, 09:24 PM

How would you describe the best virtues of modern manhood? What would you try to teach your son about being a man? Has your viewpoint changed over the years?

I ask because I have no clue (not being a man nor having a son). I'm serious, and curious as to what you think.

footfootfoot · 11-21-2009, 09:32 PM

Being a man means never having to say you're sorry.

Wait, no, that's love.

Umm being a man means never having to admit you are wrong. If you are single.

monster · 11-21-2009, 09:34 PM

It means nothing to me (Vienna).

monster · 11-21-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Umm being a man means never having to admit you are wrong. If you are single.

End of thread, really.

Clodfobble · 11-21-2009, 09:35 PM

Honestly, we usually play the "in this family we do X" card rather than "a real man does X," because we have yet to come across a quality that we didn't want to have apply to the girls as well. It's ultimately a pride thing--teaching them to take pride in doing the right thing, whatever that may be at the time.

monster · 11-21-2009, 09:54 PM

Hector's the one on the right....

classicman · 11-21-2009, 10:06 PM

It applies to both, but I tried to teach my sons to do the right thing even if no one else was around.

ZenGum · 11-21-2009, 10:52 PM

Not having to sit down to take a leak.

Seriously, though, you ask a good question and I am slowly brewing up a proper answer. Gimme a few hours.

Juniper · 11-21-2009, 11:02 PM

Killing the spiders.

Or, preferably, catching them and taking them outside.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-21-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Umm being a man means never having to admit you are wrong. If you are single.

And always being wrong if you are married.

sexobon · 11-22-2009, 02:15 AM

Real men don't have to define themselves for anyone ...

... and they don't eat quiche!

jujuwwhite · 11-22-2009, 04:00 AM

Wow this is a loaded question! There is probably no completely right or completely wrong answer due to every person's needs and desires are different which leads women to seek men with different traits. While some women seek the 'bad boys' others seek the men with a softer approach to life. I'm very fortunate to have finally found a man whose core is made of both traits. He is both the 'bad boy' and the 'gentle giant'.

TheMercenary · 11-22-2009, 07:41 AM

Heavy thread Cloud. Filled with many possibilities. I will have to think on this to give you a proper answer.

Griff · 11-22-2009, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Seriously, though, you ask a good question and I am slowly brewing up a proper answer. Gimme a few hours.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Heavy thread Cloud. Filled with many possibilities. I will have to think on this to give you a proper answer.

I'm with these guys. My angle is identifying what qualities should my daughters look for.

monster · 11-22-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I'm with these guys. My angle is identifying what qualities should my daughters look for.

Surely, what qualities/traits they would look for that they wouldn't expect to find in both men and women...

11-21-2009, 09:24 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	What does being a man mean to you? How would you describe the best virtues of modern manhood? What would you try to teach your son about being a man? Has your viewpoint changed over the years? I ask because I have no clue (not being a man nor having a son). I'm serious, and curious as to what you think. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-21-2009, 09:34 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It means nothing to me (Vienna). __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Honestly, we usually play the "in this family we do X" card rather than "a real man does X," because we have yet to come across a quality that we didn't want to have apply to the girls as well. It's ultimately a pride thing--teaching them to take pride in doing the right thing, whatever that may be at the time. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-21-2009, 09:54 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hector's the one on the right.... Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-21-2009, 10:06 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	It applies to both, but I tried to teach my sons to do the right thing even if no one else was around. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-21-2009, 09:32 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Being a man means never having to say you're sorry. Wait, no, that's love. Umm being a man means never having to admit you are wrong. If you are single.

11-21-2009, 10:52 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Not having to sit down to take a leak. Seriously, though, you ask a good question and I am slowly brewing up a proper answer. Gimme a few hours. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-21-2009, 11:02 PM	#9
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Killing the spiders. Or, preferably, catching them and taking them outside.

11-22-2009, 02:15 AM	#11
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Real men don't have to define themselves for anyone ... ... and they don't eat quiche!

11-22-2009, 04:00 AM	#12
jujuwwhite Capnhowdy's #1 smasher Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rentz, GA Posts: 339	Wow this is a loaded question! There is probably no completely right or completely wrong answer due to every person's needs and desires are different which leads women to seek men with different traits. While some women seek the 'bad boys' others seek the men with a softer approach to life. I'm very fortunate to have finally found a man whose core is made of both traits. He is both the 'bad boy' and the 'gentle giant'. __________________ I don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every moment of it.

11-22-2009, 07:41 AM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Heavy thread Cloud. Filled with many possibilities. I will have to think on this to give you a proper answer. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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