Be a Man (and a Gentleman)

There are those who walk among us that believe gender and gender roles are created by us--people.  Nothing could be further from the truth or more false.  Men should embrace their manliness, while still striving to be gentlemen.  It is here that I will help men understand how to be both.

Manly                                                                  Gentlemanly

Understand the basics of auto-mechanics           Change a tire for a stranded lady

Know your way around the woods.  Get             Take your boots off before walking in
muddy.                                                                 the house.

Go hunting, even if you don't kill anything.        Bring breakfast home for your              
                                                                             woman after not killing anything.

Drink a beer and build a bonfire.                         Don't get drunk around your woman.

Understand technology.                                       Call her, don't text.

It's okay to scratch your crotch.                           It's not okay to scratch your butt.

Own a truck.                                                        Open the door for her (in and out).

Own jeans and wear them proudly.                     Do not EVER buy/wear skinny jeans.

Use "ain't" sparingly.                                           Know "ain't" is grammatically
                                                                             incorrect.

Read often.                                                           Playboy does not constitute a book.

Drink coffee, not latte.                                         Drink tea with your woman.
(Real men do not walk into Starbucks)

Watch football--lots of it.                                    Watch The Notebook with your
                                                                             woman (don't tell your friends).


Go fishing.  Catch fish.  Grill them.                    Eat the vegetables your woman cooks
                                                                             (even if you don't like them).

Mow the yard.  That's your job.                          Build a bonfire using the clippings as
                                                                             a fire starter.  Roast a marshmallow
                                                                             or two for your woman.

Get in a few fistfights when you're young.         Make your woman feel protected.

If you're going on a road trip, you drive.             Let her pick the radio station (do NOT
                                                                             hum along to anything by REO
                                                                             Speedwagon).

 Scratch your back on the corner of a wall.         Offer to put lotion on her back.  She'll
                                                                             let you know when she wants lotion
                                                                             on her front.  You don't always have to
                                                                             offer.

Brace yourself with a hand on the wall as          Raise the seat to pee, put it down when
you urinate.                                                         finished.

Own and wear a canvass winter coat.                 Never, ever own/wear one of those
                                                                            fluffy down coats.  That's just wrong.

Work hard, get sweaty and stink.                       Take a shower.

Embrace your manliness and gender                  She wants a MAN and a
differences!                                                         GENTLEMAN!


It's really that simple guys.  And I have news for my metropolitan friends: even if she tells you she finds manly men roguish and Neanderthal-ish.....she doesn't.  She's thinking about us while you're playing Candy Crush on your new iPhone.