1. Manly Men understand women. Whenever you guys come across a particularly girly post, you can claim it as research.
2. Many of our posts are so very gender neutral. Every Monday, for example, is Movie Review Monday. Manly Men like movies. Saturdays are for Snapshots. Manly Men like pictures. Sundays are for the Sabbath. Manly Men love Jesus. You get the idea.
3. A confirmed regular reader:
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| Please note: full, manly beard. And his NAME is MANny. |
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| Please note: full, manly beard and he's bad-assedly wiping blood from lip. |
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| Please note: full, manly beard, intimidating look on face, and overabundance of appetizers. |
6. A fourth confirmed regular reader:
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| Umm...try to focus on his motorcross shirt and the fact that he's sitting next to (his sister's) baseball paraphernalia. |
7. Manly men can also have long distance friends. But we turn to you, male readers, whoever you may be. Do tell: What are some challenges long distance guy friends face that chicks don't, or what are some of the ways lobster guys continue to bond sans proximity?
That's enough now. Point made.
So read proudly, Male Lobsters!
That's enough now. Point made.
So read proudly, Male Lobsters!
Thank goodness for Tim, or guys would have thought they couldn't have read this blog unless they had a manly beard!
ReplyDeleteEll. Oh. Ell.
ReplyDeleteSeriously. Bonus points for:
"you'd be surprised at how much thought I put into that fake statistic"
I'd like to point out that the first manly job was being a parent, so reading a blog about motherhood and babies is not far off base. I managed to spend yesterday afternoon with a family of 8 kiddos, and playing with them and reading with them is one of the manliest things ever. IMHO.
ReplyDeleteNow to answer your question, the problem and the great thing about long distance man friendships is that they tend to be about doing something, while female friendships tend to be about sharing relationships. The cliche that a bunch of great guy friends get together to go fishing or hunting is not that far off-base. That's a problem in long distance friendships because it's hard to do something far away, while I think women get by with the online connections (skype dates, photo sharing, etc) that the internet offers. The flipside of that problem is that it very easy for guys to ease back into the friendship when then can do something together. I am continually amazed how with some of my guy friends, after months and months of no communication, we get to doing something together, the camaraderie and closeness comes back. That's my two cents. Of course, I tend to prefer female friends to male friends anyway.