Tag Archives | Manliness

A Man’s 3 Rules of Engagement

Rules of engagement for impending marriage that is, not rules of war.  Marriage isn’t supposed to be a battlefield.  Life is the battlefield.  You’re both in the foxhole together; don’t turn your rifles on each other. I last wrote in this series about falling in love, leaving my past self ready to propose to Dona.  […]

engagement
read more >

Guys Trying to Survive: 2 Battle Strategies against the Refrigerator Beast… Or… Kitchen Wars: A New Hope

You’ve seen We Bought a Zoo?  Remember when Matt Damon gets the lasagna?  He goes home, crams it in his refrigerator, and shows the horror of the beast. Too much lasagna.  Too much miscellany.  Out of control. The refrigerator was overstocked and under-utilized.  And the women were after him with the lasagna. This never happened […]

refrigerator
read more >

Guys Trying to Survive: Single with Responsibilities

Single Then The last time I was single I had no responsibilities other than attaching my future goals into the present.  I was in school and in love.  Once married, my responsibilities increased at a manageable rate through graduation, getting a job, building a career, having a child, and another, and another, and another.  I […]

single again
read more >