23/11/09 - Guy Stuff

[oball]

Ladies, try to remain calm.

[CortJstr]

In panel 5 I'm reading Steve as using the same tone of voice as every sad high school kid saying "I have a girl friend but she lives in Canada. You don't know her."

[miles]

Canadian Girlfriend Unsubstantiated

There was a time in my life when I read The Onion far too often.

[theinevitable]

This is exactly what my girlfriend is like.

It's like... "no, you should not be impressed that I can do five pull-ups."
"but I can only do one!"

[jay-ell]

This is a lot like being married to Pedro.

He is a cute man, but he gets very sensitive about the fact that he's not good at fixing things (other than computers) and doesn't really like sports. I try to tell him that comic books and video games are manly, but it's hard to convince him of that when I like those things too.

[Choop]

also video arcades and billiards

[AugustWest]

This is a lot like being married to Pedro.

He is a cute man, but he gets very sensitive about the fact that he's not good at fixing things (other than computers) and doesn't really like sports. I try to tell him that comic books and video games are manly, but it's hard to convince him of that when I like those things too.

Just tell him not to worry his pretty little head about such things.  Tell him the comic books and video games keep him from getting a chill in his ovaries.

[jay-ell]

Just tell him not to worry his pretty little head about such things.  Tell him the comic books and video games keep him from getting a chill in his ovaries.

Usually when he gets really insecure about his lack of masculine hobbies, I remind him that he's a tiger in the sack. That usually helps.

[TedStriker]

Is it bad that I get Husband Points for just for taking her car to Jiffy Lube?

It's not that I can't do it myself, but we live in an apartment, and only Low people change their oil in a shared parking lot.

[jay-ell]

We take our cars to a Place to get the oil changed, even though we both know how to do it ourselves, because both of us could make more money in the two hours it would take us than it costs to have it done by someone else in half that time.

Making enough money to pay someone else to change your oil is Manly, as it relates to being a Provider.

[greenkoolayd]

...when he gets really insecure about his lack of masculine hobbies, I remind him that he's a tiger in the sack. That usually helps.

does he have those cares because of his upbringing?  or is it just an idea he built in his own head?




also, despite the silliness of the idea, making a big deal about mating prowess is probably one of, if not the best way to care for a mans fragile ego.(you dont need my acceptance.  i was just thinking out loud...)

[jay-ell]

does he have those cares because of his upbringing?  or is it just an idea he built in his own head?

also, despite the silliness of the idea, making a big deal about mating prowess is probably one of, if not the best way to care for a mans fragile ego.(you dont need my acceptance.  i was just thinking out loud...)

He grew up with a non-handy father, but he compares himself to my dad (who formerly had a general contractor's license) and finds himself wanting. Mostly it comes up when my dad comes over and fixes things around the house for us, and Pedro feels like he's Imposing. At which point I have to say, "How many times have you fixed his computer?"

And yeah, a good snog can fix a lot of problems.

[greenkoolayd]

i have some similar cares... having chronic emo disorder(depression) and an absentee father are things that dont help a dude to feel like a proper dude, at times.

[Asherdan]

I just gotta say...

Most Guy Stuff is over rated. If it ain't providing for your family or allowing you to bond and teach with 'em it's mostly ego fodder.

I change hoss tires...



Fucked if I'd be reshaping stinky ass equine feet on the side if it didn't bring down some daddy-ca$h-bones.

Same thing with a recent brake job I did, I did it for 1/3 the shop cost, so it's a ca$h in pocket deal, not a man-malade issue.

I hunt, giraffe and gallop horsies around. I make my own ammunition. But we ain't gonna starve if I don't make meat.

The difference is between knowing what matters and what is just vanity. A fuck*ng hobby doesn't put extra cojone sauce in your bean sack.

[rowboat]

I'm not good at fixing things (especially not computers and cars). I play - in certain phases - a pretty healthy amount of video games (though I can't remember the last time I picked up a comic book). I hover right around "acceptable" in most aspects of bed artistry. I spend a lot of time listening to men with soft voices sing about the weather.

In spite of all this, I feel pretty decently manly. Maybe it's just because I often play and watch ball-and-bat-based sports and cry for an average of five minutes every five years. Maybe it's because I can drink you under the table and sometimes smell like onions.

Maybe I'm deluding myself?