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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: fapjack]
    #19249156 - 12/09/13 08:39 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Honestly, a lot of these traits people are describing for being a man I find attractive in women as well.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: Asante]
    #19249284 - 12/09/13 09:34 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

In all seriousness i believe being man means being the pack leader.

Being in tune with yourself and your surroundings, taking ownership in the world, taking care of and providing for yourself and being able to provide for others.

Having the master plan.

Learning from your mistakes and constantly improving.

Being able to admit when you're wrong and owning up to your mistakes and fixing them.

But all in all being a dominant leader who knows what he's doing and where he's going.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: nooneman]
    #19249549 - 12/09/13 10:58 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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nooneman said:
I hate the term because to me it's just a reference to all the masculine stereotypes which are far more confining and alienating than they are accurate. There are so many idiotic masculine stereotypes that men are pressured to conform to.

In terms of adulthood vs. childhood, the child version of me would be incredibly disappointed that I'm not rich, famous, and wildly successful. That's life though, isn't it? It's hard to compare myself with my father because we are so different. I'm a very different person from my father, but similar in odd ways.

Growing up is weird. How do you explain the changes to someone who is 18 or 20? There are so many changes. Knowing that you know nothing, instead of thinking you know everything. Becoming disillusioned with life and realizing the reality of the world we live in. Coming to understand the importance of family, especially your parents. Finally realizing all the shit your parents went through for years trying to make your life a paradise, and then realizing that you shit all over them for all those years they were trying so hard. Finally understanding how much you owe people for what you have. Fully understanding the importance of hard work. Realizing and accepting your own faults and failures instead of thinking you have none... Man, there's so much more than what I've listed here.

Being a child is like a state of total ignorance where you're so ignorant that you don't even realize how ignorant you are.




"the shit your parents went through to make your life a paradise"

I wouldn't call my life an absolute "paradise" (I mean that's a REALLY powerful term) unless my parents were multimillionaires that just spoiled me with everything.

Adults decide to have children for a variety of reasons but these reasons tend to be fairly selfish. Some want to experience the joys of raising a child, some have children for the emotional and financial security that they'll (hopefully) provide the parents with when mommy and daddy become old farts, others get pregnant accidentally and decide to keep the baby. I don't fucking owe my parents anything, I didn't ask to be born.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: Alexestalex]
    #19249598 - 12/09/13 11:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Alexestalex said:

I wouldn't call my life an absolute "paradise" (I mean that's a REALLY powerful term) unless my parents were multimillionaires that just spoiled me with everything.






Why do people always think that this constitutes happiness? Take it from someone who lives on that side of the fence, I'm depressed as they come. But you all have fun discovering that for yourself. The only paradise you will ever find on this planet is from within


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: JacksonMetaller]
    #19249652 - 12/09/13 11:24 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

For me it is doing the right thing whenever and wherever I can.  You have to be a stand-up guy to be a man and that means you are responsible AND accountable for what goes on.  Nobody to blame, you have to make it work yourself.  It's about you.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: mpd]
    #19250971 - 12/09/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: Asante] * 1
    #19251076 - 12/09/13 04:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Large testicles...

That is all.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: Larabar]
    #19251095 - 12/09/13 04:35 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Sole responsibility of myself.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: Magicman69]
    #19251510 - 12/09/13 05:54 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

My dad once told me that his father said to him that he would only recognize him as a man if he could beat him up in a fight.  So, my dad started weight training, and running, and learning street fighting.  My grandfather was a cop and a beastly motherfucker, too.  And one day my dad was able to take him down and after having the shit beat out of him, my grandpa called him a man for the first time.

Sometime I'll beat the shit outta my dad, and I, too, will be a man:cool2:


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: deCypher]
    #19251581 - 12/09/13 06:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Being male and adult I suppose. I put little importance in 'being a man'. Plus I'm a pussy ha. Not that I see anything wrong with that.


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Re: What does "being a man" mean to you? What sets you apart from & puts you ahead of, the boy you were? [Re: Asante]
    #19251850 - 12/09/13 06:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Wiccan_Seeker said:
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zappaisgod said:
Providing for yourself and your family and protecting them.





Thats a solid answer and I see that as a significant part of manhood too.

I like to add to that a difference between the boy I was and the man I am is in attempting to take of responsibility for and if possible, master every factor in my life. This lays the foundations for the strength with which you provide and protect. There is a degree of benevolent dominance in that, in also taking responsibility over others.

Women have thos too, but in a different way I assume, I can't know the nuance of that as I am a man.



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