Ok, so I am looking on Amazon for Christmas gifts and there it is ! It was in the teenager books section.
Manual of Manhood: How to Cook the Perfect Steak, Change a Tire , Impress a Girl and 97 Other Things you Need to Survive.
Besides the fact that I have yet to meet a guy who can do all three of those things, is this really what it means to be a man? Do we want to tell our teenage boys that their priority in life is to cook meat and do some peacocking to impress a girl?
I would venture to say that there are a few things that are more important on the priorities list. If I had a son, he could call AAA, eat spaghetti and find a girl that appreciates him for who he is, not what kind of song and dance he puts on. Wow !
These are the things a man needs to “Survive?” I know lots of guys that survive just fine and are not very good at any of these things. What kind of pressure are we putting on our poor teenage boys to be “the picture of manhood?”
OK now, just for fun, I waited until I was writing this post, to look at the chapters in the Amazon sneak peak. So let’s look together and see what else the author claims is necessary for our boys to grow up into “real men.”…..
Here we go…The author Jonathan Catherman tells our boys that as a “man in the making ” they will need to know how to do this stuff…
Wear Cologne Correctly
Throw a Football (wow, that seems a bit of a stretch to learn from reading a book !)
Behave During a Traffic Stop (???)
Fold a Shirt
Grill a Steak
Clean a Bathroom
and … Find a Stud in the Wall
Ok, all you men out there. If you are falling short on any of these , you might not be able to impress me LOL
Just posted this in hopes that a little laughter would reduce your holiday anxiety
Happy Amazon Shopping, only 12 hours and 8 minutes left 🙂 if you are using 2 day shipping!
Annie
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