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I'm not your typical straight(ish) married guy with a kid.
I bake more than my wife does, I love cooking that ISN'T barbecuing (though that's fun too), I'm not at all into sports (except the version of football my countrymen insist is soccer, and in that I'm strictly a spectator), and I have no interest at all in hunting.
BUT. You knew there'd be a but, right? But I like guns. And I like being around a group of male friends and doing "guy" things. And the older I get, the more I find I want certain things to happen.
I want to go out to dinner once a month or so (maybe every other month, the frequency is less important than the existence of the event) with a group of guys. I want to go on a camping/hiking trip with only guys maybe once a summer. I want to go bowling with the guys sometimes, or playing lazer-tag, or even playing X-Box games on my couch.
Thing is, I also do (or would like to do) these things with women friends, too--but there's just something about being out "with the guys" that I never thought I'd like, but I find now that I do. Maybe that's because I'm married and have a daughter and need to get away from feminine energies. Or maybe I'm just not as "enlightened" as some thought I was. Or maybe--just maybe--there IS something about hanging out with male friends that is different.
Here's the thing--while I can say a lot of things in front of Katie, LABS, Elena, Rachel, or Kate, I won't say some things that I WILL say to Morgan, Miles, Jim, Ed, or Richard. Things I kind of WANT to say, and rarely can. Things I want to discuss that I don't feel right about discussing in totally mixed company.
Anyway, what do y'all think?
I bake more than my wife does, I love cooking that ISN'T barbecuing (though that's fun too), I'm not at all into sports (except the version of football my countrymen insist is soccer, and in that I'm strictly a spectator), and I have no interest at all in hunting.
BUT. You knew there'd be a but, right? But I like guns. And I like being around a group of male friends and doing "guy" things. And the older I get, the more I find I want certain things to happen.
I want to go out to dinner once a month or so (maybe every other month, the frequency is less important than the existence of the event) with a group of guys. I want to go on a camping/hiking trip with only guys maybe once a summer. I want to go bowling with the guys sometimes, or playing lazer-tag, or even playing X-Box games on my couch.
Thing is, I also do (or would like to do) these things with women friends, too--but there's just something about being out "with the guys" that I never thought I'd like, but I find now that I do. Maybe that's because I'm married and have a daughter and need to get away from feminine energies. Or maybe I'm just not as "enlightened" as some thought I was. Or maybe--just maybe--there IS something about hanging out with male friends that is different.
Here's the thing--while I can say a lot of things in front of Katie, LABS, Elena, Rachel, or Kate, I won't say some things that I WILL say to Morgan, Miles, Jim, Ed, or Richard. Things I kind of WANT to say, and rarely can. Things I want to discuss that I don't feel right about discussing in totally mixed company.
Anyway, what do y'all think?