The blog post that I linked to my name here is the reason I started a blog and is exactly what this post is about. How do you get back to being a man instead of a husband or dad (though those 2 are eaually important).

another thing that makes me think we’re twins: I have never understood regular guys. I grew up with a mom and two sisters, don’t have time to follow sports and don’t like hunting so that really narrows down the conversation topics. I was begining to think I might never find a group of guys to hang out with.

Here’s how I did it.. One soccer-dad on our team set up a dads-night-out (find the story at the bottom of the linked post) and made it a “come if you want or not” kind of thing. It seemed like all of us dads were clamoring for the same thing and a group of us showed up and had an awesome time.

We are all at the same point in our life now (past the strip-club phase) and we found the conversations just came rolling. I zoned out when they talked sports, one guy zoned when we talked jobs and so on.

We are scheduling another and honestly, I think ‘not being a regular guy (whatever that is)’ is an asset because everyone just says whats on their mind and isn’t all standoffish and weird.
.-= The man, the dad and the husband´s last blog ..Man, dad and husband – Making Ornaments =-.

Just like Paul Rudd in the movie really… he did make time cuz he found out his guy friend was great to have – otherwise he was just a busybody doing nothing all day but work and chores/etc.

Maybe I am rationalizing things, but at this stage of my life I am not certain I am missing anything I need.
.-= Charlie on PA Tpk´s last blog ..Say NO to the current Health Care proposals =-.

Ha – I saw that movie recently too and have to say it really tugged at my gut at a couple points because it reminded me of just how similar I was to the main character guy – except for having an awesome new best friend heh…