Men should also have the guts (and ability) to sing and dance, even in public as well as cut down trees, do hard manual labor, etc. It's part of being a man, in my opinion.
There is nothing feminine about singing. The best singing comes from a male voice box. Even many women agree with me!
I believe there are different types of "real man", and your "catch", copticcruiser, is only one of them. Obviously he was the type of man you were looking for, and the man God had planned for you.
But a man NOT involved in agriculture/logging can still be 100% masculine as well :)
I'll admit my H is probably closer to
copticruiser's than ..well, my dad. Very different men, but both very hearty. Husband is white collar on paper, blue collar in real life. He could live in a tree. I cannot. But when neighbors need him, or our city, etc, he's there. They love him because he's very helpful, isn't scared of things, hits the nail on the head, and
in the middle of a meeting that's gone on and on about hiring someone to clean gutters, he's known to walk out and
clean them himself, without bragging or even saying anything until he comes back in and asks for a moment on the floor, then says, "Done." It's just so darned cool it's hard
not to take extraordinary pride in it
I hear you
copticruiser! But he sings enough. My dad definitely sang, as well, though his problem-solving was more on the phone rather than on the roof. Neither abide wasting time sitting on a committee for hours over a simple thing.
MusicI've got to agree with
ggreg and
Matthew etc on the singing thing, though. Hearing men sing their parts is mind-blowing. My oldest son, a musician, can bring tears to the eyes. (In the good way.) He's a bass, very deep, with good range. He's also a pianist. In fact, one university is trying to tempt him with scholarship money IF he changes his desired major (which,
this week, is some branch of engineering) to some branch of music. It's very difficult for him to decide because
money. While he loves music, the
performing arts community is notoriously Sodomite, and he'd like to keep music to the "hobby/perform occasionally" level, and participate in the university's program more as a minor (far fewer credit hours). It's hard because the package they're talking about would basically make college free,
including clothes **pounds head**, but who cares if you're not taking the classes you want to take. I am sorry for the pressure he feels. The university wants more male music majors though.
ggreg any advice you have would be appreciated. (Son varies from Classics/History major to Engineering; he'd also like to continue music, but only a few credit hours a semester.)
ClothesAll the men in our family claim I'm a bit "too modern" in my men's apparel tastes!!! Actually, they call my tastes "gαy". :stare:
I am not a boy or a man; I buy what I see at J Crew or whatever store because the boys/men in our family
refuse to shop for themselves. :/ I am NOT good at selecting mens' products. At all. Except tuxes, which I've got down pat. I usually get pulled into the "buy this scarf to compliment this outfit" sale, and the men/boys are like, "Uh, Mom?
NO!"
If they would just take a moment to make a list, or TELL me, they wouldn't have a closet of unused (but very handsome, imo) clothing.
I'm surprised you haven't run into this issue,
copti. I'm seriously curious now, since it's been brought up and Christmas is a week away (
YAY! Happy ADVENT! (Rose Sunday; we read those for dinner this week.) It's sped by!!!). Maybe it's new-thread worthy, but
what kind of clothes do men wear that aren't "Sodomite"/gαy/etc. Are scarves
really that bad?
Pull-on sweaters? My dad and uncles wore scarves and that tweed beanie thing; the occasional fisherman's sweater that's apparently "gαy" now. *sigh* (Daddy still enjoys
his fisherman's sweater. I guess that's what they're called: white, cables running down their length, soft soft soft and cozy). I know nothing about men. —except they all like rugged-looking Clark's shoes. That, I've got down.