I am Child-Man, Hear me Roxor!

**admin** · 02-06-2008, 09:20 AM

Kay "Fun-Sponge" Hymowitz wrote an editorial about child-men. In short - we suck. Apparently we are not living up to our "potential". For some reason, some women feel the need to domesticate their men (Ms. Hymowitz says as much in her editorial) which invariably consists of driving anything fun out of their lives. Woman, let me say this plainly, you'll pry the remote out of my cold dead hands...

Discuss "I am Child-Man, Hear me Roxor!" here. Read the article.

**Halon451** · 02-06-2008, 10:08 AM

LOL - Holy crap, I love it. Of course if the wife knew this she would kill me...

**Warpdrv** · 02-06-2008, 10:51 AM

Heh... Although I have never been married at 40, I can certainly see the validity of the article, I watch as more and more marriages crumble with the very attitude of women not accepting the man child ways... I have managed on my own to juggle a 60-70 hour work week, raise my son on my own for 12 years, secure a modest home and still find time to play with all my toys and build the HT's and various home systems extremely well... but then again, I am a motivated individual, and I can't say that of all man-child's...

Great article... thanks

**Djizasse** · 02-06-2008, 11:08 AM

I totally agree with the article.

I'll wait for a woman that realizes that a man is someone that holds a good job, takes care of his responsibilities, and loves and respects his wife regardless of what he does in his free time.

I've been through this many times, and i think the problem is due to the fact that they don't understand our world of big boys toys, be it online gaming, audio/video stuff, or another unknown thing to them. A man in front of a TV all day is just a man, but another one playing video games is a kid.

...take a close look at the headlines ... someone lamenting that our children are being corrupted by video games or lured onto the Internet or exposed to dangerous ideas through innocent looking comic books. Well, who better to protect a child than a child-man? I can practically guarantee that there is no chance my child will be able to pull the, "But Grand Theft Auto is just a racing game," stunt with me. Not a chance. I'll know more about video games than he/she will!

I haven't thought about this in this way, it's a very nice side-effect and an excellent point.

**markw** · 02-06-2008, 11:11 AM

Her husband must be a barrel of laughs.

**Seth=L** · 02-06-2008, 11:54 AM

"Enjoy your divorce."

Epic.

**crashkelly** · 02-06-2008, 12:05 PM

I agree completely with the article and thanks for the good laugh

I'll wait for a woman that realizes that a man is someone that holds a good job, takes care of his responsibilities, and loves and respects his wife regardless of what he does in his free time.

I will completely admit that I am a man-child, and will always be one, but I have a decent job, I am responsible (most of the time

), love my partner dearly, and enjoy doing what I want with my free time, although I more often than not involve my two boys in it whether it be gaming, movie watching, woodworking, or house renos. I enjoy be the man with them, but I also love being a kid with them.

...take a close look at the headlines ... someone lamenting that our children are being corrupted by video games or lured onto the Internet or exposed to dangerous ideas through innocent looking comic books. Well, who better to protect a child than a child-man? I can practically guarantee that there is no chance my child will be able to pull the, "But Grand Theft Auto is just a racing game," stunt with me. Not a chance. I'll know more about video games than he/she will!

Aboslutely!! My wife is pretty clueless about this stuff. Not a week goes by that I don't get a look of shock from her about some of the stuff that is out there, bad, good, or otherwise. My boys have tried the "but it is only a ...... game" with me and they get nowhere as most of the time I have played and finished the game they are talking about (shhhhh... don't tell my wife

). They are just starting out on the Internet as of late and I am right up front with them about the crap that is out there and it is out there and it is everywhere.

Contribute as much (if not more) to our family's anual income

Damn straight. My wife makes almost twice as much as I do and I make a not bad salary. We both contribute to the family, we both contribute to the home, we both contribute to retirement, and I contribute to my child-like tendencies. I save my money and I buy "extras" for myself and my boys.

From my perspective, we, men, now get to take a breathe and relax. Back in the 40's, 50's, ...., it was all up to us. Don't get me wrong, women had a hell of a job being at home as the homemaker and caring for the kids and for that they should be commended. We, men, had to support the family, had to put the bread on the table, had to put the clothes on the back and the shoes on the feet, it was all up to us. Now it is different. We, men, are still responsible for the above, but we can share that responsbility with our wife, and vice versa. I enjoy doing housework (clean freak

), and cooking, and raising my boys, just as I know she enjoys working at what she does. I know I relish in the thought that it is not all up to me (in terms of money) and it does allow me to take that breath and relax. Now, I am not old enough to have experienced the 40's, 50's, ...., but I have been in that situation where it was solely up to me to bring the dollars through the door and believe me, it is terrible stress.
(Please do not take the above as "men had it harder" or anything along those lines as that was not my intent)

Again, great article that I think speaks volumes about some of society today. I am all for the empowerment of women, they deserve it, are entitled to it, and I love the fact that my wife can and will do things for herself.

When my wife asks me, "Don't you want more?" I look around at my kids, my wife, my home, and my toys, and reply "Why? I am happy" give her a kiss and then proceed to take the movie/game off pause.

Cheers and long live the child-man
Michael

**Tom Andry** · 02-06-2008, 12:35 PM

Great comments all. I should have put something in the editorial about online poker. That really is a big thing right now that I don't participate in. I would but being online all day doesn't exactly make me want to sit in front of a computer any longer than I absolutely have to.

**jinjuku** · 02-06-2008, 01:33 PM

From the article:

"Give young men a choice between serious drama on the one hand, and Victoria's Secret models, battling cyborgs, exploding toilets and the NFL on the other, and it's the models, cyborgs, toilets and football by a mile."

I have had my fill of 'Serious Drama'. Why should that be the alternative? What I need less of is 'Serious Drama'. Does the author know what she means by 'Serious Drama'?

Also:

" It's 1965, and you're a 26-year-old white guy. You have a factory job, or maybe you work for an insurance broker. Either way, you're married, probably have been for a few years now; you met your wife in high school, where she was in your sister's class. You've already got one kid, with another on the way. For now, you're renting an apartment in your parents' two-family house, but you're saving up for a three-bedroom ranch house in the next town. Yup, you're an adult!

Now meet the 21st-century you, also 26. You've finished college and work in a cubicle in a large Chicago financial-services firm. You live in an apartment with a few single guy friends. In your spare time, you play basketball with your buddies, download the latest indie songs from iTunes, have some fun with the Xbox 360, take a leisurely shower, massage some product into your hair and face – and then it's off to bars and parties, where you meet, and often bed, girls of widely varied hues and sizes. Wife? Kids? House? Are you kidding? "

Hello, in 1965 you could as a man:

1. Have a high school diploma and get a killer paying job w/ benefits and guaranteed retirement. Hell by the time you're 26 you have 6 or 7 years of seniority. This means you started working for GM in 1959.

2. As a women, it most likely sucked unless you went to college.

So my next question is this: What is exactly wrong? I don't mind the article from the point of observation, but what is the actual point? If you want to know why there are all these 26-34 year old SYM, ask all the 18-25 SYF. They are doing the same.