Miss Rhino
There is a newly-proposed national holiday according to my Facebook newsfeed. June 15th has been dedicated to all that is MAN. Yes, that's right, it's National Man Day. The Facebook event, created by brothers Aaron and Joel Longanecker, urges men all over the world to sit back, relax, eat an 20 oz. steak and scratch themselves while they watch all the Rocky movies in a row. Take this day and celebrate your manhood!
I think this is a splendid idea and am on the coalition to make it an officially recognized holiday. Think about it. How many chick flicks do they sit through? How many times have they given up a baseball game to accompany you to whatever girly thing you have going on that day? They have taken you out to meal after meal. Showered you with presents on Valentines Day, birthdays, etc. They will forfeit a guys night out to take you to your grandpa's 98th birthday party. For all of those amazingly understanding and caring men out there, I give you my blessing to take this day and do with it as you please.
And if that means you're going to act like Chuck Norris all day, so be it.
So here's to you, the faithful and dutiful SO. You've stifled your chuckles as I've cried in your arms at the end of Marley and Me and handed me a tissue. You've waited for hours in the dressing room as I tried on pair after pair of jeans and comforted me when I thought my butt looked too big. You will Tivo the big game and settle in to watch the newest Lifetime movie with me, and for this I am forever grateful. So if you would like to take this one day to channel your inner Jack Bauer and embrace your manliness, than so be it. You deserve it.
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*chuckles* when I saw the title of this entry, I thought "wtf is national man day??" For the guys who had to suffer through chick flicks... I feel for you. I am all for National Man Day, too.
Great idea.
However, all a-hole boyfriends and men in general, are exempt from said Holiday.
They should be obligated to work harder to earn their right to enjoy it next year lol.
I agree --- guys should get a national man day!!! :D Except in our house the Rocky films would be replaced with watching survivalist videos on youtube. But hey...whatever floats his boat!
*roll eyes*
Whoa now, it doesn't have to be MACHO Man day.
@Meowmeowkimmaee@xanga - So you're saying we should tame it down a bit?
I'll watch Golf instead of Boxing. Happy Gilmore anyone?
@aCe_KeiAnar@xanga - Haha I'm just saying, not every guy has an inner Chuck Norris to unleash. Do whatever you like. It IS your day, after all.
if there's a national man day....
can there be a national woman day??
@noree_n@xanga - There should be.
@Meowmeowkimmaee@xanga - haha, I'm not much of a man's man. Not saying I'm am not a man or anything like that, just ... I'm not the same kind of animal. I'd probably spend the day watching baseball.
what a fabulous idea!
aww how sweet.
I don't know any men who deserve such a day. They already act like every day is Man Day.
@noree_n@xanga - Agreed!
Since "MAN" is a gender term, and gender and sex aren't the same thing..
Am I allowed to celebrate Man Day? :3
-Kunoichi
Hello...? There's already an International Men's Day on November 19th, and the United States already celebrates it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day#United_States
International Women's Day, on the other hand, is a more known and celebrated day on March 8th is not observed in the United States. Hm...
I think we should just appreciate what we do for each other every day! Why do men need a day? Women put up with lots too...often we do the majority of the cleaning and cooking, and looking after kids (if there are any) in addition to holding down jobs with just as many hours as our men. I'm not sayng guys have it easy and don't deserve recognition, but why do they deserve it more than women?
@aCe_KeiAnar@xanga - hahaha totally :]
Your description of men is like, 20% of men, tops. Another 20% probably have "man day" every day. The rest fall somewhere inbetween. I really don't think there needs to be a day devoted to being lazy and eating beef. You can do that any day you don't have work. If you're with a woman who insists she choose the food, movies, etc., you should ditch her.
hahaha sounds like a good idea =)
@not_izzy@xanga - you found the words that I was trying to find!
Personally, I give up just as much girl's stuff for my guy's big games as he does for my bachelor premieres and such. We keep it pretty equal. I am very grateful for all of it, but the last thing this country needs is another holiday to commericalize and exploit. And please, if guy's get a day then girl's should too. But quite frankly I think mother's day and father's day just about cover it. Â
And we get that you want to appear anti-feminist and attractive to the male gender by writing this, but this comes off as just desperate. And yes, I am in a cranky mood. lol