Straight guys don't get offended or feel threatened by this topic. I'm not here to make you feel small, even though a fair share of you seem to think that's your inalienable right to make gay men feel less than. Let's draw a truce for the next few paragraphs and see what we might learn about one another. Fair enough? Ok, onto the list!
The other day I told my husband that I was really excited to see my best friend again. We live far apart and only get to see each other once a year. He responded with a hurt look, saying, “I thought I was your best friend!” To which I replied, “No, you’re my husband. I still need my girlfriend.” This is one of the key dynamics that can really mess up a long term relationship. Expecting your partner to fulfill all of your emotional needs sets you both up for disappointment. Every woman needs a girlfriend and every man needs a bromance.
Long before "bromances" became the hot thing, dudes have been making male bonding cool. It's especially nice to see in the celebrity world, because what usually makes the news are the feuds rather than the friendships...
A man, at the end of his wits, doubtless, attempted to use Craigslist to find bromance. Essentially, this guy is looking for a straight Will to his clearly non-female Grace. This Miami guy is sick (and, likely, tired) of sniffing after ladies in the vicious, saline and saltwater world of the South Florida mating scene, and getting his feelings crushed. Hence the ad. So is the search for a heterosexual life partner really so unusual?
To ease the minds and prides of males everywhere, here are four trends and habits that may look effeminate at face value, but really do no damage to you in the eyes of the fairer sex.
A new book, The Beckham Experiment, chronicles David Beckham's splash onto the US scene. In addition to some topsy-turvy fits and starts with the LA Galaxy, the book's author, Grant Wahl, discusses Beck's inclusion in the Hollywood circuit. Most notably his bromance with Tom Cruise. Very interesting.
Getting married in college, love advice from Reno 911's Kerri Kenney-Silver, why chicks dig dorks, pot and sex, second date tips, Altoids and oral, sitcom porns, the art of sternomancy, the awesomeness of Chester French and Marie Claire's Rich Santos.
Brody Jenner has ended it with his Playmate, Jayde Nichols.
Ah, love. That special feeling that makes a man want to stay in and bake cookies with his woman or emblazon her naked likeness on a surfboard and give it to her as a present. We know that feeling, Brody. And we're happy to know that you do, too. Thanks to your interview with People, we know it, perhaps, a little too well.
Fine. I got a little tired and went with a link roundup rather than think of a new column, sue me. We'll find out about Axe Body Spray, Bromance's least straight moments, dating faux pas, college-level flirting courses, asking him out, benefits of a down economy, reasons men like being married, seeing a movie on the first date, squeezing in extra sex and a pastor's take on masturbation.
2009 will be an auspicious year for a number of celebs but none more so than Jennifer Aniston, the cast of Gossip Girl, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Pink, Sienna Miller, Spencer Pratt, Brody Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Kate Hudson and the Jonas Brothers.
