Mantuary from matrimony
Why he needs a room of his own
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"I have it decorated with all the sports memorabilia that my wife would not allow anywhere in the house in a million years," says Brian, 30, a sales director for a print media company.
But for Brian, it's not just about holding onto the ratty futon and the "Fletch" movie poster from his bachelor days. It's about having a "mantuary," or "man cave" -- a space just for him where he can watch sports uninterrupted or play Xbox games with his buddies.
"When his friends come over, they will go downstairs," says Vicki, a 31-year-old account executive at a communications firm. "It's like the basement in 'That '70s Show.'"
What does Brian have stashed away?
"Millions of movies," he says, plus a 32-inch flat-screen TV, film posters, his guitar, an exercise bike, and a few family treasures, including the first-place trophy he won at a melanoma charity golf tournament he played in honor of his deceased father.
Having a room of one's own can provide refuge in a stressful world, but can a mantuary actually help a marriage?
Comment: My home is my mantuary!
In this over-feminized society where a man has to apologize for being a man----this can't be a bad thing. Women dominate family life and this is simply the emergence of a need for men to escape it all. Men live in a culture where they are provided an endless string of contradictions and should be permitted (god forbid) to be themselves.
ReplyDeleteWeird that his wife wouldn't love his pickup, his guns, and his power tools, too. How strange. :^)
ReplyDeleteI bought my wife a Moroso tire pressure guage for Mother's day.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope she approves! :)
I got Connie a nice Kimber 1911 a few years back.... and yes, she approves.
ReplyDeleteI'm just An Ordinary Man!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has absolutely nothing to do, implicitly, with the article. But have you ever noticed that magazines ALWAYS quote people like this: "Bob, a 31 year old national sales director" or "Susie, a 32 year old account executive." They never say "Jim, who works at WalMart" or "Susie Q., a clerical worker at XYZ Corporation."
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