Hate to tell you this, but that guy had probably just read some pick up manual that told him this type of thing impresses women. With the rise of PUA (pick up artist) training seminars, books and websites following Neil Stauss’s 2004 book The Game, guys all over the place are reading that kind of advice. Not saying it’s wrong to do it, but it isn’t always pure chivalry. Especially if the guy actually made a point of telling you why he’s switching places, it sounds to me like he’s just doing what he read he’s supposed to do.

I actually agree with the first quoted paragraph entirely though. A man doesn’t have to hunt (I used to, but I can’t stand killing animals now) but he should know how to handle a weapon, like a basic shotgun or rifle, and be familiar with the different actions and loading mechanisms and ammunitions. (I knew all that crap when I was 10.) And he should know how to bait a hook and catch a fish. Changing a tire or jump-starting a car are no-brainers, even if the TV commercials nowadays show the guy calling his girlfriend on his cellphone to come and change his flat for him. I swear, if one of my sisters ever dates a man who can’t jump-start her car or change a flat for her, I will personally see to it that the relationship does not end in marriage, even if I have to neuter him myself. (Maybe that’s another skill the modern man should have - the ability to neuter unacceptable suitors of the women-folk in his family. )

(I’m posting his again because the first post went medieval with the italics for some reason.)

Hate to tell you this, but that guy had probably just read some pick up manual that told him this type of thing impresses women. With the rise of PUA (pick up artist) training seminars, books and websites following Neil Stauss’s 2004 book The Game, guys all over the place are reading that kind of advice. Not saying it’s wrong to do it, but it isn’t always pure chivalry. Especially if the guy actually made a point of telling you why he’s switching places, it sounds to me like he’s just doing what he read he’s supposed to do.

I actually agree with the first quoted paragraph entirely though. A man doesn’t have to hunt (I used to, but I can’t stand killing animals now) but he should know how to handle a weapon, like a basic shotgun or rifle, and be familiar with the different actions and loading mechanisms and ammunitions. (I knew all that crap when I was 10.) And he should know how to bait a hook and catch a fish. Changing a tire or jump-starting a car are no-brainers, even if the TV commercials nowadays show the guy calling his girlfriend on his cellphone to come and change his flat for him. I swear, if one of my sisters ever dates a man who can’t jump-start her car or change a flat for her, I will personally see to it that the relationship does not end in marriage, even if I have to neuter him myself. (Maybe that’s another skill the modern man should have - the ability to neuter unacceptable suitors of the women-folk in his family. )

Good for John, nice to see another man out there who get’s it.

But most of things come down to - know how to survive after a Katrina-like event hits your area. Get food. Defend yourself. Keep your transport running. Accept responsibility.

Oh and catching a fish and hunting include dressing game and cleaning fish. Though it has been a long time for either.

From my observations the supply of “real men” diminished following the sharply diminished supply of “real women”.

“A Man should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”