Re: When did you become a man?
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A.M. The whole world changed at that moment. Never been the same since, probably never will again.
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Re: When did you become a man?
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CoonsBane - Wow! I didn't even realize the significance of the date you posted. I sure should have. Sorry.
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Re: When did you become a man?
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When I whispered the words to a girl long ago "On a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?" She did! Chris Let me sleep on it. "I'll give you an answer in the morning."
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Re: When did you become a man?
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Id say 20. Thats when took out a loan, quit my job, and put myself through the police academy. After that ive been able to find honorable employment for the past 20yrs. Not so much great pay always. It taught me to be a man and about brotherhood.
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Re: When did you become a man?
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i'd say when i had children,although i do regress at times-something i am workin hard on. Was just thinking the same thing . Even though I was married with two careers , it wasn't until I held my newborn daughter that I thought , " This manhood $%&# just got very real. " I've been steadily trying to regress ever since. My first thought was also, "When I became a father." I remember coming home from the hospital after the birth of my first daughter. I sat down and began to think. I was almost completely overwhelmed by the huge responsibility of it all. Three wonderful daughters and two outstanding grandchildren later, I'm thinking, "What was I worried about?"
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Re: When did you become a man?
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When I took my 66 Chevelle SS to New England Dragway ,and made my first 1/4 mile pass at 17 years old....14.2 @101 mph....I was the Man !
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Re: When did you become a man?
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no big John,You are the MAN. Peekers, you’re one of my heroes.
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Re: When did you become a man?
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Last week. Still recovering from the surgery. I figured someone had to replace Bruce Jenner to balance out the universe. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!! Seriously though, there are a lot of excellent answers here. Responsibility, selflessness, respect both earned and given. All crucial parts of it. I’ve learned some good things from John Eldridge’s book “Wild at Heart.” One of the things he points out is that most men base their own manliness on 1 of 2 things: women or work. Either you’re good at getting women or you’re good at work. Often both but usually 1 is more significant to your identity. That might not be a problem when we’re young, but it easily becomes a problem when we get older. A man who starts out getting his masculine identity from women eventually often becomes a man who’s afraid of women, cowed by his wife because he’s terrified of disappointing her. Men whose identity is in work usually end up slaving for the job, maybe stuck in a job they’re good at but they hate, because they’re scared of the insecurity of switching to something they might not be as good at. These men may also face depression upon retirement or an injury, because their entire identity was built on work. Anyway to answer the question, I’d say I first felt like a man when I was trusted as a lead by my bosses at work. I was more sure I was a man when I bought my own house unaided at 25. And I was most proud as a man when I got to bring my first baby home to that house, knowing she’d have a good home and stable life with her mother and I. I’m proud to be able to say, my wife doesn’t make me a man, she loves me because I am one. My work doesn’t make me a man; who I am as a man makes my work good. My family doesn’t make me a man; being a man allows me to care for my family. I’m a man because God made me one, continues showing me how to be one, and no one can take that away.
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Re: When did you become a man?
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When I was. 14 my dad asked me about buying the farm next door. After some reasoning I told him I thought that it would cost too much to bring it up to produce crops. He agreed and he did not buy it.
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Re: When did you become a man?
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When I jumped out of a plan and became a US Army paratrooper.
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