I’m NOT sorry…

I’d planned to write some tame entry about graphology (Click here if you want to read the article) but after witnessing an unforgivable transgression against all manhood my mind was made up…it’s time to talk about the “Sorry for everything” syndrome which seems to be striking spineless men everywhere.

You’ve seen it before when some chump is apologizing to his girlfriend/wife for every single thing he does/says/doesn’t do/etc. even though he’s done nothing wrong…much less anything worthy of an apology. Every time I just want to walk up to this chump and say “Do you at least get to visit your manhood?” There’s no excuse for this behavior and no real man would tolerate it for even a second…especially from his significant other!

I’m not saying you should never apologize as some things merit a true and sincere apology such as telling your significant other her dress does make her look fat, spending your anniversary gift money at the strip club, etc. We (men), however, do NOT need to be apologizing for saying we don’t want to go shopping or looking at other women….it’s not natural and quite frankly, a crime against the rest of us who are true men.

We (my generation) are a generation raised by women which filled our minds with all the irrational bullsh*t and sensitivity nonsense but it had other, unintended side effects such guilt over meaningless things, a need to always be validated by word and action…in other words, it was an attempt to make us women. In the golden age, men acted like men and we didn’t apologize for acting as such. The time has come for all men to recapture this sense of self and end the “Sorry for everything” syndrome once and for all.

In today’s example, I was out at a local shopping plaza running a few errands when I spot the couple. A normal, average couple but I could tell he was broken from a mile away (guys know this look…the look of a man who just sleep walks through the days because he thinks he can’t do better and this is all life has to offer). He committed the unspeakable crime of not getting a cart for her purchases so he was dressed down (in front of other self-respecting men) for this transgression. His response? “I’m sorry….I’ll go get a cart”. WTF…are those your fake testicles hanging from the trailer hitch?????

The people in earshot just looked on while the other whipped men just starred at the ground in silent appreciation it wasn’t them…this time. I stared him dead in the eyes with a look of disdain reserved only for the lowest of the low. How could he let her do this without a word of protest? Was it to avoid creating a scene? Maybe it was fear of being “cut off”?

If he’s afraid she’ll revoke his access to the golden triangle then I’ve got some really bad news for him…she’d sleep with someone else in a second if he exhibited the traits of a real man! She’s with him because he’s been broken (i.e. he’s not going anywhere so he’s “safe” and available when SHE wants him) but she’d cheat in a second with a man who took control and, quite frankly, acted like a man! The chump gets exactly what he deserves for not taking control of the situation and re-introducing her to the man he should (and probably used to) be.

Being a man means something different to everyone but to me it means taking care of the people you love, being able to fix/build anything, standing up for what matters (even if it means getting your ass kicked), doing the right thing even if it’s not popular and most importantly, being true to yourself at all times. I’ve always adhered to these principles and maybe I’m a dinosaur, but I believe men need to be strong and take charge. This whole belief that men need to be compliant to their women is nonsense and something for the metrosexual man…which offends me to the see the word “man” even close to the word metrosexual.

To apologize for living by the man code is absurd and I, for one, will never apologize for anything as meaningless as not getting a cart…I’ll save my apologies for something worthy of an apology. You might condemn this entry as sexist, chauvinist, etc. and to that I say “I’m a man and damn proud of it!”….and NO, I’m not sorry!