In Praise of the Man Room

You may have heard me refer to the man room in passing.
“James putters in the man room.”

This is an entry in praise of the man room.

Back in college, my mom bought me a copy of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Remember that book? Pre – The Rules.
Pre – He’s Just Not That Into You
Just John Grey, Phd and some new (at the time) advice.

In the book, he describes how when women have problems or issues, they tend to like to talk it out. Commiserating is the name of the game and ladies like to feel understood. When men have problems, they tend to want to go in their “man cave” and be alone. At the time, this was valuable advice to my clingy girlfriendy self, and has been even more valuable advice now.

Back to James’ man room.
In it, he keeps his Nintendo 64, he keeps his guitars and his computer. It’s his room. The pictures on the wall are his. They’re scenes from his favorite movies and video games. There’s a bar mirror. There’s a mini fridge, stocked with Mountain Dew and beer. There’s a closet filled with computer parts.

And hilariously enough, all this makes our relationship stronger.
He can go chill after work for a half hour, turn up his surround sound, get a beer without having to go downstairs.
And he’s more fun to hang with after his man time is through.

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