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Cherie 12-06-2020 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Redway (Post 10861721)
I meant to add unless he belongs to a certain subculture.

oh tell Smithy, he is one of the sub culture

Smithy 12-06-2020 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Redway (Post 10861713)
I’d be inclined to agree but I’m straight myself. Men oozing in white male baby boomer mentality are trash for sure.

Sorry no, it’s all of you I don’t make the rules

Redway 12-06-2020 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10861720)
completely confused so are we talking about black or white men, or both?

A bit of both.

Smithy 12-06-2020 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10861724)
oh tell Smithy, he is one of the sub culture

I’m a Dom now actually

Cherie 12-06-2020 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10861723)
What does race have to do with it? :umm2:

you said bros cant be hippys….I assumed you meant only white men were hippys :shrug: maybe explain yourself better

Beso 12-06-2020 08:38 PM

Reaching...when you should be social distancing should be a new infraction offence, imo.

Cherie 12-06-2020 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 10861723)
What does race have to do with it? :umm2:

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Originally Posted by Redway (Post 10861726)
A bit of both.

yep see Smithy I understood what was going on, listen to Mama Cherie in future

Smithy 12-06-2020 08:39 PM

Mama or nana?

Captain.Remy 12-06-2020 08:39 PM

The biggest to me is not talking about your feelings, what bothers you, mental issues, what's going on in your home etc just for the sake of "we are bros so we have to be tough". Depression, body issues, rape etc are not just "girl" stuff we swipe under the carpet.
I've been playing rugby since I was 7, I know all about this, the "bro" life and the codes that go with it.
And that sucks because we have to do better than that, we NEED to look after each other and that implies going the extra mile with your "tough looking" friends. That can spare years of alcoholism, depression, abuse in the relationships.

So yeah, the "no pink" or "the banana rule" are the "dumb" part, but really letting go and talking about what happens in your head is the most important one of all. Talking about it doesn't make you fragile. I wish some "bros" I knew realized that.

Smithy 12-06-2020 08:40 PM

That’s a joke before anyone flips!

Redway 12-06-2020 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 10861733)
The biggest to me is not talking about your feelings, what bothers you, mental issues, what's going on in your home etc just for the sake of "we are bros so we have to be tough". Depression, body issues, rape etc are not just "girl" stuff we swipe under the carpet.
I've been playing rugby since I was 7, I know all about this, the "bro" life and the codes that go with it.
And that sucks because we have to do better than that, we NEED to look after each other and that implies going the extra mile with your "tough looking" friends. That can spare years of alcoholism, depression, abuse in the relationships.

So yeah, the "no pink" or "the banana rule" are the "dumb" part, but really letting go and talking about what happens in your head is the most important one of all. Talking about it doesn't make you fragile. I wish some "bros" I knew realized that.

That’s a good point but I wanted to avoid any direct suggestions of mental health in this thread. That’s why I kept it to dumb bro. codes.

Beso 12-06-2020 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10861731)
yep see Smithy I understood what was going on, listen to Mama Cherie in future

Can I call you auntie?

Captain.Remy 12-06-2020 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Redway (Post 10861736)
That’s a good point but I wanted to avoid any direct suggestions of mental health in this thread. That’s why I kept it to dumb bro. codes.

Ok well, I will add the "no homo" rule.
You knew you wanted me when you saw me in the shower after rugby practice, so don't "no homo" me after you got it. Don't be lying. :joker:

I once heard the "Bros don't use umbrellas" one because umbrellas look gay.

Cherie 12-06-2020 08:56 PM

Auntie, Nana, Mama, Miss, Mrs, Ms call me what you like :laugh:

What if pink isn't your colour?

Beso 12-06-2020 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 10861733)
The biggest to me is not talking about your feelings, what bothers you, mental issues, what's going on in your home etc just for the sake of "we are bros so we have to be tough". Depression, body issues, rape etc are not just "girl" stuff we swipe under the carpet.
I've been playing rugby since I was 7, I know all about this, the "bro" life and the codes that go with it.
And that sucks because we have to do better than that, we NEED to look after each other and that implies going the extra mile with your "tough looking" friends. That can spare years of alcoholism, depression, abuse in the relationships.

So yeah, the "no pink" or "the banana rule" are the "dumb" part, but really letting go and talking about what happens in your head is the most important one of all. Talking about it doesn't make you fragile. I wish some "bros" I knew realized that.



Do them at training.tell them as you pin them to the pitch with your straight arm gripping the collar of their training top...roar it in their faces.


Rugby players are usually dicks though, so perhaps judge your own situation..



I'm also sorry I didn't get what this thread was all about to begin with..

It is interesting cause I laugh with my workmates about my pink shirt, I obviously call it cerise...and I do probably imitate my mate Jamie's voice because I feel as though they judge me on my pink lacoste shirt...does it bother me that I'm making their minds think I'm acting like a gay person they dont know that just happens to be a friend of mine..no....No it doesn't..

He deserves it.


You may think, yeah..but what about jamie who doesn't know this...well if anything I feel like I'm doing it because of him, because of how he is, like a tribute sort of thing.


Cause I know I love him to bits; but I also know I've been in the company of some really annoying gay blokes who think their sexuality makes them flamboyant.

Redway 13-06-2020 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Redway (Post 10861626)
And by that I mean what the most fragile and pointless gender expectations for men have been (aside from the major destructive ones) by narrow mid-20th century ideas of masculine behaviour.

1. A bro. never wears pink (even though pink was the quintessentially masculine colour pre-1950s).
2. A bro. never gives another bro. silent treatment.
3. A bro.’s never required to remember another bro.’s birthday.
4. A bro. never looks another bro. in the eye when either of them are eating a banana.
5. A bro. doesn’t grow his hair out past a certain point (that expectation didn’t exist pre-1950s either).

That’s my own. I’m sure certain males of the baby boomer generation won’t agree but baby boomers are called baby boomers for a reason. Most of those rigid masculine stereotypes didn’t exist before the mid-20th century.

6. A real bro. never uses a wallet or gets a phone cover unless it’s one of a football club.

Oliver_W 13-06-2020 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Redway (Post 10861719)
There was a time high heels and pink were befitting of men only.

ish. They've been dipping in and out between being for both genders and only women since they existed. Roman hookers used to wear high heels, for example.
http://www.shoeshistoryfacts.com/hig...-heeled-shoes/

Oliver_W 13-06-2020 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10861728)
you said bros cant be hippys….I assumed you meant only white men were hippys :shrug: maybe explain yourself better

I think it means bros as in "male friends" rather than ... bruvvahs :laugh:

caprimint 13-06-2020 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 10861712)
I have 2 polo shirts in pink

:clap1:

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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 10861739)
I once heard the "Bros don't use umbrellas" one because umbrellas look gay.

Bros who use umbrellas >>>

But yeah I hate the pink one most, it's so dumb

Oliver_W 13-06-2020 11:41 PM

I'd look a right Fairy Poppins if I had an umbrella ...

Oliver_W 16-06-2020 01:32 PM

Y'know I wonder when short hair=male thing came about.

Portraits and stuff of old kings and queens, the males nearly always had longer hair...

The Slim Reaper 16-06-2020 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 10864195)
Y'know I wonder when short hair=male thing came about.

Portraits and stuff of old kings and queens, the males nearly always had longer hair...

They didn't have Toni&Guy in the 15th century, which is why wigs were often the hair fashion choice of heirs.

Oliver_W 16-06-2020 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 10864199)
They didn't have Toni&Guy in the 15th century, which is why wigs were often the hair fashion choice of heirs.

:laugh:

Maybe it does have something to do with electric razors.

Marsh. 16-06-2020 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10861728)
you said bros cant be hippys….I assumed you meant only white men were hippys :shrug: maybe explain yourself better

Why would he mean only white people can be hippies?

Redway 14-08-2020 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by armand.kay (Post 10861686)
the whole “you can’t suck your mates off” has always seemed dumb to me

It's not really considering most lads and men are straight.


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