[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

oh tell Smithy, he is one of the sub culture

I’m a Dom now actually

[armand.kay]

if you’re not ugly i doubt wearing pink is gonna stop you from getting a date

[Liam-]

Some men look great in pink

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I have 2 polo shirts in pink

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Redway

And by that I mean what the most fragile and pointless and 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).

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.

Yet here you are in 2020 mentioning it, so perhaps the same problems are happening now in your examples directed directly at baby boomers

[Parmy]

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

[Smithy]

Mama or nana?

[Captain.Remy]

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.

[Urban Cragou]

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

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.

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by Redway

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.

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

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I have 2 polo shirts in pink

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

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

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

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.

[Smithy]

That’s a joke before anyone flips!

[Urban Cragou]

Originally Posted by Redway

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]

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

[Oliver_W]

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]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

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

Maybe it does have something to do with electric razors.

[Withano]

I follow all of these religiously. Stop attacking me bro’s

[Urban Cragou]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Straight men are clowns this is not new my love

I’d be inclined to agree but I’m straight myself. Men oozing in white male baby boomer mentality are trash for sure.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Redway

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