Man Dates

I hope the reason that this article is being listed as the #1 most e-mailed story on the NY Times main site is because it's totally ridiculous.

It's from this past weekend's paper and it's about Man Dates. Not mandates. Man Dates. Or, when one man and another man choose to spend time together when there are no sports, business, or beer involved. Apparently, most dudes become really uncomfortable spending time with other dudes one-on-one at a movie or a restaurant or a museum because it walks some thin homosexual line and people might (God forbid) think they're gay.

Question marks??????????

Is this really an issue for people? I enjoy getting brunch with dude friends. Or taking xy-only walks in a park, if it's a nice day. Granted, I'm generally uninterested in sports and enjoy romantic comedies. But allowing stupid little fears like this to keep you from doing something you want to do is just stupid.

I think what bugs me most about the article is the barraging of the "Man Dates." Jenny 8 uses the term exactly one billion times and I was getting so distracted that I couldn't really take it seriously anymore. It was like talking to my roommate when he had a moustache.

Oh well. That's it. I guess I better go suck some cock now.