destination unknown

With summer just around the corner, I often find myself browsing travel sites for destination vacations.  Unfortunately, my idea of a "week away" differs greatly from what my boyfriend perceives as the perfect getaway.  This first became clear to me two days before our first vacation together, when he suddenly announced that he had changed our travel plans - he had found a "brilliant" replacement for our meticulously planned long weekend in Florida:

Takeaway: Men never grow up.  I wish I could elaborate on this, but sometimes, less is more.

seen and heard: the bro code

Calling all How I Met Your Mother Fans! For those of you who watch the show, you can probably understand my slight obsession with Barney.  I find him strangely endearing - although if I ever encountered a man like him, I'm sure I would run the other way.  Nonetheless, I highly recommend checking out "Barney's Blog" for a somewhat disturbing look into our favorite bro's thoughts.  Enjoy!

breaking the ice

Remember the formal event that I told you about?  Let's flash back to a few days before the event, when attendees were scrambling to finalize plans.  I was chatting with a dear girlfriend about her need for a date to the event.  Suddenly, our male friend (who had clearly been eavesdropping) interjected with a handful of suggestions for potential suitors.  One of his top contenders was his younger brother, who is apparently quite the prize:

Takeaway: Men can (and will!) use irrelevant details to support their assertions.  Before pointing out the gaping holes in his argument, take a moment to admire his creativity.  

seen and heard: it starts young

This week's Seen and Heard Sunday is dedicated to two young men who prove that the cryptic male dialogue starts very early in life. 

dressed to the nines

I had the pleasure experience of accompanying my boyfriend to a formal dinner party last night.  As I danced the night away with my girlfriends, he sipped cocktails and argued with his "bros" over who looked best in a suit and tie.  Needless to say, those cocktails caught up to him fairly quickly.  When friends asked about the whereabouts of my lovely counterpart, I begrudgingly pointing to the winner in the center of the room who was provoking dance-offs with strangers.  I thought we were in the clear when the clock struck twelve and our carriage (a.k.a sketchy NYC car service) showed up to whisk us away.  As my boyfriend strutted out the door with an unwarranted confidence, I realized that I was wrong.

 

Takeaway:  Sometimes silent gratification is all we need, ladies.  If he strategically changes terminology to admit the mistakes that you've already pointed out, it means that he knows he was wrong but can't admit it.  Score one for Team Estrogen.

seen and heard sundays

Today marks the start of a new weekly thread on Lost in Manslations- Seen and Heard Sundays.  In the age of new media, men have flocked to the world wide web to broadcast their musings.  Sundays will be dedicated to aggregating and sharing these gems with my lovely followers.

The following gems were pulled off of Twitter:

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unneeded stress

My best male friend has become somewhat of a workaholic recently.  I have been concerned about his lack of social activity, so being the good friend that I am, I attempted to break him out of his rut by inviting him to happy hour.  He quickly shot down my invitation and informed me that he would rather go home than be social.  About an hour later, my blackberry buzzed with this text:

Takeaway: As females, we are culturally trained to worry about our friends and loved ones.  We all too often forget that stress and anxiety can cause unneeded wrinkles and those stray gray hairs.  Therefore, avoid worrying about him as much as possible.  His epiphany will come when his jeans no longer button and Call of Duty is his new best friend.