The Manival is back with it’s 5th Edition.  Hosted by The Care and Feeding of Man, it is chock-full of manly goodies!

1.  The 5 Creepiest Things Guys Do To Girls was a time warp to my days in highschool.  I just can’t imagine  that an adult would do this stuff but who am I to judge as I :cough: may  have done some of these myself. 

In the past. 

I said, in the past.

2.  Speaking of highshool, Corey at The Simple Marriage project is all about having an affair…with your spouse!  The choicest morsel was this piece of advice:

Never meet your lover for “affair sex” at your home. Part of the adventure is finding other places to hook up.

Yes, it definitely  reminds me of “Fast Times at I-Can’t-Take-You-Home-My-Parents-Are-There High”. 

I also love that he constantly uses the word ‘lover’ instead of ‘husband’ or ‘wife’.  I don’t know how guys react to ‘lover’, but every guy  I know is a sucker for “papi”.  Just saying.

3.  Now this wasn’t technically  part of The Manival, but I am adding it to the ’roundup’ edition, because who doesn’t love tidbits from the Oprah of the founding fathers!  The Art of Manliness was running a series on the Virtues of Benjamin Franklin, which is well worth checking out because Benjamin Franklin was the ultimate example of living life to the fullest.

Let thy wisdom trickle over my lobes from beyond the grave, oh benefactor of good sense.

4.  My absolute hands-down favorite article was from Parenting Squad on Why Dads Can’t Be Babysitters. 

“My sister was preparing for a girls night out that weekend and my brother-in-law told me he had to “baby-sit” his son Friday night. Baby-sit? The word itself struck me as odd, but after thinking about it some I realized many Dads use the word to refer to alone time with their own kids. I thought that was called parenting.”

Oh, Jason, good call.