Hey bros,

It’s not often that there’s some genuine news on the subject of bromance. But today, science has confirmed some things that we ‘bromantics’ have known all along.

A new study shows that men who physically meet up with four male friends, twice per week, get more endorphins in their systems, which puts them in better health.

Read the article.

The report also says that “Bonds can be formed through a range of activities from team sports to male banter — or simply having a pint with your pals on a Friday night.”

So there you go, dudes. Find some other bros, meet them in person, and do stuff with them to get into better health!

Later,
-The Blog Dude

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If you’re among those bros who enjoys one-night stands, and who also travels internationally, this handy guide to the “ease” of ladies by country will save you a lot of trouble.

(Okay, honestly? I have no idea at all how these people managed to come up with this data set, but I think it’s hilarious.)

Visit the site

Later,
-The Blog Dude

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Once in a while, when I’m having a casual conversation with another guy and explaining to him what seekBromance.com is all about, he’ll say that he’s more likely to use meetup to find events he’s already interested in and make friends from there. Maybe you’ve thought the same thing, so today I want to demonstrate to you why a site specifically for finding male friends works better.

First, a disclaimer. I have no issue with meetup.com at all; in fact, I use it often for non-bromance-related activities. It’s an awesome site if you like hiking, happy hours, business networking, and other generally social stuff. Unfortunately, when it comes to making a close friend, you won’t have any better luck there than you will at your job, your church, or any other “closed” society.

On seekBromance, when you look at the various bro-files of other members, you can find those you share your values and interests a lot more quickly. You get more information about a guy up front than you could find out even in months of just talking during a meeting. Also, you don’t have to worry about the scheduling conflicts that are so common in a meetup group, because you can search 24/7. You get more convenience when you can contact a large number of bros from your home or the local coffee shop – and even when you’re traveling out of the area.

Most of all, you know the other guys are looking for close guy friends, too. There’s no danger that your friendliness is going to be misinterpreted. So get out there and make it happen!

Later,
-The Blog Dude

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Hey dudes,

Not too long ago, a colleague of mine told me a story about his boyhood – a story that I think is worth passing on to you guys.

So my friend’s mom had just decided to go back to college when he was still very young. Because she also worked full time, she had to take classes at night. She would drop him off with his aunt and two cousins, who were close to his age.

They lived on a farm outside a very small town (of only about 300), and that was different from his usual neighborhood. Fortunately he got along very well with all three of them. As time went on, he became attached enough to the place to beg his mom to let him stay there on the weekends when she wasn’t in school.

One of those weekends he and his two cousins were hanging outside until it got dark. Then they had to go in. Before they did, one cousin says, “Look, a falling star. We get to make a wish!”

So both his cousins make their wishes, and they go inside. He still hadn’t figured out what his wish was going to be yet – and then it hits him.

He says, “I never want this house to burn down”. Then he goes inside. (Keep in mind, he was 5 at the time.) A few short months later, guess what happened.

That house caught fire. Burned to a crisp. No one was hurt, but he remembers losing a couple of toys he had left there.

Even at that early age, he felt he could sense the “moral” of this story. You can’t just sit around wishing for things; you have to make them happen through your own plans and your own efforts. Bromance is no different. Don’t expect the ideal guy friend to knock on your door one day; it never happens. So if you haven’t finished your bro-file, or updated it recently, now is a great time to take care of that.

Later,
-The Blog Dude

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Hey dudes,

Today more than ever, continuous learning is a necessary skill for your survival. But without others to learn things from, it can be a rough road for us guys.

As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry, men and women are hard-wired to think in very different ways. Our brains like to go the binary route: we say, “Okay, this is right, that over there is wrong, and I learn by discovering whatever is most right.” In The Way of the Superior Man, the author states that “Life as a man is like a constant error correction. Making a mistake, and correcting, then making another mistake, and correcting.” Women, on the other hand, rely much more on intuition when they think and learn. They say, “This is how I feel, and based on everything I’m taking in, I’m going to feel out what I want to do next.” One way isn’t better or worse than the other. They’re just different. It’s very hard for most men to think like a woman, and vice versa.

Since men aren’t as good at feeling their way through things, they tend to overcome that disadvantage by observing and talking with other men. Once we have a model for the “right” way to solve a problem, we follow that model ourselves. We learn many things from women this way, too, but obviously they can’t teach us everything we need to know.

So if you’re still on the fence about finding a bro, or procrastinating with finishing your bro-file, just remember that there’s always more to learn about what it means to be a man. And finding a guy friend is one of the best ways to optimize your path of learning.

Good luck,
-The Blog Dude

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At first glance, bromance and mentoring don’t mix. But no two bromances are the same, and besides, one bro should always be able to count on another for some advice.

Maybe one of you has several more years of life experience than the other, or maybe one of you just has an unusually high level of wisdom. Obviously, if you have a spouse or a significant other, you’d want advice from them, too. (Unless the relationship itself is the issue, and then your bro’s input becomes critical.)

Mentoring can get tricky, however, when one of you feels the need to criticize. Talk with your bro about this beforehand. There’s actually nothing wrong with a little criticism, if the intent is to make you or your bro a better man. If you see something that might not be going so well in your bro’s life, you should definitely speak up – and of course he should do the same for you. Otherwise, just smile and keep having fun!

Later,
The Blog Dude

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