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“How Can I Improve My Relationship With My Boyfriend’s Family?”

February 8, 2013 By POPSUGAR 1 Comment

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My boyfriend’s family was so close to his former fiancée. Will they ever accept me?

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions Tagged With: advice, bullying, extended family, isolation, jealousy, loyalty, marriage, new boyfriend's family, new family members, rebound relationship, relationships, romance, security, sisters-in-law, trust, Weddings

What My Dog Taught Me About Friendship

January 20, 2013 By Trevor Eyster 11 Comments

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After former child actor Trevor Eyster became homeless, he learned the true meaning of friendship from a puppy called Jake.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content, Our Pets, The Good Life Tagged With: brain chemistry, breaking up, child actor, companionship, covenants, defining friendship, Devotion, dog stories, dogs, empathy, estrangement, eviction, friendship, goodness, grief, hairiness, happiness, homeless men, homelessness, infidelity, inspiration, isolation, legal predation, life lessons from my dog, life stories, loyalty, man's best friend, oxytocin, promises, psychology, relationships, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, science of empathy, Sex and Relationships, U.S. Puppy Corps, vows

“My views on men, masculinity, and gender issues have morphed and dare I say matured.”

January 4, 2013 By the Editors 2 Comments

This is a comment by KKZ on the post “This Much I Know To Be True”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: brand, Community, gender, growth, guys, issues, loyalty, mature, men, morphed, sexuality, The Frisky, Tom Matlack, views, Woman

Death by Confirmation

November 26, 2012 By Jeff Swain 4 Comments

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In this Catholic rite of passage, becoming a man permanently alters a boy’s relationship to his father.

Filed Under: Man on the Run, The Good Life Tagged With: adolescence, adulthood, agnostic, Arnold Van Gannep, atheism, baptism, Catholic priest, Catholic rites, Catholic sacrament, Catholicism, crucifixion, fathers and sons, godparents, heartbreak, hero's journey, initiation ceremony, Joseph Campbell, loyalty, manhood initiation rites, monomyth, personal quest, religion, religious rites of passage, responsibilities, rites of passage, ritual, sacraments, sacrifice, Sex and Relationships, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Ten Things I Love About My Wife

November 18, 2012 By Tom Matlack 22 Comments

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Okay guys, here’s my list. What’s yours?

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: civilization, home, Husband, I love my wife, italian, Italian lawyer, lawyer, love of wives, loyalty, male love, man cave, matrimony, my wife, Perkins school for the Blind, romantic love, Sex and Relationships, soul train, tenth anniversary, travel, trophy wife, wife

Helping Guys Understand Relationships without Watching “Chick Flicks”: Advice for Parents

September 29, 2012 By Andrew Smiler 7 Comments

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Parents can help prepare boys for all kinds of relationships by examining those in the sports world.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: Adolescents, Boys, Cavaliers, children, commitment, concussions, crushes, dating, emotional intelligence, friendship, gender roles, honesty, LeBron James, loyalty, masculinity, men, mentorship, NHL, privacy, relationships, secrets, sex education, sports, Sports in Society, sports injuries, traditional gender roles, trust, women

The Business of Loyalty

August 3, 2012 By Ken Goldstein Leave a Comment

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Loyalty starts with shared values, writes Ken Goldstein. And the place where an individual and a corporation can align those values is the place where both will succeed.

Filed Under: Business Ethics, Featured Content Tagged With: business, business ethics, career, Getting to Yes, Hunter S. Thompson, loyalty, management consulting, mission statement, values

An Education in Inequality

July 24, 2012 By Tim Brown 8 Comments

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What Tim Brown has learned from the Penn State scandal about institutional racism.

Filed Under: Education, Featured Content, On Penn State, On Race Tagged With: Accountability, banking, college, education, institutional racism, Jesus Mora Flores, legacy, loyalty, men of color, Michael Vick, minorities, oppression, Penn State, persecution, race, Racism, Sandusky, savings and loan, scandal, sexual abuse, solidarity, sports, team, too big to fail, universities, white out, White Privilege, young men, young men of color

The Way of Men: Interview with Jack Donovan

June 28, 2012 By Justin Cascio 23 Comments

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“The Way of Men” book author Jack Donovan answers some hard questions about masculinity and society, and the way forward for men.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Freedom, The Good Life Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, American, attraction, biological, Boy Scouts, boys' clubs, business, Chaos, chimpanzees, citizenship, commerce, competence, corporations, courage, crack, criminal, desire, economy, evolution, feminism, Fraternities, gang, glory, honor, injustice, intimacy, Jack Donovan, loyalty, masculinity, mastery, men, men's movement, men's rights, military, modern civilization, moral, Mormons, Motivation, narrative, natural selection, No Man's Land, organization, orientation, patriarchy, Police brutality, politics, power, primal, prison, protesters, religion, Robert Bly, Sam Keen, sex, sexual tension, slavery, social, social justice, social organization, sports, strength, structure, suicide, survival, tactical, tactics, The Way of Men, Thunderdome, tribal, veterans, Video Games, violence, War, western, women, world politics

Should A Man Stand Up For His Woman?

April 5, 2012 By She Said He Said 8 Comments

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A woman wonders if her boyfriend’s female friend is truly just a friend.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sex & Relationships Tagged With: can men and women be just friends, cheating, dating advice, Eli and Josie, Eli Kaplan, female friends, girl fight, infidelity, Joanna Schroeder, loyalty, relationship advice, She Said He Said

Sports Jersey Polygamy

May 26, 2011 By Basil Kahwash 7 Comments

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Can a real fan root for more than one team? Can he wear the jersey of his favorite player and his most hated team at the same time?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sports Tagged With: Chauncey Billups, fandom, FreeDarko, Hines Ward, jerseys, liberated fandom, loyalty, New York Knicks, supporters, tradition

All This Loyalty Talk Is Bull

May 13, 2011 By Ryan O'Hanlon 3 Comments

The Heat got LeBron and Wade. The Bulls didn’t. That’s all this series will be.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Newsroom Tagged With: Chicago Bulls, Dan Wetzel, Derrick Rose, Joe Posnanski, LeBron James, loyalty, Miami Heat, narrative, sportswriting

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