This Call for Submissions was inspired by a conversation in our Premium Member Facebook Community where one of our community members wrote:
“I came to the world of Men’s Work because of a deep longing for male friendship and belonging.” – Rick Sweeney
• Do you belong to a men’s group? How often do you gather? Is it small or large, structured or loose? What is your favorite thing about it?
• If you don’t belong to a men’s group but are seeking that experience—what would you hope it to be like?
• What topics and issues do you think it is most important for men to share with other men?
• If you facilitate a men’s group? How did it form and are there benefits for you as well?
• What gives you hope for a better future for men because of your men’s group.
• How do we talk to the next generation of men about the important of male bonding?
• Because we are an international conversation, we’d like to explore the cultural differences. What country do you live in and what is the relationship of men where you live? How do you think it is similar or different and what can we learn from each other?
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I have many guy friends, but few to none I enjoy hanging out with. Maybe I’m a stick in the mud, but they seem to think of nothing more than video games, sports, or the latest zombie movie (stuff my kids typically talk about). In the end, I typically avoid hanging out with my guy friends. I don’t see myself as antisocial though.
As one of the previous comments said, unless you have some kind of disorder (and I’m not claiming not to have any) or are religious, you’ll find there aren’t many groups around.
Guys grow apart for various reasons. Some move into a mature mode then others and some like stating the proverbial kid. What I found and you will more then likely find yourself is that there are a lot of guys like you and you’ll encounter them in a variety are ways. A couple of my “close” buddy’s back when we were in our 20’s grew apart simply because I got married and they hadn’t. Things simply changed. It wasn’t until much that I found true men’s groups (through my church). Until then it was groups of men who had things… Read more »
There aren’t very many “men’s” groups around. Unless you have some kind of perceived disorder, crisis (divorce, addiction, etc), there isn’y much out there. The exception that I’ve personally found are men’s groups through religious organizations. I belong to one and am thinking about writing about it but given the climate of GMP and it’s distain toward any group that’s not progressive, I hesitate doing so.
I tend to subscribe to the infinite wisdom of the imaginary, Crocodile Dundee.
When told told about a woman participating in therapy so as to unload her problems, his reply was, “Hasn’t she got any mates?” .