- Phone conversations last 30 seconds
- You know useful stuff about tanks and airplanes
- A 5 day vacation requires only one suitcase
- Bathroom lines are 80% shorter
- You can open all your own jars
- Old friends don’t give you crap if you’ve lost or gained weight
- When clicking thru the channels you don’t have to stop on every shot of someone crying
- You don’t have to lug a bag of “necessary” items with you everywhere you go
- You can go to the bathroom alone
- Your last name stays put
- You can leave a hotel room bed unmade
- You can kill your own food
- The garage is all yours
- You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness
- You see the humor in “Terms of Endearment”
- You never have to clean the toilet
- You can be showered and ready in 10 minutes
- Wedding plans take care of themselves
- If someone forgets to invite you to something, they can still be your friend
- Your underwear costs $7.50 for a pack of 3
- None of your co-workers have the power to make you cry
- You don’t have to shave below your neck
- You don’t have to curl up next to some big, hairy guy every night
- If you’re 34 and single, no one notices
- Chocolate is just another snack
- You can quietly enjoy a car ride from the passenger seat
- Flowers fix everything (or duct tape)
- You never have to worry about other’s feelings
- Three pair of shoes are more than enough
- You can say anything and not worry about what people think
- You can whip your shirt off on a hot day
- Car mechanics tell you the truth
- You don’t give a flip if someone doesn’t notice your new haircut
- You can watch a game in silence for hours without your buddy thinking “He must be mad at me”
- One mood, all the time
- You can admire Clint Eastwood without having to starve yourself to look like him
- Same work… more pay
- Gray hair and wrinkles add character
- Wedding dress $2,000, Tux rental $100 bucks
- You don’t care if someone is talking behind your back
- You don’t pass on the dessert and then mooch off someone else’s
- If you retain water, it is in a canteen
- The remote is yours and yours alone
- You need not pretend you’re “freshening up” when you go to the bathroom
- If you don’t call your buddy when you said you would, he won’t tell your friends you’ve changed
- If another guy shows up at the party in the same outfit, you might become lifelong buddies
- The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected
- If something mechanical didn’t work, you can bash it with a hammer and throw it across the room
- New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet
- You think the idea of punting that small, ankle-biting dog is funny