How to Be a Real Man

Character, duty, standards and the things nobody sat you down and explained.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Wear more sunscreen, buy fewer products

Most twenty-something skin problems come from doing too much, too fast, with too little sunscreen. Fix the order and the shelf gets cheaper.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Whether Dad stays home usually comes down to the night shift

The in-home versus care home decision isn't about how much you love your parent. It's about who's awake at 3 a.m. and who's paying for it.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

A Teaspoon Every Five Minutes Beats A Cup Every Hour

What to do at 2 a.m. when a small kid can't keep anything down, how to read dehydration, and the signs that mean stop guessing and call.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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BRO for Her6 min read

Wash brushes bristles-down and toss the mascara at three months

Water in the metal band is what kills a good brush, and the tiny open-jar symbol on the tube tells you more than the price tag ever did.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Training in your eighties without wrecking a tendon

Muscle adapts in about three weeks. Tendon takes months. Start with that gap in mind and you'll still be adding weight at eighty-eight.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Roast It, Salt It, And Stop Negotiating At The Table

You can force a swallow. You can't force an appetite. So quit fighting and change the cooking instead.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Treat melasma like a light problem, not a stain

The brown patches on your cheekbones respond to shade, prescription actives and patience, in that order, and the wrong laser can set you back a year.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideMomsNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

What She Should Learn From You Before She Leaves

Roast chicken, a breaker bar, a handshake, and the nerve to say no without an apology paragraph. Start earlier than feels necessary.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

You'll notice the money missing before you smell anything

The early tells a teenager is drinking or using, what to check in your own house first, and how to open the conversation without getting lied to.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Don't wait for the elephant, and don't drive yourself

Most women having a heart attack do feel it in the chest. The reason it gets missed is uglier and more fixable than the internet tells you.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideFamilySam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Keep ideology out of the classroom without becoming that parent

Most of your leverage is a calendar, a paper trail, and being the parent the front office doesn't dread hearing from.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

BRO TakeDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Give Him A Job That Breaks If He Forgets

Culture doesn't make a boy soft by arguing with him. It does it by removing every consequence he could've learned something from.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Breast changes worth a phone call, and the lumps that aren't

Most lumps women find turn out benign. Knowing which ones get a same-week appointment is still the most useful thing you can learn about your own body.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideFamilySam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Give each other whole jobs, not half of everything

A 50-50 split turns a marriage into a ledger. Whole ownership turns it into a team, and teams don't keep score.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

BRO Seniors5 min

Live ten minutes away and give yourself a job

BRO for Her6 min

A BRCA positive is a schedule, not a sentence

Ask BRO

Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideYoung MenSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Nobody replaced the schedule school used to give you

Drift isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when every external structure disappears at once and nothing gets built to replace it.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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BRO Seniors5 min read

Ikigai isn't a Venn diagram, it's a reason to get up

Japanese researchers have tracked what happens to people who say they have a reason to get up in the morning. The findings are worth your attention, and so are the caveats.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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