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.

Screen rules that hold up on a Tuesday night

Most family screen policies collapse in the first hard week. The ones that survive are shorter, dumber and built around places instead of minutes.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan22 Sept 20266 min

Judge him by what he does when it costs him something

Character doesn't show up in conversation. It shows up in the small, expensive moments — and most of them happen in the first year.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Holding a standard at home without becoming the tyrant

A standard is something you'd hold on your worst day. A mood is something your family has to read off your face. Most men are running a mood.

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Young Men5 min read

Getting a trade apprenticeship when you don't know anybody

The path into the trades is public, dated and written down. Most guys never find it because nobody told them where to look.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideDatingMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

What the first three months are actually for

Ninety days is long enough to learn who someone is and short enough to walk away cleanly. Use it properly.

BRO TakeFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

What a father in the house is actually doing

The case for fatherhood isn't sentimental. It's arithmetic, and most of it gets settled in the boring hours nobody photographs.

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GuideCity BroMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

How to rent your first city apartment without getting stung

Set your number before you look, know what move-in really costs, and learn the lease clauses that quietly decide your next two years.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideDadsSam Ortiz20 Sept 20263 min

Twenty minutes a day, with the phone in another room

You probably can't buy more hours. You can change what happens inside the ones you have.

GuideFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Holding the line at home without ruling by mood

A standard your family respects and one they merely endure can look identical from the outside. The difference is who it binds and when it's enforced.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideCity BroMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

The lease is the deal, not the rent

In an expensive city, the headline rent is the least interesting number in the transaction. Here's what actually decides whether you get stung.

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GuideYoung MenTobias Reed20 Sept 20262 min

How to dress like you've got your life together (before you do)

Twelve pieces. None expensive. It changes how people speak to you, and that isn't a small thing at twenty-two.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

BRO TakeFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

The case for marriage, made without a sermon

Strip out the moralizing and the argument still stands, because of what a closed exit does to two people over thirty years.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan20 Sept 20262 min

The thirty pieces that cover almost everything

A working capsule for a real life — office, weekend, dinner, a funeral, a wedding — and nothing bought to sit unworn.

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GuideYoung MenAde Fisher20 Sept 20262 min

The first year out: twelve things nobody tells you

Moving out, first job, own money. The things that go wrong are boringly predictable — which means you can get ahead of them.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Family5 min

The difference between a household standard and a bad mood

Dating3 min

Be someone worth choosing, then go and meet people

Ask BRO

Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan18 Sept 20263 min

The money conversation women are still being talked out of

Same arithmetic, same negotiation, same compounding. The difference is how often the advice arrives softened.

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Family6 min read

When you and your wife don't agree about money

Most money fights aren't about money. Here's how to find the real disagreement and settle it without a scoreboard.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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