Gear

What to buy, what to skip, and what the cheaper one actually costs you.

The BRO Gear GuideBuy once, fix it, pass it down: a cost-per-use calculator, a warranty decoder and a repairability checklist.Judge it before you buy

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Book the Sitter First and Figure Out the Date Later

Romance after kids isn't a mood you wait for. It's a standing appointment, a note in a lunch bag, and one kindness nobody had to ask for.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Track three cycles, then make the appointment

The twelve-month rule, the six-month rule, and the symptoms that mean you skip both and call this week.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideOld SchoolDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Go work for the man who expects too much of you

The old apprenticeship worked because somebody held a standard over you and wouldn't lower it. You can still find that, and here's how to ask.

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

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Marriage6 min read

Don't Walk Past Your Spouse Without Touching Their Shoulder

A hand on the back in a crowded kitchen takes two seconds and does more for a marriage than most date nights ever will.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

What the Pap actually tests for, and what it doesn't

Two tests, one brush, two completely different questions. Know which one you're getting and what the letters on the result mean.

GuideOld SchoolDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

A Man's Word Was His Whole Credit File

My grandfather borrowed a post-hole digger once and gave it back sharpened. That habit still buys more than a good resume does.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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BRO TakeBe a ManDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Stuff Nobody Told Me at Twenty

Ear protection, the truck payment, and the one question to ask in every job interview. Cheap lessons I paid retail for.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The mammogram recall isn't the diagnosis

When to start, what a density category of C or D actually changes, and why the call-back letter frightens far more women than it should.

GuideOld SchoolCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The Old Answer to I'm Bored Was a Bucket and a Job List

Three months, no camps, no schedule, and a screen door that slammed forty times a day. What that actually taught kids, and how to run a version of it this week.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBe a ManCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Grown men make friends shoulder to shoulder

Texting "we should grab coffee sometime" has never once produced a friend. A Tuesday night league with a scoreboard does it in about six weeks.

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

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Bloating that has a start date is worth an appointment

Ovarian cancer's early symptoms are boring, common, and easy to explain away. What separates the ones worth a doctor's time is the calendar.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideOld SchoolNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

She Never Ordered For Me at a Restaurant and That Was the Point

Grandmothers had a whole curriculum for raising girls who don't fold, and almost none of it was a speech.

GuideBe a ManCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Say the hard thing once, then be his friend again

The window is short, the speech is about three sentences long, and the part most men botch is what they do for the next month.

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

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Thinning hair in women and the tests that actually explain it

Shedding has about five usual suspects, they need completely different fixes, and one of them has a clock on it.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Old School6 min

The Garden That Fed a Family Was Smaller Than You Think

Be a Man5 min

What to say when your buddy's life comes apart

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The UTI symptoms that mean go in tonight, not Monday

Most bladder infections are simple and boring. The ones that aren't show up with a fever and an ache in your back, and that difference is the whole game.