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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:12 PM Original message |
Why do so many men want a "man cave?" |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think everybody wants a "me space." |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure what you mean by "man cave"....sorry, but could you elaborate on that? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. part of the residence that is exclusively "his" |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Alright....I don't think I'll ever need a man cave in that case |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it is because both men and women want... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. did you see design star last night? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I did, yes |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. We men may secretly resent, a little, women's statistically greater design talent. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. oh yeah. I am an addict. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm just going to sit here and watch. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because women have bathrooms. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. and the kitchen and laundry room (ducking) |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I'm going on record saying- |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I'm going off the record saying- |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. and the living room, and office...and bedrooms |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I thought women had shoes: same total space as a cave, but packaged in smaller pieces |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. Depends on the man, depends on the cave, depends on the woman |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. A lot of stupid men think a buy back their perceived "lost masculinity". |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Huh? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. Where else are you going to put the recliner that is too gauche for the wife to tolerate having in.. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Where else are you going to put the recliner that is too gauche for the wife to tolerate having in.. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. I never had one of those |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. dude you need to get a man cave, until you have one you will never understand |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Everyone needs their own space. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is the reason that my ladyfriend of over 20 years and I don't live together. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. i get you totally, for us its me sleeping outdoors a lot, the misses loves her bed |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. Is that a euphemism for a body part? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
23. Where am I supposed to put my beer fridge, comics, weights, |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. If you were to look at my apartment, you'd be hard pressed to think a man lives in it. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. If I was married, I would like a room for my stuff |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. Since it seems women usually take control of the interior decorating |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. I've seen as many "woman" caves as "man" caves. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
27. Virginia Woolf, in 1929, pointed out the importance of a Room of One's Own |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. No, it's not a gender specific. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Depends on the barracks nowadays |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. We had as many as four to a room and two rooms on one shower. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. I had a bedroom of my own for about six months once, a few years ago. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. Don't have one, don't want one, don't know or ever knew anybody that had one |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Everybody wants 'me' space and, yes, women do seem to control most of the house. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
32. A guy I used to work with put up one of those yard sheds, and he turned that |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. I have a "man cave" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. hubby has a room, with kitchen, bathroom, living space.... all his stuff. his to clean |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That doesn't sound like a bad arrangement! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. it is so cool. i want to move from state, but how this house is set up is perfect, lol. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's the second reason... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. In my experience, everyone tries to create a personal space. |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
43. For me personally it's my music.... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. I don't have a "man cave". I have a "theater room" where |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. I have a palce in the cellar for working on stuff... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. There's an entire show dedicated to "Man Caves." It's called ... yes ... "Man Caves" |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's an advert. I'll take you're word for it. nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
47. This has been around since Plato. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
48. Sometimes all we want is a little privacy. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
51. Ha...you're looking at it from a skewed perspective. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. bah hahahha. so right on. lol lol. i mean, |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. i have a man-hole |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
53. Hubby's Man Cave |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Leatherwork in his mancave? Like this? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
56. My "man cave" is in my head...interpret that anyway you want. nt |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. I liked the idea that the dad (Terry Bradhaw) had in the movie "Failure to Launch" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
59. They want a private place to look at p*rn? |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
60. Mine's a fully soundproofed studio |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. My new barn is my "cave." I'm not selfish, just like working out there. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
63. Oddly enough our apartment was filled with all of his stuff |
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