Men need to meet up with friends twice a week to stay healthy

[GreenLantern]

What do one of the oldest beer companies in the world and an Oxford professor of psychology have in common? They both think men need more time together. Drinking beer. And playing sports.


That’s right, gents, put down your phones, shut your laptops and grab a pint with your buddies at the local pub, because science says your health may depend on it. Men need a minimum of two guys nights a week to maintain good health, and it’s a scientific fact, at least according to new research from a U.K. psychologist.

Dunbar goes so far as to recommend guys “do stuff” while they socialize. In addition to drinking beer and laughing together, men should try to choose to play a number of team sports. “Bonds can be formed through a range of activities from team sports to male banter — or simply having a pint with your pals on a Friday night,” he said in the report.


Too busy with their day-to-day lives, one in three men in the U.K. can’t find the time to meet once a week, and 40% of men are only able to make a “guys’ night” a weekly affair. Despite spending 20% of their day interacting through other means (all of which can be done on a smartphone), men need to meet face to face to keep their broships strong, Dunbar suggests.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blo...lthy-u-k-study

Will be printing this to put on the fridge. Sorry sweet pea, I got to stay healthy.

[Ozy_Flame]

Guy's night before wives night.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Guy's night before wives night.

Good luck with that one. Let me know how warm the dog house is.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Good luck with that one. Let me know how warm the dog house is.

I'm not married.

And it sounds like your wife has you by the balls.

[GreenLantern]

This is one thing I find I argue with the GF the most, I like to see my friends on a weekly basis, she is more about spending time with her family.. so we are always trying to find that balance. This is obviously a common thing, but why don't girls ever seem to be as close with their GF's as we are with our friends? Cause girls are mean?

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I'm not married.

And it sounds like your wife has you by the balls.

Not being married explains it.

When you get married you make a commitment to share your life with your partner. If you don't have time to spend with her yet you have time to spend with your buddies there is going to be trouble.

And yes, my wife has me by the balls. She minds the satchel well.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

This is one thing I find I argue with the GF the most, I like to see my friends on a weekly basis, she is more about spending time with her family.. so we are always trying to find that balance. This is obviously a common thing, but why don't girls ever seem to be as close with their GF's as we are with our friends? Cause girls are mean?

I've noticed Girls tend to fall in and out of friendships more easily than guys do. They can be best friends with someone and speak to them on a daily basis, something happens and they don't talk for a year.

I know with my friends it doesn't fluctuate all that much.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Not being married explains it.

When you get married you make a commitment to share your life with your partner. If you don't have time to spend with her yet you have time to spend with your buddies there is going to be trouble.

And yes, my wife has me by the balls. She minds the satchel well.

Ok

[PsYcNeT]

What happens if I meet up with my bros just to eat chicken wings, brink beer, and cause injury to myself from eating too many wings and drinking said beer.

[fundmark19]

Originally Posted by fotze

These arguments were cut down drastically when my wife finally met a bunch of good friends/other mothers through my kid school. The argument of 'why do you need to spend time with them' absolutely vanishes when she goes out with her girlfriends for dinners, etc the same way. I love when she goes out for the night or away for a weekend.

I think a lot of time (have seen with friends situations) 'why do you hate to spend time with me' actually means 'why don't I have friends like you do'.

.....and before the misogyny angle comesa out, this is a spouse/spoiuse problem, not so much sex related.

I have been trying to get this going for years and I hope having a baby finally does it. I hang out with the guys every Tuesday and always feel guilty that there isn't a night that she gets to take off a week.

[Puppet Guy]

Maybe I should take this as a sign to actually get some friends.

[GreenLantern]

Yes that is a really good point, she has next to no friends and the few close ones she has live in Calgary or Regina. Not exactly night time coffee distance. Her best friend is really her sister... which makes it tough with the whole family angle.. especially since her brother in law is a mamma's boy who wears multiple popped collars How can I relate to that level of ###### baggery!

[TurnedTheCorner]

Being healthy is overrated.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Yes that is a really good point, she has next to no friends and the few close ones she has live in Calgary or Regina. Not exactly night time coffee distance. Her best friend is really her sister... which makes it tough with the whole family angle.. especially since her brother in law is a mamma's boy who wears multiple popped collars How can I relate to that level of ###### baggery!

I see you popped collars bro-in-law and raise you a bro-in-law that is 35 yrs old that still lives in his parent's basement (rent free), has never bought a vehicle (all have been given to him by his parents), had his post secondary paid by parents (but flunked out), still has his mother wake him up for work (this includes the winter, they ring from Pheonix), and he never brings more than a 5 pack of beer to my house, yet somehow manages to drink himself blind. Oh and did I mention he had enough money to go to Europe for 3 wks, but still can't pay rent to his parents.

[Zarley]

I've learned that proper strategy for this is to occupy yourself with excess amounts of "bro" activities at the beginning of the relationship, and then cut back as things get more serious.

ie: Start out by golfing twice per week and playing on two beer leauge hockey teams. Once you are married you can cut back to 1 round of golf and 1 team and say that you've made sacrifices for her.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Being healthy is overrated.

Paging bc-chris.......

[MacDaddy77]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I'm not married.

And it sounds like your wife has you by the balls.

haha show me a man who's wife doesn't have him by the balls and I'll show you a liar

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by MacDaddy77

haha show me a man who's wife doesn't have him by the balls and I'll show you a liar

It's true. 90% of married men are at the mercy of their wives; The other 10% are probably on the verge of divorce

By why does a wife have to get upset if you want to spend two nights a week with your buddies? Seems like a reasonable request. Especially without kids.

[MacDaddy77]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

It's true. 90% of married men are at the mercy of their wives; The other 10% are probably on the verge of divorce

By why does a wife have to get upset if you want to spend two nights a week with your buddies? Seems like a reasonable request. Especially without kids.

exactly for the reasons other posters stated, I know my wife has great friends and we aren't in this situation (we each go out with friends alot, not weekly but quite a bit) but its hard for her to get friends together to go out, it's always such a process, they have to pick a restaurant, get made up and go out. I think there's alot of envy from wives when a husband gets a phone call on tuesday and we can go to some hole in the wall and be perfectly happy as long as there's cold beer and a tv

[troutman]

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