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My grandfather was a man's man. World War 2 naval officer, corporate executive in the 1960s, cigar smoker, whiskey drinker, etc. Don Draper mixed with Hugh Heffner, always dressed to the 9s. I lived with my grandparents during college, where in the evenings we would retire to his den to smoke cigars, sip scotch, and make masculine conversation - no girls allowed. He passed away about 15 years ago, still in good health in his late 80s.

After my grandfather passed, and me now living on my own, I would call my grandmother to make sure she wasn't lonely. My grandparents were happily married for about 60 years, so grandmom had to be bored with no one to talk to. What's nice is that I could talk about almost anything on the phone because she'd forget the conversation hours later. It was therapeutic.

One night I was going on and on about my Oneitis. How I really liked this girl but I wasn't sure if I could get her to commit despite buying her flowers, taking her places, and going out to dinner. What did I have to do to win this girl over? I had bent over backwards to please her, yet she didn't seem to be committal.

Years later, I can't believe how insightful our conversation was...

"You know, Hank. I remember when I first met your grandfather."
"At college, right?"
"Yes. We had been chatting on campus, and I definitely had my eye on him. He was tall and rugged, a football player. Do you know what he did?"
"What did he do?"
"One night he called me up and said, 'Hello, Gertrude. It's me Thomas. I'm going to take you on a date this week.' He was so blunt and direct about it.'"
"How did you react?"
"I was nervous. I told him 'Thursday afternoon would be good.' And do you know what he said?"
"What?"
"He said 'Great. Saturday night it is. I'll pick you up around 7:30.'"
"Hahaha, that's pretty funny, Grandmom. But why did he do that?"
"Well years later, when I asked him about it. He said he wanted to make sure that I wasn't seeing anyone else! He said if I was busy on a Saturday night, it meant I was seeing other men.
"And you kept seeing him? Even though he was rude?"
"Oh, I did. I was intrigued by him. Our second date really did it for me, though."
"Do tell. Where did Grandad take you on your second date? I bet it was somewhere fancy, and expensive."
"He took me to church! He wanted to make sure I was a woman with values, and it was important to him that I was religious. He wanted to see how I would react."
"Didn't that bother you, Grandmom?"
"After that I couldn't resist him. Your grandfather was so darn stubborn. All our lives, throughout our entire marriage. It always had to be his way.
"You didn't hate him for that?"
"No... I loved him for it."

Post: #2

Wisdom, poise, and style.

Post: #3

Great stuff, Hank. It's obvious a lot of your grandfather's values passed on to you. You probably realize how fortunate you are to have had a strong role model in your grandfather during your college years, a formative time.

I'm speaking for myself, but I suspect many men on this forum come here because we feel like we haven't had that strong male role model in our life. We were raised by our mothers.

Roosh is the only thing that comes close to this for me. I've never even met the guy. I've only read his books, and his blog from time to time. It's a start.

Post: #4

I love grandpa game stories. I've dropped a few stories about my grandpa here and there on the forum.

Guys from that generation can really be a great inspiration. My grandpa made his own way in life and never worked a day in his life for anyone else after he got out of the Army after the war. Huge farm and a shitload of kids. He lead the family with an iron fist like a true patriarch. Most of his sons made their own way in life too and own businesses.

One of my favorite stories is how he would go and make huge purchases for the farm without ever talking to grandma about it.

I think one of the most pathetic things modern men do is defer to their wives every time they want to buy something. I heard a dude at work talking last week about how he wanted to buy more guns but his wife cut him off. I just can't respect that kind of behavior.

Post: #5

(12-07-2015 12:22 AM)HankMoody Wrote:  "I was nervous. I told him 'Thursday afternoon would be good.' And do you know what he said?"
"What?"
"He said 'Great. Saturday night it is. I'll pick you up around 7:30.'"
"Hahaha, that's pretty funny, Grandmom. But why did he do that?"
"Well years later, when I asked him about it. He said he wanted to make sure that I wasn't seeing anyone else! He said if I was busy on a Saturday night, it meant I was seeing other men.

If this was 2015 she would of hung up the phone, checked her tinder profile and would have been with some other dude that Thursday before and maybe even flaked on him Saturday night.

J/k...not really

Post: #6

Serious game right there.

Post: #7

(12-07-2015 08:06 AM)General Mayhem Wrote:  I love grandpa game stories. I've dropped a few stories about my grandpa here and there on the forum.

Guys from that generation can really be a great inspiration. My grandpa made his own way in life and never worked a day in his life for anyone else after he got out of the Army after the war. Huge farm and a shitload of kids. He lead the family with an iron fist like a true patriarch. Most of his sons made their own way in life too and own businesses.

One of my favorite stories is how he would go and make huge purchases for the farm without ever talking to grandma about it.

I think one of the most pathetic things modern men do is defer to their wives every time they want to buy something. I heard a dude at work talking last week about how he wanted to buy more guns but his wife cut him off. I just can't respect that kind of behavior.

Lets hear a few

Post: #8

Grandmothers are great. I miss mine.