Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Normal Male Blog

Greetings From Normal Headquarters! We are all busy with the “moving” company…so for those subscribers and readers who support my endeavors please, from now on, visit my blog at http://thenormalmale.com and re-subscribe! I look forward to bringing you the blog … Continue reading

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Why Health Care Reform Represents our Downfall

You and I have been listening to stories of infidelity (Jesse James/Tiger Woods), audacities of the Highest order (Catholic Church), and vitriol spewed from men and women who are supposed to represent us and our interests (Health Care Debate). I watched in disgust as a man with Parkinsons Disease was belittled for all to see because he supports President Obama and the health care bill. Continue reading

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Jesse James Tattooed!

Gentlemen, do you really want your female partner to fail? Because that is the message so many are sending when they fail to support their partners. Men are saying that our egos are far too fragile for someone else to demonstrate competence let alone success. Continue reading

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A Normal Education? Graduation Rates and Sports

Raise the standards of the educational providers, the environments we call educational, and move the needle away from stats…and you just might uncover a special talent in each child. If we fail to change our perspective, then all we have done is maintain the status quo so that terms like tenure, election, and tax base proliferate our communities. Get the system on track THEN communicate student expectations. Driving reverse at 80 mph only endangers the rest of us. Continue reading

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Ben Roethlisberger: Just Another Famous Athlete or Abuser?

I cannot imagine an African-American athlete dealing with a second sexual assault charge in less then a year being treated with such kid gloves. Maybe we have matured and it really isn’t about race. Continue reading

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How to Help Your Man When He is Depressed

Normal men struggle with confidence more often they will ever let on. We, men, wonder what you wonder about us. We burn out, feel left out, and sometimes when we are vulnerable we lash out. These are things we are not proud of nor do we want to be sponsors of for the next generation. Continue reading

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What Lane is Your Relationship in?

We are all human and it IS Normal to have a change of heart, a change of direction and/or purpose. That doesn’t mean that our relationships have to suffer or end. Don’t be the couple that holds each other down out of fear. Continue reading

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Can You Trust Your Husband To Travel Alone?

Trust can be a very fickle and elusive element in the modern relationship. We watch television…we watch movies like Up in the Air…laughing and crying with our spouse at the overall entertainment value…all the while wondering if what we are seeing on screen is merely art imitating someone else’s life…or hinting at our own. Continue reading

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Adults Failing our Children?

What works for them and what continues to befuddle them? After my work in education over the past 10 years I can tell you that the general consensus from educators is that they are inundated with new “campaigns” on a yearly and sometimes semester basis. A new way to score, a new way to observe, new boxes to check…and all we are doing is creating mass burnout. Continue reading

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Competing Sexes

So, as we wake from our competitive hangover from days-gone-by we find ourselves wondering what will be next. Where will the next opportunity arise that will finally bring us back from the doldrums of adulthood. Yes! That’s it! Our children! How could I have forgotten…maybe I could be the father that pushes my son into sports and training fit for the pros…maybe I could be a stage mother and start off with a pageant or two…I know, I will be the best board member for my local nonprofit, the top Uncle, neighbor, and contributor to my church. Continue reading

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