Man up! Like the night I smashed the back of my car against a tree, drove to the Day Job with barely any breaks, a flat tire, etc., then a mechanic, with $600. Now I’m doing math for The Unfinished Archive, which ain’t paying $800. How-To MAN UP B-V.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Legacy 132 -How-To MAN UP B-V-
Dear Future Wife,
You know that I love you, right? But there are other things you think about while sitting in a dealership showroom. $800!
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day… Well, it’s Fall right now. And I still love you. Braxton, Virgil (if V isn’t a whole other thing), and I love our two-legged kids, no doubt.
“Man Up” is two words I ain’t ever gonna tell my boys. Hell, myself… 3+4+3+4+3+4
Am I doing okay? Not really. Seeing as how I was sitting there as they looked at the car and I needed anything else to be annoyed at. Those stupid Meowdoku ads. I swear, love.
I’ve never played Sudoku, and you know, I don’t have anything against cats. Dog person.
And my dead fur buddy was telling me the other day. Wait, does that make me crazy, my love? Anyway, I always use his death…
“Pinch me, pinch me
‘Cause I’m still asleep
Please, God, tell me
That I’m still asleep.”
Barenaked Ladies ‧ 2000
If I can survive Braxton’s loss, I can survive anything. So I’m sitting there thinking how badly we need the car and how will I pay for it. A Man Provides. But there’s one problem.
When did I become a man? Hell, I can’t recall when we met. How? Oh, that was on Triond right?
Your birthday, sure. And every man remembers Valentine’s Day. The day after B was born…? But I think of that movie “Courageous,” when the guy asks his boys, “When did you think of yourselves as men?” And you know what I always say, love. Fatherhood.
Fatherhood is the epitome of Manhood. Or is it the other way around? Whatever. Love.
I’m sitting there staring at $1,135, $999, $800, specifically $796.70.
I’m thinking about how I will provide for you and our family. Honestly, I wanted to burst into tears. I wanted to throw up all over that shiny floor. I wanted to tell someone, anyone.
But that is not what a man does. A man provides. I, as a man, “I Stand Alone.” What man?
I wasn’t a man that night, many, many years ago, with a girl on my cock in a parking lot.
I swear that was worthy of Street Blowjobs. I’m not a man because I have some enormous penis on OnlyFans. Or when I got into crypto so I could use the Magic Glasses, the MIMA.
Then being my boys’ father, our family, or paying $800. Provide. How-To MAN UP B-V
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Will
