Thoughts from a (real) man

Being real, and being a man, is the only thing that matters. Some might say it's most important for a man to "be a man before anything." Now exactly what that means precisely is up for debate. To define it broadly it involves doing things that are associated with being masculine. If you have to debate if what you are doing (or not doing) is masculine or not - you're probably not a man before anything. Do you have to go out of your way to solely subscribe to being a man type activities? If so, you're breaking the other rule of thumb - being real. Going through the motions and establishing your manhood in a way that is overtly not you, is the negation of any behaviours you exhibit that done in a organic manner would prove you are a man before anything. These things cannot and should not appear to be forced. Are many of them unnatural and only caused by not instinct, but well thought out planning? Yes. But the goal is to minimize the appearance of these effects. An example might help.

"Hear about Rory Mcllroy this weekend?"

The answer to this question has two, and only two answers if you consider yourself a man before anything.

1. Honestly man nah, golf is dumb as shit, I was at the gym (or insert other masculine activity). (What you DONT want to do is not know exactly what happened, how he struggled on the back 9 in the final round, or how that second par four was where the event was all but over. Yes Lee Westwood is a strong player when the weekend comes, but the data show that when hes not in the leaders group, hes done for the day. Rory, when he was 13, stopped using a swing coach, he has no psychologist, no trainer, no coach nothing - he might be a man before anything because natural talent > hard work in the quest to be a man before anything.
2. Yes, I did watch it. I've played at Augusta and at the Congressional as a kid <insert comment regarding your father's connection with the conservative movement> and those places are great to spend a Sunday. You can't tell <insert comment regarding something you wouldn't know unless you actually played there i.e. the type of tree that stands in front of the clubhouse, or an aspect of the bathroom>, but its really crazy.

These are a rough outline of some aspects regarding being real, and being a man before anything. Please take them with a grain of salt, and acknowledge that if you learned anything from this post - then you most likely aren't a man before anything.