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On being forced to give relationship advice against your will.

I never know what to do when my guy friends come to me asking if they should commit to their girlfriend. This xkcd comic always comes to mind: A buddy of mine recently asked me if he should propose to his girlfrien…
Is she talking to a man or a dog?

Can you tell who these phrases are meant for? A man or a dog?"Where the hell have you been all day? Look at you! You are filthy!" "Oh no, mister! You ain't getting into the house with those dirty paws!" "Knock it off ri…
How guys approach relationships

I think this pretty much sums it up: Except no guy would put a heart on the y-axis.
Is it cheating or is he just confused?

Sometimes Mancouch gets requests for dating advice. We usually forward them on to Datingish, but we'll handle the occasional question when we feel we can offer a man's perspective. (Ed's note: We googled "cheating"…
The Driving Force behind Every Man

Every man has a driving force to push him to do great things. Most of the time, it's not a pile of money, a award, recognition, or the endless love from a nation. This force is greater than gravity, inertia, or stat…
The shallowest reason you've ever had for breaking up with someone

When I was fifteen, I broke up with an AWESOME girlfriend simply because she couldn't spell. Times were different then; our relationship was conducted primarily on AIM or in the back of her car (like most teenage relatio…
Beefing in Bed and Other Relationship Dilemmas

Whilst grabbing a beer with my buddies a few days ago, one of them reminded me of the Dutch Oven maneuver. If you aren't familiar with such a move, you must have gotten mono in 7th grade. It's a total classic. To perform…
Do you hit on girls online?

I think it's tacky to hit on or openly flirt with girls online. This avatar represents all online girls. But I often see Mancouch commenters hitting on each other. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one han…
Is it such a bad thing if I don't do everything with my SO?

Someone recently commented that it was "pretty sad you can't or won't sit down and watch a tv show with your girlfriend regardless of what it is about." We actually watch a decent amount of TV together! We even watch a…
The two basic stages to all relationships

During my bouts of singledom, I'm able to observe all the self-involved couples around me - the ups, the downs, the manic "OMFG he's so perfect and hot and we're in love until two months from now when our mutually narcis…