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Life advice to a boy quickly turning into a man.

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OHSportsFan said:
Testicles, spectacles, wallet and watch.
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My spectacles, wallet, and watch are the last thing I take off every night, and the first thing I put on every morning. If they're not on my person they're on my nightstand 18" away from my head while I sleep.

My testicles however, I've not seen since my wife took them in 2006.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Testicles, spectacles, wallet and watch.

*I don't wear glasses, but never hurts to have a checklist.
**Also I don't know where keys fits into my riddle, but most of the time this checklist is before I'm going out to get plastered so no keys required.
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I always heard that saying came from the church teaching the faithful how to properly give the sign of the cross (when men wore their wallets in the breast pocket of their jacket and their pocket watch in the other). I'm not Catholic so I don't know for sure. I don't think it was really meant as an inventory checklist (because as Dryden pointed out, women seem to naturally create a missing item).
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Testicles, spectacles, wallet and watch.
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Jaxbuck said:
I always heard that saying came from the church teaching the faithful how to properly give the sign of the cross (when men wore their wallets in the breast pocket of their jacket and their pocket watch in the other). I'm not Catholic so I don't know for sure. I don't think it was really meant as an inventory checklist (because as Dryden pointed out, women seem to naturally create a missing item).
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Jax is correct, although the saying is actually: "Spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch", the sign of the cross beginning at the forehead.
 
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After a fabulous performance in a sporting event...
I took my star son thru the drive thru at Burger King
"I want you to look at this guy serving us.. at the window"
I repeated it when we got to the pick up window
He said "why? I don't get it"
I said "if you screw up and get someone pregnant, this is what you're going to be doing for your 2nd shift of the day.. while your buddies are out having a great time...
your first shift is paying your bills... this 2nd shift will be paying child support.. for 18 years"
 
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Listen well. Pick your spots to open your mouth. People appreciate listeners and your words will be far better with calculation.

Invest in others and live to serve them. The joy and contentment you receive in return is staggering.

Get out of your own head. The best possible outcome from focusing on yourself is having life pass you by. The other outcomes are far worse.

Learn to enjoy where you're at. Life (joy, sadness, etc) is lived on the way. A destination never satisfies and simply gets replaced by another.

Love is a choice not a feeling. It is about serving/giving not receiving. Fight for the former to make it endure/grow and learn what love is. Succumb to the self indulgent lies of the latter if you wish to be miserable and unsatisfied.

Never stop pursuing your wife. Recognize her beauty often. Keep doing the little things you would on the first date, opening doors, leaving notes/texts, going out of your way to do something nice (especially when she knows you dislike that activity).

Be a man. Stand by your word, accept consequences, lead firmly and sacrificially.

Get out of your comfort zone and learn from those found outside of it. Not everything will be to your liking but it will fix your perspective and help you appreciate the depth and diversity of this world.

Life is harsh and not fair. Learn to accept this and prepare accordingly.

There are only two types of people in this world: takers and givers. We have the capacity for both. We choose whether to drag others/situations down or seek to build them up.

Only one thing satisfies and nothing else fills that void.
 
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Loved most of the list so far. My own addition would be something along the lines

1. "Don't marry a woman who just excites you, excitement fades. Marry a woman who can make a day long trip to Ikea tolerable, a woman who will put the needs of the family above her own, a kind woman with a forgiving heart. In the end, that's the woman who will truly make life worthwhile"

2. "Crazy doesn't excuse crazy, meanness doesn't excuse meanness, dishonesty doesn't excuse dishonesty"

3. "Take a moment every morning and organize your wallet, nobody likes to be standing in line behind a douchebag fumbling around with his wallet trying to figure out if he has enough cash to pay his bill"

4. Most importantly "Crazy is like radon, just because you don't smell it doesn't mean it won't kill you. Also, it tends hangs out in your basement."
 
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Thanks to all of you for your contributions. Some great adds! Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. I'll compile a final list for my son some time in early Aug. Hopefully he'll not be the first and last to benefit from the collective wisdom that is Buckeye Planet. You're all awesome.
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
Thanks to all of you for your contributions. Some great adds! Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. I'll compile a final list for my son some time in early Aug. Hopefully he'll not be the first and last to benefit from the collective wisdom that is Buckeye Planet. You're all awesome.
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I can't believe you got this many serious, and good, answers.

If you told me beforehand that you were going to give your kid the collected wisdom of Buckeye Planet I would have said you may want to think about that for a minute. :lol:
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I can't believe you got this many serious, and good, answers.

If you told me beforehand that you were going to give your kid the collected wisdom of Buckeye Planet I would have said you may want to think about that for a minute. :lol:
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Totally recognize that this is a big group of jokers and all... But at the end of the day, I know that under all that there's a good group of folks here who get it. A lot of us have been on one or both sides of that father / son thing... obviously recognizing the few XX we have here. Got anything to add from a XX perspective @LostLassie
 
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