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thoadthetoad
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Well, I saw this topic was locked, so I decided to remake it, because I think it's a good topic. However, lemme set a ground rule so this does not get locked again.

DON'T SPAM OR BE OFF TOPIC.
DON'T THINK OF STUPID WAYS OF "becoming a man".
DON'T BASH OTHER PEOPLE.
DON'T LAUGH AT ANY THEORIES OF "becoming a man".

Now then, what I think makes a dude (I say dude, not boy) turn into a man, is when the dude loses his virginity to a girl who is not paid for. lol.

If said dude doth not lose virginity to a real person who didn't need to be bought over, then they must be gentle, kind, respectful to people who are applicable, and stay in school.

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Flippin3500
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Shepherd

He get's laid for his first time.


That's what I said, and there is some truth to that.
Ricador
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That's what I said, and there is some truth to that.


I think there is all truth to that...that is when you are mature enough not to go *ewwwwwwwwww* and you can get a chick.

That is manhood.
dacer
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.... why are you people so immatture?

thoadthetoad
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2/3 marriages fail or have complete problems that overtake love.

I agree completely, and thus I think that marriage does not have a requirement to be a man. However, I think it's points towards manhood if you have lost your virginity to someone you love.
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I agree completely, and thus I think that marriage does not have a requirement to be a man. However, I think it's points towards manhood if you have lost your virginity to someone you love.


Even if that someone is a 6 year old boy?
Flippin3500
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Shepherd

.... why are you people so immatture?


You know you're a man when you get to that point in life.
bigdaddyg
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Either that or you hit women.

thats not becoming a man. its just a way to get arrested.

i think a boy becomes a man when they take on some really big responsibility and get some good out of it. also i think that when a boy gets married and raises kids then he become a man.
supersmiley
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Well he probably becomes a man when he learns that life is tough and that you need to enjoy things when they come...because they wont come very often out in the working world

Flippin3500
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Shepherd

Well he probably becomes a man when he learns that life is tough and that you need to enjoy things when they come...because they wont come very often out in the working world


Well, a child could understand that. You become a man when you take over all responsibilities.
supersmiley
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Well, a child could understand that.


Yes but could a child put it into action?
Flippin3500
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Yes but could a child put it into action?


Well, actually yes. I think children live life to the fullest. It's teenagers who don't realize it. That's because they are not mature enough to. Therefore, they are not men/women.
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I think children live life to the fullest. It's teenagers who don't realize it


I agree with you there but what baffles me is because...the more you grow arent you supposed to grow more mature to? but in childhood. I'm not so sure. It's like your a child and learning to take in the world and then you become a teenager and for a little while nothing matters then its like BAM! out of school and you have no idea what to do...its confusing...but humans are a great mystery...
Flippin3500
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Yes, I don't know why that happens. All those responsibilities you encounter when you become a man may be hard to intake. That is why it is such a great feat to become a man.

supersmiley
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Yes, but for Jewish ppul like when they have a Barmitsfa isn't that supposed to be a boy turning into a man? but isn't that during your teenage years? Do Jewish people mature quicker? Whats up with that?

Flippin3500
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That's just tradition. I think Jewish people let their kids think for their own a little bit more than other people.

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