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Taking your Hangout From Man to Dude BY STEVE ADAMS
F
ormer New York Times columnist
have a reason to get together and socialize
may not be a true “sport” or
Jennifer 8. Lee first defined
on a one-on-one basis.
purposeful exercise, it usually involves
“man dates” in 2005 as “two
But as great as man dates might be, it
some form of physical movement and
heterosexual men socializing
seems that almost anything could fall under
activity. And most likely it’s not an every-
without the crutch of business or
Ms. Lee’s very expansive definition. Dinner at
weekend thing.
sports. It is two guys meeting for the kind
a restaurant? Man date. Walking your dogs
So, while attending a baseball game or
of outing a straight man might reasonably
at the park? Man date. Going to a concert?
playing a round of golf may be your go-to
arrange with a woman.”
You get the idea. . . .
way to spend an afternoon during Men’s
Their purpose, she continued, is for men
But a “dude date” is something much
Health Month this June (or as a Father’s Day
of a certain age—more specifically the
more specific. At its essence, it’s an outing
gift—hint, hint, ladies), here are a few verb-
post-college age, when life becomes more
that, while not exclusive to men, is more
centric ideas to take your next hang-out from
structured and free time more scarce—to
likely to be arranged between men. Though it
“man” to “dude.”
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