This morning I was attending a meeting with three other fellows, all complaining about their current situation of their professions, financial net worth and of course their social life in general. Most men have a couple of things in common: same wardrobe all of their life and not a very exciting social life. All of our normal weekends consist of work at home or wondering what you will have to do at work the following Monday. Some can not wait for the weekend and then when it arrives, they want to get to Monday quickly back to their friends and routine. For most, do not become disappointed in yourself, this weekend will not be any different than the past ten years of weekends.
If you could be like anyone who would you want to be like? A new role model, someone that you want to model yourself after the rest of your life?
Two names came up "Big" and "Charlie Harper", played by Chris Noth and Charlie Sheen. Both have what all guys want, but do not have. Looks, money, great cars and the ability to enjoy their social lives. For some reason Big acts like he does not work, but must do very well according to his lifestyle, Charlie once again does not act like he works very hard, but has a tremendous lifestyle.
I do think one thing Big and Charlie never think about: when are the streets going to be paved, supporting school levies, making sure life is a little better for someone less fortunate etc. I think any responsible person in our community understands this thought. Could you imagine Charlie or Big shoveling mulch at a playground?
Charlie and Big never mention life's real issues, part of it is because we only see them for thirty minutes at a time. If we only gave someone an episode of our life for thirty minutes at a time, we would make sure they would see our best lifestyle, not our day to day problems, pizza at home versus a nice dinner out, doing something on a weekend that you can not wait to tell everyone at work about etc.
Below is a link about Big, almost all the guys today wanted to be Big. Everyone thought they would get tired of wearing shorts all the time, drinking scotch before 9am and having Roberta as a housekeeper. Taking time to do what you want to do is hard, when so many are involved in your life. Finding a person or companion to share time with is the key, maybe this is why Big and Charlie are always looking for the right person, because they want to become like us.
www.hbo.com/city/cast/character/mr_big.shtml
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