Fancy Evenings

Image Credit: Ryan Bovy © 2012

As a male, certain things are expected of me: skills with an ax, ability to drive a stick, and to pick up the tab of an evening out.







The dance that is courtship of another human becomes very expensive for men very quickly. But why? Simple, gender roles created by society.

Men were traditionally the bacon winners of a household, and this idea has stuck. So, in honor of this age old tradition, millions of college males pour money into fancy evenings and impressing ladies with expensive meals. Truth is, if it weren't for this courting tradition, men would probably never make a visit to many of the restaurants that haunt their credit card bills.

When two men go out together for a meal, the tab is (in general) split, unless of course one man is trying to sell the other some sort of business or service. In college, everyone is poor. I suggest we all take a lesson from the Dutch and split the bill, so college men can still afford beer.

Books

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I was hoping to avoid this, but buying books is a must for any and every college student.

This is a collection of just a few of the books I have collected over the past three years (textbooks not included). These smaller books of mostly fiction are necessary to succeed, but impossible to sell back to bookstores. The buying and selling of textbooks is the center of much anger across that nation, including a few conspiracy theories.

On the other hand, many companies have come from the root of this problem. New companies have sprouted that fill this need for college students, but recognize that the need is only very temporary. Therefore, many textbook rental agencies have come to fruition, as well as acquiring textbooks through other means.