40 things a man should know by age 40

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1. The difference between love and lust.
2. How to change a tire, a diaper, and a woman's mind.
3. When to hold on and when to let go.
4. Your capacity for intimacy and alcohol.
5. Basic carpentry, plumbing and automotive repair.
6. Advanced foreplay.
7. At least one woman other than their mother whose love for them is substantial and enduring.
8. Trouble when he sees it.
9. True love when he feels it.
10. A load of bull when he hears it.
11. The symptoms of PMS and how to deal with them.
12. His strengths and weaknesses.
13. How to fast-talk and slow-dance.
14. The art of seduction.
15. That his wife (lover, girlfriend) is not his mother.
16. A woman's erogenous zones.
17. How to negotiate the inevitable compromises of a romantic relationship in ways that keep both sides as happy as possible.
18. What he wants out of life and how to go after it.
19. Which medical tests he needs and when to get them?
20. How to make money, dinner, conversation, and love.
21. His own needs and another person's ability to fulfill them.
22. How to start a fire-in the hearth and the heart.
23. A realistic plan to secure his retirement.
24. An idealistic plan to secure his grandchildren's future.
25. How to unhook a bra with one hand-in the dark.
26. Where to get breakfast/gas/a prescription filled at 2 am.
27. How to give a toast and take a compliment.
28. How to be gracious in victory and defeat.
29. When to talk and when to listen.
30. At least one true friend who will be there whenever he calls.
31. The fundamental workings of the female psyche.
32. The Ten Commandments.
33. The importance of trying to follow them.
34. His way around a kitchen.
35. The futility of unrequited love.
36. The ecstasy of unconditional love.
37. How to open a bottle of champagne.
38. How to close a deal.
40. The magic of a woman.

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So much in life has to do with your dealings with the opposite sex (or same, also cool) in love, lust and co-existing so I'd agree with a lot of it. Probably needs a 41 though (because as macho as we pretend to be) that says behind every good man is a better woman.

Also probably needs an 11th Commandment that says "Thou shall talk shit and thou shall get hit" (with a crude picture of brass knuckles).

Maybe a 42 too "If you're going to talk the talk you best be able to walk the walk".

Okay a 43 might not be so bad either. Something about modesty. Some fancy quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson "a great man is always willing to be little"

Fast track of 50 things by 50? I think so. Insert Cialis commercial comment.