The Mancave thread

[Deathtoll]

wow just wow..

I can't beleive all the negativity. You know that's pretty sad. I just thought it would be cool for people show off their favorite parts of the house. I like to throw all my fun stuff into one room and hang out there. When the game is on or when it's time for me and my kids to play some lan games we all can hang in the same room without people walking across the television or someone wanting to change the channel since there are other tvs in the house.

I don't stay in my fun area because I can't get along with the family , infact it's just the opposite. Alot of times the entire family comes in and we watch movies or hang out together. I don't think the living room or dining room is a good spot to keep all my video game posters and collectables.

I'm guessing you missed the picture where it shows my kids corner where they have their own computers so all of us can game together.

[Mtriple]

That took more posts than I thought it would, but yep, there it is. It never fails that someone always has to come in and shit in someone else's Cheerios on something they like and/or are proud of.

MY room in my house is just my office. I have my computers set up in there, all my posters up on the walls, my toys/collectibles/action figures/etc up all over the place, my Eames lounge chair, and my bookshelves. The rest of my house is just fine, I enjoy the whole house. But this room is my office, where all my cool stuff is, where I come to listen to music and watch videos/movies, where I do my work, where I just decompress and hang out. I don't go there to escape my family, it's just my room where I like to be sometimes.

Did it ever occur to you that not EVERYONE has to share the same point of view on this as you? Are you really up on that high of a soapbox that you have to come in here and start hate-pissing on a thread that you don't even plan on contributing to? Seriously, what bigger waste of time can you come up with?

There can be no better explanation of the thought process that lead to your post in this thread than "Oh look there, a thread about something I think is stupid! Let's see... I could just move on to the next thread, but that's just plain no fun at all. I'm going to open it up, read through it, and then drop a big steaming deuce right at the tail end of it. Why? Oh, for no good reason, really. I just thought I'd call people out on their "manliness", maybe throw in a crack about them not liking their family, and shit on the idea of someone having a place they like to designate as their own, a place to relax and hang out. By golly, this sounds like such a naughty caprice."

:roll:

Beautiful. My wife has designated just such a place in our house. It's currently under construction but I will be sure to post some pics eventually. Frankly with my line of work, if I didnt have such a place to "decompress", I would probably be a miserable person to be around. I appreciate the fact that my wife recognizes this and allows me to have an area of the house where I can have all my things that I enjoy. Of course its in the corner of the basement and out of view but thats okay, I dont mind... :mrgreen:

[JBird]

Maybe people aren't posting a shit ton of pictures like other picture threads because they feel as though they don't need to have one designated space to call a "man cave". Maybe they are "manly" enough to be comfortable in their whole damn house. I feel bad for people who feel like they need to have a "man cave". Is your wife/family life that bad? Of course, society does also tell you that if you are married, you should have a "man cave" in order to be a "man". :)

Sorry Deathtoll, I didn't mean to shit in your thread and I wasn't directing the above towards you. Your thread is fine, and what I wrote above is my own opinion. Take it or leave it. It's fun seeing people's personal spaces, but as you can see in what I wrote above, I just believe the whole idea of a "man cave" is silly. Silly in the way that you shouldn't feel like you need to have only one space in your entire house that you can call your own and feel comfortable in. It should be your entire house or the entire space that you own.

[Deathtoll]

Perhaps man cave came off as sexist. Maybe fun room is more appropriate. Thanks for your input.

[F34R]

Perhaps man cave came off as sexist. Maybe fun room is more appropriate. Thanks for your input.

Don't listen to her, if you saw above the whatever girl also sided with her. Reason it is a 'Mancave' is for the man and his friends. Two of my friends that own their own homes made a mancave. Their Wives wanted them to have a place to relax and be men away from the rest of the house. A place to drink beer and watch manly movies/play video games.

My mancave is nothing worth posting as it is just a garage with a lift and air tools and a welder. I can post it but I think it would belong in the 'Garage thread'. Unless someone wants to see my MLG gaming setup for Halo, I could post that I guess! but that is in my bedroom...

That settles it, no reason to sidetrack this thread anymore with stupid thoughts on a mancave. They are a real thing and women have their own, it is called the fucking kitchen.

[R3Z3N]

I want my house to look like a beautiful lady with taste decorated it, but I also want my own little space where I can have my own style of interior decoration without the wife embarrassed she has a husband who still puts car posters on the wall for her friends to see ;-) Hence a "man-cave!"

It's respect and enjoyment of each others tastes. My garage will be another man-cave.

I sure hope I get to play some vid games with my kids! I remember my pops and I playing Pole-Position for the Atari, competing in pong, and gluing models together without mom getting mad there is glue on the family dining table. Man caves therefore are necessary for a healthy relationship ;-)

[deutschman]

Because it makes you feel so manly.

Maybe people aren't posting a shit ton of pictures like other picture threads because they feel as though they don't need to have one designated space to call a "man cave". Maybe they are "manly" enough to be comfortable in their whole damn house. I feel bad for people who feel like they need to have a "man cave". Is your wife/family life that bad? Of course, society does also tell you that if you are married, you should have a "man cave" in order to be a "man". :)

Wow this is a bit weird... Have you ever though about this. Maybe some peoples wives dont want all their husbands screaming friends and ugly football stuff in their living room all the time. People have different interests that do not always mix. I know my GF doesnt want me working on car parts in the living room. There for my "man cave" where I go to relax is the garage. My best firends wife doesnt want him brewing beer in the house. Thus he has a "man cave" down stares. Or maybe its just the fact that when you live with some one for more then 2 years you might need a sanctuary to call your own. Even if you love some one very much, seeing that person every minute of every day and sharing everything with them constantly can get a bit old after 25+ years. You have kids and a husband? If you do, dont tell me you have never wanted a quiet space to escape to for a few minutes. If you dont, you have no ground to stand on.
Its a man cave if it has guys in it. Its a woman cave if it has girls in it. End of story.

[MR 325]

I'm not married but I think we ALL know the saying... Happy wife = happy life.

[IronFreak]

^^^VERY TRUE^^^

I'm married, and my wife knows the importance of having a place I can go to unwind. She even bought a sign to hang on the door of my cave (post a picture later). Men and Woman are different, we have different needs. My wife is awesome enough to understand this. But it goes both ways. Woman want love, men require respect. Woman want to talk about how their day went, men come home and want to shut out the last 8 hours and focus on something else.....we need to "wind down". I love what my wife has done with our house, and I chill all over the place, but when I need "me" time, which EVERY GUY on this thread knows what I'm talking about, I can go to my cave, crank up some Evergreen Terrace on the stereo, get greasy, weld, bang around, drink a beer, laugh, talk as loud as I want, surf the web......without disrupting her.....why, because she has needs too.

Man caves aren't sexist........there pure AWESOMENESS and a gift from God!

[e30rapidic]

Doesn't matter what's on the walls or how many beer signs or fridges a room has....if you can't leave a used oil pump in pieces on the table for at least 3 weeks and not hear about it, it's not a man cave. 8)

[IronFreak]

Doesn't matter what's on the walls or how many beer signs or fridges a room has....if you can't leave a used oil pump in pieces on the table for at least 3 weeks and not hear about it, it's not a man cave. 8)

He has spoken truth!

[kway]

Doesn't matter what's on the walls or how many beer signs or fridges a room has....if you can't leave a used oil pump in pieces on the table for at least 3 weeks and not hear about it, it's not a man cave. 8)

Best laugh I've had all day... and QFT.

[Hooffenstein HD]

Because it makes you feel so manly.

Maybe people aren't posting a shit ton of pictures like other picture threads because they feel as though they don't need to have one designated space to call a "man cave". Maybe they are "manly" enough to be comfortable in their whole damn house. I feel bad for people who feel like they need to have a "man cave". Is your wife/family life that bad? Of course, society does also tell you that if you are married, you should have a "man cave" in order to be a "man". :)

Ban this waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles.

[bmw325csi]

lol
+1

Questioning our manliness

[Roadsterd]

Doesn't matter what's on the walls or how many beer signs or fridges a room has....if you can't leave a used oil pump in pieces on the table for at least 3 weeks and not hear about it, it's not a man cave. 8)

Well said. Man cave; defined.