- Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
- A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
- Your bathroom lines are 80 percent shorter.
- You can open all your own jars.
- Old friends couldn’t care less whether you’ve lost or gained weight.
- Dry cleaners and hair cutters don’t rob you blind.
- Guys in hockey masks don’t attack you (unless you smash ’em into the boards).
- You don’t have to lug a bag of useful stuff around everywhere you go.
- You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
- Your last name stays put.
- You can leave the hotel bed unmade.
- The garage is all yours.
- You can be showered and ready to go in 10 minutes.
- Wedding plans take care of themselves.
- If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your friend.
- Your underwear is $10 for a three-pack.
- You don’t have to shave below your neck.
- If you’re 34 and single, nobody even notices.
- Chocolate is just another snack.
- Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
- Michael Bolton doesn’t live in your universe.
- You don’t have to clean your apartment if the meter reader’s coming by.
- Car mechanics tell you the truth.
- You don’t care if anyone notices your new haircut.
- You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever thinking, “he must be mad at me.”
- You can admire Clint Eastwood without starving yourself to look like him.
- Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
- Wedding dress: $2000; Tuxedo rental: $75.
- You don’t care if someone’s talking about you behind your back.
- You don’t mooch off others’ desserts.
- The remote control is yours and yours alone.
- You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift.
- You needn’t pretend you’re “freshening up” to go to the bathroom.
- If another guy shows up at the party in the same outfit, you just might become lifelong buddies.
- The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
- If something mechanical doesn’t work, you can bash it with a hammer or throw it across the room.
- New shoes don’t blister, cut, and mangle your feet.
- You don’t have to remember everyone’s birthdays and anniversaries.
- Your pals can be trusted never to trap you with: “So…. Notice anything different?”
- One mood, all the time!