Just Strollin’ Along

So near my office (at the Air Force Academy), there’s a trail from the chapel parking lot over the hill to the visitor’s center.  Hundreds, if not thousands, of people trek over this trail every week.  Yesterday, as I was walking to my truck at the end of the day, I saw something that was NOT manly.

A man was strolling along, walking up the hill easily, without a care in the world… while the woman next to him (I’m assuming his wife) – in a skirt and 4 inch dress-shoe-heels, mind you – was struggling to push their stroller, with baby inside, up this trail!  I couldn’t believe it!  I wanted to yell out – “Hey, you there, the guy NOT BEING MANLY!!!  Why don’t you help her out and push the stroller?!  And oh yeah, I’m going to blog about you on www.TrueManhood.com”  In an attempt to be civil, I decided not to.  (It would have made a scene and would NOT have been the correct way of challenging this guy to be manly.)  Oh, how I wish I had my camera.

Guys, whether the women around you are your wife or not, HELP THEM OUT!  If it’s another guy, struggling to make it up the hill, you should offer to help him out too!  Use common sense, be aware of what’s around you and be a man of action.  Do something!

Man up!