“What Is A ‘Bro Code’ Rule That Women Probably Don't Know Exists?” (54 Answers)

When you ask a man for help with anything that includes manual labor, you pay him in beer.

When you pass another dude you give him the nod to acknowledge bro's existence. Head up nod is what's up bro? Head down nod is okay dude I see you and respect your bro-ness but I don't really know you.

If a group of guys are hitting on a group of girls, there's a strong possibility that at least 1 guy is taking one for the team.

Women obviously know about a lot of these (and a lot of them are dumb/sad!), but I think one women would be surprised by is how quiet the men's room is. I certainly experienced the opposite whiplash after I transitioned and my wife continued a conversation while we were in separate stalls at full volume, like we were standing next to each other. I cannot imagine that ever happening in a men's room.

If bro has a heart attack at the gym, up the weight, THEN call for help.

Shem44:

I actually witnessed this in the wild. Dude passed out doing squats and his buddy was spotting him. Buddy called for help and while everyone was distracted trying to help dude, buddy quietly added more weight to the bar.

The only code my bro and I have is if the cops come, scatter in different directions and meet later at the specified rendezvous point.

When a bro leaves his girlfriend with you for some reason (went to the bathroom, get a drink, whatever) you are honor-bound to keep an eye out for her safety.

If a beef devolves to a physical altercation the beef is formally absolved at the end of the fight and shall not be spoken of again. Once and done.

If they look at you, name an object, clap once, and hold their hands ready... you toss them the object immediately if you're holding it or if it's within reach. Works for ball, beer, controller, wallet, a knife, your newborn child...

Honestly? If a bro takes a call with the wife/gf/SO and is obviously lying (to us) about where they're at (bro says he's stuck at work vs at the bar)? You either make up a possible background noise to sell it (big deadline due tonight? Become a coworker needing something the bro has) or just keep silent.

We're bros, it's not our fault he's lying, but we're not gonna sell him out. He gets a divorce/break up from it? Move on. Subconsciously, we know there were issues and we knew it would be the likely outcome, but we can't fix it at that point so commensurate the time they had together and try to get him to forget his troubles for an evening.

“Your kids are my kids” if you are unfamiliar, you have not achieved peak bro-hood.

Never use the urinal right next to another man if you can instead leave a gap urinal between you.

The urinal positioning strategies.

It is common bro code to always leave a urinal space between each other.
To go to the urinal immediately next to someone is accepted but only if there's no other urinal to move to.

You don’t ask a guy about a situation that can’t be fixed. You don’t pry an admission of futility from a guy. He’ll handle it, or he’ll ask first.

I feel like women think the bro code is like “if your boy cheats on his girlfriend say nothing” but actually it’s “don’t use the urinal right next to another guy”.

If you date an ex, ask permission and TREAT HER WELL. Its against the bro code but if you do cross that line, do not disrespect her. Most men have positive opinions of most their Exes. So do not mistreat her.

Chin upwards nod means "sup"

Forehead downwards nod means "respectful sup".

Rule # 1. Don’t reveal the code.

If a buddy calls dibs on a girl you sit back and wait until he gets shot down. You don't compete with him or you will absolutely ruin a friendship.