Masculinity can be healthy and wholesome, not just toxic and destructive. It is genuinely heartwarming when you see men have each other’s backs through thick and thin. We call these subtle supportive behaviors, unwritten rules, and male etiquette the ‘bro code.’
Men revealed the biggest ‘bro code’ rules they live by, including many that you may not have heard about, in a fascinatingly open and honest online thread. We’re bringing you the most interesting ones that show how loyal, brotherly, and honorable men can be when it counts.
#82
When greeting a fellow bro as he approaches, nod head down for a formal greeting and nod head up for an informal greeting.
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#83
If your buddy ever asks you “didn’t we go to the movies on Saturday night”? The answer is always yes! Any question that begins with “didn’t we” either in front of others, or on the phone, always gets a yes….
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#84
Bro code rule 1
"Im fine bro"
"I hear you bro, rage room fine? Strip club fine? Or church fine?
I am fine as a man is the code for all s**t has broken loose and i will handle it but it just s***s. I dont need help, but i just wish i wasnt fine.
"Im fine bro"
"I hear you bro, rage room fine? Strip club fine? Or church fine?
I am fine as a man is the code for all s**t has broken loose and i will handle it but it just s***s. I dont need help, but i just wish i wasnt fine.
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#85
There is no bro code. It just gets pushed by manipulative men who try to grasp at straws to control others and get naive men to side with them over a woman using a sexist premise.
The same kind of men who try to invoke the bro code, would never honour it themselves.
That's a lesson I had to learn over and over in my youth before it stuck.
The examples in the comments are just examples of people being good friends and not some universal thing between men.
The same kind of men who try to invoke the bro code, would never honour it themselves.
That's a lesson I had to learn over and over in my youth before it stuck.
The examples in the comments are just examples of people being good friends and not some universal thing between men.
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#86
The real bro code is just emotional avoidance with extra steps, change my mind. all these 'rules' about not texting first or whatever are just dudes trying to outsource vulnerability to a system, its kind of sad tbh. like i watched my roommate spiral for weeks bc his 'bro' wouldnt talk about actual feelings, just kept buying him beers instead.
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#88
If you are fighting another man, even if you hate him, even if you are fighting to the d***h, but during the course of the fight you both accidentally end up in a basement s*x dungeon, and you manage to get free but your opponent does not, you are honour bound by bro code to rescue him from being brutally r***d.
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#90
If we both like the same girl we have to settle it with rock, paper, scissors, best of 5.
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#92
There is no bro code, I’ve seen men f**k their childhood best friend’s wife.
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#96
*A bro never divulges the existence of the Bro Code to a woman. It is a sacred document not to be shared with chicks for any reason*. *No, not even* ***that*** *reason.*.
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#98
Don’t chat up a woman who has other men interested. BTW, women do not have a similar rule.
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