# What Happened to being a Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 16, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787 "2012-05-16T07:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 155
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787/155 "2012-06-04T12:47:11Z")
> [@Neon Driver Charged - You know him! With Pic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/neon-driver-charged-you-know-him-with-pic/49813/93): > > I will tell you what, having my parents tell me they are proud of my brother and I for busting our assess as much as we do for everyone around us, it feels damn good. As much as it physically hurts sometimes to roof a house in 100deg heat, 2-3 stories up, digging concrete tube holes to put a deck up on someones house 12" dia 4 feet deep 5-10+ per deck, or staying up till 1AM at the shop to finish something for someones car averaging 90+ hours a week between our full time jobs and our shop… god damn does it feel good when it done. > > **Anyone growing up, that doesnt have their parents, friends, or family say “I am proud of you for working so hard”… is honestly doing something wrong. Simple as that.** Sure there is a way to work hard, but not _hard_ in that kind of way, what I am trying to say is if you catch yourself saying “Mehhh, I dont really need to give that much effort to do this” or “Yeah thats good enough”… and then calling it quits, you are failing. > > /rant Agree 100% --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happened-to-being-a-man/263787)._