bro hugs
so, i had an experience recently that actually got me thinking about the bro hug. nothing gay. just two guys who got caught up in the moment and half way through the moment, we realized we were locked in a bro hug moment. you see, it was the ups driver for my work, and he happens to be a saints fan. we have conversed over the past years about them, and then this last season they win. a few weeks had past before we had the opportunity to actually chat about what had happened. the on sides kick, the interception, all of it. well, in the middle of all this post season excitement we went in for the beginings of what is concidered a bro-hug. for those of you who don't know what a bro-hug is, here is the simplest way i can explain it. it is a strange thing that happens between men. all men are bros somewhere. the closer the hug, the closer the bros. all bro-hugs start with som sort of hand clasping. it's some sort of a "high-five", but the hands will 'clasp' as if to bring the bro closer. now this is where it starts to get a little shaddy. both bro's are trying to bring the other in for an embrace, while simultaniously trying to keep the other away so they don't appear to be gay. to help in not appearing gay the bro's will keep an arm inbetween each other. now, the farther the second arm reaches around the other is how close the bro's are. if the two are really close, or in some sort of a shared experience, the two may actually reach up and give the pat on the shoulder. or even the one fist tap on the back or shoulder with the lean in. me and this ups driver were totally caught up in the saints winning, we started into a totally natural bro-hug when we both realized that the barrier had been broken and we were both reaching for the pat on the back, and we, he and i, were/are not 'bro's'. we may be bro's somewhere, but not with each other. after we had both come to this conclusion, akwardness started to settle in and the moment was over. the bubble had popped and the saints could hold us together any longer. bro-hugs are a tricky thing. remember that all men are bro's somewhere, so, if you find yourself stuck in the middle of a bro-hug with some dude that happens to be just as excited as you are, and things start to go a little shady, they are a bro somewhere too.
