Today is super bowl Sunday...
Not a big deal in this house but
it got me thinking about "man caves" and
the whole idea of playrooms for men.
These caves seem to be growing in popularity
and it is a little puzzling to me.
Do men really need a place to escape
from their families?
And where exactly are the women?
Upstairs taking care of the children while
the men play cards or watch football?
Or do these homes also have
woman caves so the gals can escape
from the pressures of everyday life and the kids?
And if the man is in his cave, and the woman is in her cave,
do the children have their own caves to escape
the nagging parental units?
Or do the boy children go to the man caves
and the girl children go to the woman caves?
Train them early perhaps?
Maybe I should find someplace
to watch the game so I wouldn't
be thinking of stupid stuff like this.
All those rooms are hideous. I asked my husband if he wanted a man cave and he had no idea what I was talking about ... I just showed him your post and he did say 'Wow!' to the Star Wars man cave.
ReplyDeleteNow he's muttering 'man cave ... fair dinkum'. That's one man sans cave.
It does give you pause for thought, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI think it's all in the same category as when you see Moms and Dads texting while they are spending time with their kids in a park.
Do you think they sit down and eat together or take it all to their separate "caves"?
haha If any man thought he was going to have a room in my house as tasteless as most of the man caves I've seen, he'd be in for a big surprise!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I think that's yet another giant step backwards for our society. I thought for a while we were all done celebrating male chauvinism.
I'd never let a man live in my house much less give up a room for a man cave lol... No thanks!
ReplyDeleteBut I do think the home theater star wars room is cool, and love the one with the dark gray walls and red accents. =D
Mancaves used to be called "the bathroom" and womancaves used to be called "the kitchen". My dad used to spend lots of time in his "mancave" but I suspect that was because his stash of Playboys was in there. Actually, my husband does have a mancave--it's called his "workshop" and unlike the mancaves you showed he actually stands up and works on stuff instead of sprawling all over those comfy chairs and couches. He does drink beer there, however.
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I question the same thing. I think at the very least it must come out of having too many rooms in your house.
ReplyDeleteIt is puzzling to me. In the 1950s and 60s divorce was obviously frowned upon and it makes sense to me to have these separate spaces. I don't get why people who can't stand each other stay married today, though.
Those rooms are pretty ridiculous, and way over the top. But I have to say - the Death Star home theater is really cool!
ReplyDeleteWell....I am a girl, and don't have a Man Cave per se, but I do have an Am-Cave (as in Amber, my name..lol) It is my garage arcade. Its pretty much were all the crazier stuff I love ends up. There isn't a TV in there, but there are a lot of arcade games, velvet paintings and random crazy-ness. It is a play room, thats for sure. But it isn't just for me, in fact it would be silly to keep all that stuff under wraps. I open up the garage every chance we get for parties! I like the thought of people having the space to dedicate to their hobbies. Craft rooms, pottery sheds, woodshops, garages...I think that is the origin of the "Man Cave" but nowadays, the emphasis is on inactivity, aka lounging around watching TV than creating & hobbies. That's the part I find disconcerting!
ReplyDeleteI guess the master bedroom is usually decorated by the woman...but then so are most "Man Caves I've seen online. I'll tell you about one phenomenon that's cropped up around here. Most of the local farmers have gotten out of the dairy business in the last decade leaving large barns standing idle. Behold the PARTY BARN! Several people have built in their barns, added TV and pool tables, custom poker tables, etc. I swear, you could hold family reunions in a couple of them!
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