Harvey asks...

Richmond attempts to answer......

It's not as fun as when I answered Oprah's Questions concerning the "whys" of men, but I'll do my best....

Harvey had a post today that posed the question:

Is there a male equivalent to the social pressure that makes a woman get up early on a Saturday morning to drive 30 miles to a Pampered Chef party when she doesn't have even the tiniest desire to buy anything there?

Maybe posting bail at 2am for your friend who just got busted for DUI?

I'd say the male equivalent to that social pressure is when a buddy asks you to stand up with him when he gets married. Posting bail for a friend is completely different...

When you are asked to be a Best Man or Groomsman odds are you are going to spend a whole day (off) in uncomfortable shoes, wearing a rented suit, at church, getting your picture taken, having to interact with a whole bunch of people you don't know.... when you could've been home in sweats watching "the game."

And while there will probably be food and drinks later, there is no guarantee that you are going to get laid when it is all said and done -- while your buddy probably will. It might be somewhat "fun," but if you didn't have to participate, that would be okay too....

Women feel that sense of, "they're my friend and they are doing this so I will suck it up and go..." with more events than men do, that's all.

We get roped into attending baby showers and pampered chef parties and bridal luncheons and and spa parties and Mary Kay demos and all kinds of crap like that. Most of the women I know pretty much hate going to these things (unless it's for something that we are really into), but we do it anyway. It's expected, and just part of the deal. The best you can hope for is that they will serve cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. And that they won't make you play any stupid games...

Good for TNT for going. Hope they at least served good snacks....