For men, growing up is a series of bumps on the head, pain here and there and many embarrassing moments. They learn from a young age that they are expected to be members of the society and not only that; they are supposed to be strong no matter what.

For most of them, apart from the exceptionally bright, primary school is a breeze because they have not felt what it means to be a man. In secondary school however, life and the journey to being a man starts.

1. The secondary school days

When they get to secondary school, the boys start identifying where they belong in society, they start to see what the science analogy “only the strong survive” means. Here the boys are grouped into small groupings of people with a lot in common, there are the athletes, the geeks, the goths and the ordinary students.

Ideally, the athletes should become gold medalists, the geeks will be tomorrows scientists and discoverer, the ordinary student will be the average man while the Goths, well, no one knows what they eventually become.

2. The college stint

Then comes college; every boy’s relished moment and most people now have their first taste of alcohol and get drunk for the first time. After this time, they should make a decision not to continue but peer pressure can actually make your head burst. They begin their life long journey with alcohol in college and they never get back. It is also the first time many of them can say they have a girlfriend, apart from the geeks who are out to save the world using science.

3. The big proposal

The girlfriend then becomes the fiancée and the boy starts to mature to be a well-grown man ready to settle down and looking forward to life with the one he loves. For a man to eventually propose, many sit downs with his peers need to be done and they normally decide to support him. The caterpillar is turning to a butterfly, the boy into a man.

4. The night before your special day

The stag party is meant to say goodbye to boy hood and usher in the new dispensation of the boy becoming a man and being able to provide for his household. As is tradition, the men come rolling out in stag T-shirts normally organized and designed by the best man ready for a night of wild fun. The next day, their buddy’s life changes forever!

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