Boys cry — but they don’t wave — and we never Baby Wave like Bristol Palin did last night on Dancing with the Stars.




Real Men nod.  Sometimes, we even tip our caps.

The other day, Janna and I were strolling together around our neighborhood when we passed by the corner bodega.  The deli man was standing outside.

Janna waved at him.

I nodded.

He waved and nodded back.

After we turned the corner, Janna immediately asked why I didn’t wave to him.

“I nodded.  Same thing.”

“Not the same thing,” she said.  “A wave is friendlier than a nod.  He’s our neighbor.  You have to wave at him next time.”

“A nod is better than a wave,” I reasoned, “because it’s quicker, manlier, and more direct.  There’s no ‘to and fro’ involved.  One smooth motion. He nodded back, ya know.”

“He was just being polite.  He waved first.  If you hadn’t nodded, he wouldn’t have had to add the nod at all.  Just wave.  It’s easier.”

I nodded in agreement.

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    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      Thanks, Gordon!

      I was also immensely pleased to finally get a fully “recorded” example of the awful “Baby Wave” — thank you, Ms. Palin!

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