International Council of Gentlemans Laws

Jade Andreal · International Council of Gentlemans Laws

After observing many indiscretions, imposters and impersonations, injustices, and other inadequacies in people calling themselves “Gentlemen”, as well as a general misunderstanding of what a “Gentleman” truly is, the International Council of Gentleman, a sub-council of the International Council of Men, creator of the Manlaws, has set forth these Gentleman Requirements that must be satisfied to be promoted to the title of "Gentleman”.

1. A Gentleman must first have attained the title of “Man” before being considered for the title of “Gentleman”.

2. A Gentleman will be a gentleman at all times and will adhere to all Gentleman Requirements, behaving in a way befitting the stature the title “Gentleman” incurs.

3. A Gentleman will adhere to all Manlaws set forth by the International Council of Men, unless said Manlaws interfere with the Gentleman being a gentleman at all times.

4. A Gentleman will give respect only when it is earned. He shall not give respect freely to those unqualified for his respect or do not earn it. It is at the sole discretion of the Gentleman to determine when someone has earned, or lost his respect, however, he will keep said discretion within reasonable limits. Respect is earned, not given.

5. A Gentleman may also revoke his respect, at his sole discretion, provided said discretion is within reasonable limits.

6. Once earned, a Gentleman will demand the same respect from those who have earned his respect. A Gentleman may curtail, or completely cease contact at any level with those that fail to duly respect him.

7. A Gentleman is not required to respect someone who does not respect him.

8. A Gentleman will stand his ground, within reason, with honor.

9. A Gentleman is not a Nice Guy, nor is he a Bad Boy. He is a GentleMAN, and it is the Gentleman’s duty to correct the ill-informed of the same.

10. A Gentleman will be as masculine as possible, but never macho.

11. A Gentleman will be confident, but not arrogant.

12. A Gentleman will be humble, but not meek.

13. A Gentleman will never rest on his laurels.

14. A Gentleman will never flaunt material objects as a symbol of his status.

15. A Gentleman will never use his title alone for personal gain. A Gentleman will always prove himself as a gentleman of the first order.

16. Honor, Loyalty, Trust, Heroism, Strength, Morals, and Courtesy are attributes of a Gentleman.

17. A Gentleman will be chivalrous as appropriate to modern times as well as his current situation.

18. A Gentleman will treat all women with the utmost respect.

19. A Gentleman will be loyal to the woman he is romantically involved with.

20. A Gentleman will keep non-romantic intimate encounters (one night stands) to a minimum, and will never “prowl” for the same.

21. A Gentleman will keep his promises, and will refrain from knowingly making promises he can’t keep. It is highly advised to not take excessive risks when making promises.

22. If in the course of events, a promise becomes more difficult to keep than originally envisioned, the Gentleman must do everything within his power to keep said promise. The Gentleman will not accept being “let off the hook” by the promise recipient. This is especially true with a woman and/or mother and/or father of the woman the Gentleman is romantically involved with.

23. If in the course of events, the Gentleman expends all available assets, ideas, and avenues of keeping a promise, the Gentleman will then do everything within his power to make up for the broken promise. He shall not make this mistake twice.

24. A Gentleman shall not consider it objectionable in any way to introduce, include, answer a communication, be affectionate to, or otherwise acknowledge his romantic partner at any time, except at times specifically designated, as in “Guy’s Night”. A Gentleman is entitled to his own personal time and space.

25. A Gentleman will keep a neat appearance whenever possible.

26. A Gentleman will be skilled in dressing to the occasion. If in doubt, he will overdress appropriately.

27. During any time specifically designated as “man time” (“Guy’s Night”), a Gentleman will remember his loyalty obligations set forth above.

28. During any time specifically designated as “man time” (“Guy’s Night”), it is required that the Gentleman answer at least one communication from the woman the Gentleman is romantically involved with, if she initiates the communication. He is not required to initiate communication during this time. Other Gentlemen in the group will consider this acceptable.

29. During any time specifically designated as “man time” (“Guy’s Night”), if the group goes somewhere different enough to make the Gentleman hard to find, then the Gentleman is required to inform someone, and must inform the woman he is romantically involved with. Other Gentlemen in the group will consider this acceptable.

30. Before any time specifically designated as “man time” (“Guy’s Night”), the Gentleman will inform someone as to the general whereabouts of himself during the time, and/or will always inform his romantic partner.

31. A Gentleman is not required to attend any or all of the following; baby showers, nail appointments, salon appointments, wedding showers, or distant relative’s weddings. However, a communiqué of some sort, when appropriate, is good karma. If the inviter is registered at a retail establishment, then it is advisable to select a small gift that may be drop shipped to the recipient.

32. A Gentleman is required to attend the following; Best friend’s wedding and birthday, immediate family’s wedding, immediate family funerals extending to one generation, family reunions, immediate family birthday parties, bachelor parties, romantic partner’s best friend’s wedding and birthday party, her family reunion, family funeral, or any other function where his presence is requested by his romantic partner, unless said event will conflict with the above rule.

33. A Gentleman will remember all immediate family birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates extending to one generation, and is required to acknowledge the same with a communiqué at minimum.

34. A Gentleman will, if applicable, remember and acknowledge appropriately, all important dates, birthdays, anniversaries, and such of his romantic partner and her immediate family extending to one generation. He is required to plan an enjoyable time of not less than 4 hours, distraction free, with his romantic partner for her birthday and their anniversary. Gifts at these times are optional at his discretion, but may not be used as a substitute for time spent with her. No exceptions to this rule unless physically unable.

35. A Gentleman will know the art of letter writing, and will be skilled, refined, and meaningful with his use of language, written and spoken.

36. A Gentleman will do everything within his power to avoid combat of any type, without sacrificing his stature, honor, or image.

37. A Gentleman will not engage in combat of any type to impress.

38. A Gentleman will not engage in combat to gain ground, stature, presence, or otherwise improve his standing.

39. A Gentleman will not publicly shame another gentleman for any infraction. He must pull the other gentleman away if he feels the need to speak to him about the matter, so as not to further tarnish the offending gentleman’s image. In extreme cases, this rule may be overlooked.

40. There shall be no combat of any type between two Gentlemen at any time.

41. If a Gentleman is forced to engage in combat, he will win decisively. He will not give up. “Come back with your shield or on it” is the creed of the Combat Gentleman.

42. If a Gentleman is required to engage is combat of any type, he will fight with honor, while doing everything within his power to prevent said combat from escalating to the next level.

43. A Gentleman is permitted to engage in combat to defend a woman. However, he is required to engage is combat of an appropriate level if he witnesses unprovoked, hostile action against any of the following; women, children, small or otherwise non-aggressive animals.

44. A Gentleman is required to engage in combat of an appropriate level to defend, in this order, family, romantic partner, romantic partner’s family, friends, friend’s family, other Gentlemen, and himself.

Sirak Sazen

Did you make these yourself?

Jade Andreal

These were sent to me by an ex.

Lord Embeion

ironywin?

Adenn

I live proudly by these.

RainaRose

Such errantry! If men would live by such honorable rules as this, it seems the world would grow to be a better state of mind. To me, it seems that honor is very rarely heeded now a days. As such was the discussion of my friend Ferera no but this past night.

Lord Embeion

Honor and Pride can kill a man

Rive Caedo · Re: International Council of Gentlemans Laws

Darth Splinter

Actually respect is given, to those who earned it. Yeah. Epic Fail.

Sirak Sazen

I think the point they're trying to make is that respect isn't a handout.

Rive Caedo

Except if you happen to have two x chromosomes, apparently. Which is good news for Sarah Dobson I suppose - but that doesn't make it right.

Sexism fail.

Most of these forwarded email lists contain at least one "fail" because they're originally written by people with highly subjective, self-contradictory views of the world.

Sirak Sazen

Much like myself. My logic never adds up in the end.

Rive Caedo

Mine doesn't always, but I do my best Razz

Lord Vexen

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