I get what you mean by "Frau" and enjoy the descriptions here of silly, straight women attached to a male, married or otherwise, preoccupied with Family and convention. But what do you call her mate and how would you describe him?
What is DL's term for the "Frau" counterpart? Name him. Describe him.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | August 25, 2018 10:35 PM |
I thought it was OAF.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 13, 2017 4:15 AM |
Why isn't it "Herr"?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 13, 2017 4:16 AM |
Mr. Poplar.
In the apartment next to ours when I was a kid. Such a nice man-so patient with his raging bitch of a cat lady wife. Right up to the day he went bonkers and chucked one of her kitties through a plate glass window. Poor kitty
Poor Mr. Poplar
by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 13, 2017 4:19 AM |
I never use frau anyway. I always say Housecow. An old DL slang but still a good one and the best description IMO.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 13, 2017 4:19 AM |
Her mate's name? "Closet Case," duh . . .
by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 13, 2017 4:20 AM |
Fine r4. But how do you describe her male counterpart, is the question.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 13, 2017 4:21 AM |
I've been calling them Herrs for a few years now.
They play fantasy football!
They express themselves through large vehicles and television sets.
They are impotent unless jacking off to porn or having sex with people they aren't married to.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 13, 2017 4:26 AM |
Oaf works for me, r6.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 13, 2017 4:37 AM |
If a frau holds a coffee mug that says "We can't all be princesses. Somebody has to clap when I go by," then might a Herr Oaf sport a T-shirt saying something like this?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 13, 2017 4:49 AM |
Herr means more gentleman, it's also more aristocratic, WASPy and kinda polite, certainly doesn't fit; ladies and gentlemen, Damen und Herren. Mann und Frau, better find a non-German term.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 13, 2017 5:49 AM |
Hans-Franz
by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 13, 2017 5:50 AM |
A pussy whipped fool. Or maybe an undercover fag.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 13, 2017 5:53 AM |
It's kinda hard, OP, since the frauen's husbands don't participate much on here, unless they're closeted, or Stormfronters ranting about the Blacks, Jews, Liberals, and us Gays. I guess we have to find (or create) a good name for former high school football players who are now pudgy, quarrelsome, constant beer drinkers, and fond of firing up their grill for any given occasion.
How about "goons" or "hus-goons"? Or "frau-goons," since they're the husbands of the frauen.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 13, 2017 6:03 AM |
Bros
by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 13, 2017 6:28 AM |
Dad-blobs
by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 13, 2017 7:39 AM |
We don't insult straight men here.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 13, 2017 7:52 AM |
Fat.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 13, 2017 7:57 AM |
Dad blobs is great.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 13, 2017 8:08 AM |
On the upper end there are soccer dads to equal yoga moms, so there should be a term.
Homers?
by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 13, 2017 8:11 AM |
They won't express it outwardly on coffee mugs or t-shirts but their mantra is "Happy wife happy life". Which means abdicating any strong sense of taste or personality in the frau's presence.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 13, 2017 8:19 AM |
We're basically looking for a word to define the conventional straight man and everything he holds dear. Why hasn't DL thought of one yet?
by Anonymous | reply 22 | September 13, 2017 2:57 PM |
I'm tossing up between douche and jock. Men cradling a beer stein as they avoid work/family/responsibilities and discuss their favourite team in detail seems like avoidant Frau mug-cradling to me.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 13, 2017 3:04 PM |
Mann
by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 13, 2017 3:19 PM |
Dad blobs, Homers, Bros, Oafs... funny, but they each capture only one particular essence. We need an all-encompassing term for the guy who believes and upholds everything in straight hierarchical patriarchy, not necessarily conservative but definitely believes he's superior to women and gay men, even though he publicly supports "equal rights," deep down he believes straight men are "naturally" the leaders, even if he himself is a fat lazy slob with average-to-below-average IQ, drinking beer in front of the TV, working a low level job.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 13, 2017 3:25 PM |
Fraulein always refer to their husband as "Their Man" or "Papa" or some kind of shit like that. Something that makes him appear "masculine".
Let's call them Fraubait, because dumb guys with a deep voice, no brains and a pickup truck are like frau magnets.
Fraubait.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 13, 2017 3:27 PM |
Oooh : "Frau-wrangler"
by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 13, 2017 3:28 PM |
Frusband?
Couch-jockey?
BBQ-technician?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 13, 2017 3:29 PM |
A foolboy instead of a poolboy?
...or a "Toolboy"
by Anonymous | reply 29 | September 13, 2017 3:30 PM |
A Frau and her "Lawnmower"?
We could call them lawnmowers because most of them are like Jobe from the Lawnmower man. Oh, and fraulein believe that "mowing the lawn" is "the man's job".
by Anonymous | reply 30 | September 13, 2017 3:31 PM |
"Rocks," because they're a hard solid mass. Because somebody can be "dumb as a rock" or have the "personality of a rock." Because a mass of rock is used as the foundation and pillars of a structure. Just throwing one out there.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | September 13, 2017 3:32 PM |
"Lawnmower" is good, r30.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 13, 2017 3:33 PM |
Ooh, I like that one
by Anonymous | reply 33 | September 13, 2017 3:35 PM |
r26, I know a frau with a popular craft blog who refers to the vague male figure in the background who finances her little hobby as "The Mister."
by Anonymous | reply 34 | September 13, 2017 3:35 PM |
Take a lesson from a major advertiser. They know their market.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 13, 2017 3:40 PM |
A Frau and her "Handy-Stan"?
Because the man is a stan for the Frau and even if she calls someone every racial epithet in the book in front of him, she is always in the right and her honour needs to be violently defended versus the violent dirty looks his "honourable" frau may receive. He also is expected to do anything requiring a tool, because fraulein believe that any kind of maintenance requiring a tool is "the man's job."
..."Rock" isn't realistic enough... It just makes the Lawnmower appear strong and stoic and immovable, and we know that those lawnmowers say "how high" whenever frau [italic]really[/italic] says "jump!"
by Anonymous | reply 36 | September 13, 2017 3:42 PM |
I call him dad.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 13, 2017 3:43 PM |
And fraus can have a "pet rock."
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 13, 2017 3:43 PM |
Fraus don't have pet rocks, they have small, annoying dogs.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 13, 2017 3:44 PM |
Sometimes a large dog, depending on how dominant the Lawnmower is... while he isn't chewing on grass.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 13, 2017 3:45 PM |
A bisexual
by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 13, 2017 3:46 PM |
Remember, for all a frau's posturing about how "I'm the boss around here cuz I'm the MOMMY," it's mostly bark with no bite. Men still have the upper hand in society. I look how my step-dad "defers" to my loud, demanding frau of a mother, and he really is just tolerating and indulging her like a child. He makes the money and the important decisions and there's nothing she can do about it because she's old and fat with no job skills and isn't going ANYWHERE. He on the other hand, could drop her for somebody younger and more agreeable, but would have to pay alimony. He can't stand her, I see it in his eyes. But she keeps house and cooks and tells anybody who will listen that he's a GENIUS and "the best husband in the world," etc. She ultimately knows her place with him.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | September 13, 2017 3:52 PM |
Oafblobs
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 13, 2017 3:56 PM |
What's the blog @R34?
by Anonymous | reply 44 | September 13, 2017 4:01 PM |
[quote]But she keeps house and cooks and tells anybody who will listen that he's a GENIUS and "the best husband in the world," etc. She ultimately knows her place with him.
A Frau and her "Master"?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 13, 2017 4:04 PM |
R42, that's so fucking sad. I'm glad women have a lot more choices these days than to stay with someone who so obviously despises them.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | September 13, 2017 4:04 PM |
I think its safe to assume that 99.9% of the fraus' husbands are blue-collar.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | September 13, 2017 4:05 PM |
[quote]I get what you mean by "Frau" and enjoy the descriptions here of silly, straight women attached to a male, married or otherwise, preoccupied with Family and convention.
And yet, you don't seem to know what a "frau" actually is based on the description you've provided - hence the underlying reason you don't know what the male counterpart is.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | September 13, 2017 4:09 PM |
And by the way, the majority of the proposed names in this thread are actually frau names themselves comparable to the frau-ism of altering the name "man cave" to "she shed."
by Anonymous | reply 49 | September 13, 2017 4:11 PM |
Office Park Golf Dad
by Anonymous | reply 50 | September 13, 2017 4:32 PM |
I'm no frau (except by gender, age, and pride of term), but when I was living the life, the phrase I used was "that asshole I live with." He whined like a baby about paying alimony when he was caught cheating. I let him keep the mistress, the kids, the house, and the fucking money. My freedom was more important than wearing the holier than thou mantel of sacred MOTHER. I paid for it, but the price would have been a lot higher had I stayed. Called me up, six months later, crying. We don't need them, really. If the playing field were equal (as it's getting to be) more women would opt out of marrying these man babies. They are. Fraus are a dying breed.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | September 13, 2017 4:53 PM |
[quote]I'm no frau (except by gender, age, and pride of term)
Pretty much sums it up, eh?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 13, 2017 4:56 PM |
Point is, R53, I can apply that term to myself when and if I choose. As it's defined here, not so much.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | September 13, 2017 5:00 PM |
[quote]Point is, [R53], I can apply that term to myself when and if I choose. As it's defined here, not so much.
QED
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 13, 2017 5:02 PM |
Why yes, R55, I am Quantumly electro-dynamic.! I'd use the smiley emoji, but I hate those. My Latin, is fine, BTW, so don't bother to explain yourself. Your meaning is self explanatory.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | September 13, 2017 5:10 PM |
[quote]My Latin, is fine, BTW, so don't bother to explain yourself.
Your Latin may be fine, but your punctuation is appalling.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | September 13, 2017 5:12 PM |
Some mommy-bloggers refer to their mates as "DH".....short for "dear husband". Seriously.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | September 13, 2017 5:13 PM |
Oh dear, I have a comma out of place! Call the punctuation police, STAT!
by Anonymous | reply 59 | September 13, 2017 5:15 PM |
[quote]Oh dear, I have a comma out of place! Call the punctuation police, STAT!
Oh dear, you're the one who made such a show of your erudition. Such errors merely serve to call that into question.
You must be new here.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | September 13, 2017 5:21 PM |
r58 landed on it. DH. Dear Husband which is interchangeable with dick head according to the mood of the fraus in my office. My offering is 'dude'. If covers a multitude of bases but DH is closer to the mark.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | September 13, 2017 5:26 PM |
From our perspective could also mean dorky husband, doofus husband, probably a very long list - we may have a winner.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | September 13, 2017 5:42 PM |
Ugh, DH. Living in an AL city, I love to read that as Designated Hitter.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | September 13, 2017 5:56 PM |
Frau & Bro Deplorable
by Anonymous | reply 64 | September 13, 2017 6:07 PM |
I always use a blanket "DH" for this type of man because regardless of how repugnant, inept, and hated he is, he will always be referred to as "my sweetie-pie DH" or "my cutesy-wutesy DH" all over Facebook.
When he dumps her ass, she will flip like a light switch and cry (on Facebook again, of course) about how hard it's been to put on a brave face for My Child™ and how she couldn't face the reality of what her life had become.
That will garner lots of condescending back-patting from the other frauen, secure that their facade is still intact. When she posts her first diatribe about how DH stands for "Dead-to-me Hubz," they'll shake their heads in ageeement and shun her.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | September 13, 2017 6:10 PM |
I use the term 'Hubbsy', since that is what I've seen some frauen call their DH (which stands for Dear Hubby, never Dear Husband, which is not a cute enough word. Too grown up sounding).
by Anonymous | reply 66 | September 13, 2017 6:19 PM |
Doughy.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | September 13, 2017 6:36 PM |
Man-Frau.
If a frau switched genders this is who she'd be. The stereotype of a straight man. Fantasy football. Sports related ringtone. Knows pointless sports stats. Refers to pro athletes as if they know them personally. Generally excruciating to be around.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | September 13, 2017 6:53 PM |
Has "husfrau" been mentioned? I like how that rolls off the tongue.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | September 13, 2017 8:29 PM |
We call them baby daddies.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | September 13, 2017 8:31 PM |
What do married gay males use now .... husband. That should do it. When some of the marriages go asunder, I want to see what term is then used!
by Anonymous | reply 71 | September 13, 2017 9:49 PM |
Why need a male Frau term? What is it with gay guys here that always must demean straight men as bloobish goons? There seems great pleasure here in thinking "real men" are always ex or failed high school athletes, are fat or pudgy, are quarrelsome, drink too much beer, watch too much sports and television, are always firing up grills, are pussy-whipped, have low-level jobs. To me, all the lonely gay blobs typing in their mother's basement bashing men, have been finding dumb guys with a deep voice, no brains and a pickup truck their gay fantasy for years.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | September 13, 2017 9:53 PM |
I like man-frau.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | September 13, 2017 9:56 PM |
I like 'desperate queen'. It's often the same thing on here.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | September 14, 2017 12:00 AM |
What about "Meister"? It means "master" in German, and let's face it, fraus are slaves to men regardless of their belief in themselves as Mommy-Goddeses.
And also, dude bro oafs love the suffix. BBQ-meister, truckmeister, beermeister, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | September 14, 2017 12:16 AM |
House Dork
by Anonymous | reply 76 | September 14, 2017 12:21 AM |
The male version of "frau" is "frau".
by Anonymous | reply 77 | September 14, 2017 12:23 AM |
Fang.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | September 14, 2017 12:27 AM |
Brau!
by Anonymous | reply 79 | September 14, 2017 12:32 AM |
R72 it seems DL has no qualms about terming conventional married women as "Frau" and making fun of their traits. Why so offended when it's the men's turn? You gay dudes are just as hypocritical as straight ones.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | September 14, 2017 3:07 PM |
Brau is clever but I like man-frau better because it sounds more derisive.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | September 14, 2017 3:25 PM |
Mike Pence
by Anonymous | reply 83 | September 14, 2017 9:50 PM |
His name is Brian, a name so boring you can never remember it no matter how many times you run into him.
He considers himself 'a nice guy' despite being a rabid redpill poster.
He wipes back to front and jerks off to the dog-eared, cum stained 9th grade yearbook photo of the girl, Mykaela C., he had the biggest crush on but who only went out with two of his better looking, more charming, best bros, Mike D. and Mike (Mikey) O..
His favorite sport is corn hole.
He once tried to re-inact the American Psycho scene of attacking a homeless person but he wound up getting jumped.
He, also, tried to roofie a girl at a college party one time but mixed their drinks up and came to the next day in a pile of dirty laundry under the basement steps of the people who lived next door to the party house. He still likes to think maybe he did get laid that night and just doesn't remember it.
He tried vlogging on youtube but after 15 videos his only followers were two sock puppet accounts he created, his cousin Travis, his mom whom he forced to unfollow him and one mysterious stranger with the handle dirigible39 who kept posting recipes in the comments.
He blew through four pay checks buying a top of the line grill, but doesn't really have any friends to invite over for a bbq.
His mom still cuts his hair and he combs crusty gel into it that flakes onto his shirt collar as the day wears on.
He's forty pounds overweight and thinks he looks great, despite the gynecomastia.
He works as a bank teller, but sold subwoofers for car stereos in college.
He's given up on Tender etc. and gets a weekly BJ from a hooker in the parking lot of the neighboring town's sports bar. Her name is Tanya, she's 45 and missing both eye teeth. No one ever tries to fix him up with anyone.
He keeps talking about taking a fishing trip to Alaska but he doesn't actually know how to fish. In the next couple of weeks, he will buy a top rated fishing pole and begin practicing learning to cast in his living room. He will have to get stitches after accidentally hooking himself in the ball sac.
He listens to New Country on fire engine red wireless Beats over-the-ear headphones while leaf blowing his driveway at 7:50am every other Saturday.
Sometimes, he ties a length of gift wrapping ribbon around his dick and wears it to work.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | September 14, 2017 10:52 PM |
Wow, I am speechless !
by Anonymous | reply 85 | September 14, 2017 11:07 PM |
That's hilarious r84. We should just call him "Brian."
by Anonymous | reply 86 | September 14, 2017 11:16 PM |
A Frau's Accessory
by Anonymous | reply 87 | September 14, 2017 11:33 PM |
r84. You light up my life.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | September 14, 2017 11:51 PM |
I'm Todd. I'm assistant manager of a Nissan dealership, which is ironic since I have a suspended license for a DUI at the moment. I'm divorced with two girls approaching teenhood and even though it's been almost ten years I still HATE my ex wife with a passion for divorcing me and getting married and pregnant again so fast.
Anyway, my new girlfriend just moved in and it's been rocky. I'm an intense dude, crazy and hard to handle, but she's stood by me for five years so I thought she'd be satisfied when I let her move in. I'll probably ask her to marry me soon since I've been kind of a jerk to her since she moved in. I don't have to be on my best behavior anymore since it's harder for her to leave now. She did move out a couple weekends ago and I threatened to kill myself so she's back. I made it official by posting on Facebook that we're in a relationship now, and put a photo of us together for the first time even though she's been my girlfriend for the past five years. She's not as young and pretty as I'd like, not that I haven't been looking, but she's loyal and I'm 40 and in need of a Frau to take care of our home and put up with my moods. Like I said, I'm pretty intense. Our relationship status and photo on Facebook got tons of likes and supportive comments, so that should keep her happy for awhile.
She just needs to know that I do what I do, and don't nag me.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | September 15, 2017 5:19 AM |
Online Feminists often refer to straight women's signifant male others as "Nigel," and there's a consensus on what Nigel means, and the common joke, "Not MY Nigel!" One's own Nigel is special and different from all those other secretly sexist, pornsick boyfriends and husbands. "Nigel" might be a good term for a frau's counterpart, since another online community has already named him.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | September 15, 2017 4:28 PM |
"Nigel" makes Americans think of a generic Brit, R90. It's a very uncommon name in the US
And R30, a "mower" might be good because the frau's archnemesis, the yoga mom, thinks that it's a crew of illegal Central American immigrants job to mow the lawn.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | September 16, 2017 1:43 AM |
There's an autistic kid that works at my local CVS counter named Nigel. I got stuck in line behind a black guy one day.
Nigel asked if he rapped.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | September 16, 2017 3:51 AM |
Good points r91. Besides the "Nigel" the feminists are talking about is a brogressive who claims to be feminist but deep down really isn't. No self respecting Brau Mower would align himself with feminism.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | September 16, 2017 4:41 AM |
Oaf Brau?
by Anonymous | reply 94 | September 17, 2017 10:19 PM |
BBQ.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | September 17, 2017 10:23 PM |
The Frau counterpart is generally embarrassed to be in a relationship with only one woman, but can't bear NOT to have a woman in his life.
He's resentful that he's not a rockstar surrounded by 20-year-old groupies. He watches a lot of porn.
He has a deep sense of superiority over his Frau but is happy to leave her "in charge" of cooking and housework and remembering people's birthdays and always signing his name on the card ("Love, Brian and Jenn").
He practically makes it a point to forget the anniversary of when he and the Frau got married and/or began (consummated) their relationship, as he is embarrassed by sentimentality.
However he believes the frau's interests in crafts, holiday decorations, motherhood and being sentimental make her a "real" female to his "real" male.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | September 20, 2017 4:23 AM |
"Daddy". But only while he's spanking with with his big cock.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | September 20, 2017 4:31 AM |
R84 sounds a lot like a compilation of Bad Luck Brian memes.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | September 20, 2017 4:57 AM |
Incest Survivor Creator
by Anonymous | reply 100 | September 20, 2017 6:07 AM |
r99 what is Bad Luck Brian? Is that a thing?
by Anonymous | reply 101 | September 20, 2017 8:06 AM |
How about broaf (an oafy bro)?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | September 20, 2017 9:19 AM |
Could the problem be there's no real male counterpart for the frau.
DL's definition seems to be that the Frau is an unstylish, somewhat frumpy middle or working class woman living in middle America, someone who looks middle aged even if she's only 28, a consumer of mainstream pop culture, big on fast food and quick serve chain restaurants, mother of two or more kids.
She stands in direct opposition to the upper middle class Yoga Mom--there's some overlap but Yoga Mom is much more stylish, a bit more woke, particularly about food, travel and fashion (she's been to Costa Rica and did an ecotourism day trip which was documented on FB and IG) And while the Frau looks 48 when she's 28, the 48 year old Yoga Mom is still trying to pass for 18
Point being, I don't thing these women have male counterparts--their spouses are so nondescript and just sort of go along with whatever the frau or yoga mom wants. "Pussy-whipped" is a term that comes to mind.
So maybe He-Frau, as he is defined by nothing more than his relationship to the frau.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | September 20, 2017 9:50 AM |
Fart blossom
by Anonymous | reply 104 | September 20, 2017 10:03 AM |
Dud.
Wannabe stud Dad, that falls flat. Best to be avoided.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | September 20, 2017 10:15 AM |
Blobby.
A moving mass that tends to only have one hobby.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | September 20, 2017 10:17 AM |
[QUOTE] the kids, the house, and the fucking money.
I love this. The last thing he probably imagined is he'd be stuck with the kids, I think that's the ultimate revenge.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | September 20, 2017 10:28 AM |
I agree with R103.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | September 20, 2017 10:39 AM |
I disagree with R103.
The man-frau in my office is, in his own words, "aspirational." Despite his mediocrity and laughable misuse of big words in meetings, he makes it clear to his coworkers that expects a promotion (that never comes, thank god) because he "has a family and there's nothing more important to him than providing for his family." As an example, he proudly tells us the story of how he told his brother and sister in law that he would no longer bring his family to visit them because he doesn't like their dog and if that dog ever nipped one of his kids, he'd have to kill it to defend his family. (When pressed, he admits the dog is a little terrier who yaps but never bit anyone before).
And yet, despite his heroic family man stories, we notice he spends almost every weekend golfing with his buddies. We're talking entire weekends away, while his wife cares for the children ("oh, she doesn't mind at all," he says). We notice that, when talking about his two children--the boy is five, the girl is two--he's already favoring his son ("Susie is sooo whiny," he says. Um, yeah, she's two). When he does take the entire family on trips, it's to adult destinations (usually college party spots-he's a self-described "recreational drinker") that require long flights. He insists that the kids are perfectly quiet and behaved throughout (yeah, right). He resents that his wife (who, like him, is employed full-time) because she doesn't pack him a gourmet lunch every day like his buddy's wife, who is a stay at home mom. Did I mention that man-frau is about 50 lbs. overweight with high blood pressure? Meanwhile, his attractive wife is super slim (and dammit, he expects her to stay that way!) He complains that "she never initiates family fun activities." Perhaps because she's busy with both her job and raising the kids?
Around the holidays, he regales us with stories of the special gifts he gets his wife--not items she wants, but items he thinks she "should" want. One year, he thought it would be nice if she started scrapbooking all their wonderful family photos to preserve their memories, so he bought her a starter kit. When she never used it, he sighed that HE had to do most of the work. He's bought her clothes she never wears because "he thinks she needs more color in her wardrobe."
I could go on, but I'd need to get a blog.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | September 20, 2017 11:28 AM |
I also disagree with r103. But there's a contingent of MRA types who honestly believe women are running everything and that men are the REAL slaves.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | September 20, 2017 3:56 PM |
"Broaf" is a good one someone mentioned up thread. What about bro-loaf?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | September 20, 2017 3:57 PM |
R109 sounds about right. And to the Frau he's dear hubby and a genius and works so hard for his family and OMG he's taking me out for din din tonight! DaTE NIGHT! #suchaluckygirl
by Anonymous | reply 112 | September 20, 2017 4:01 PM |
R109 has described a particularly asinine guy he works with, not a common stereotype that we can give a name to.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | September 20, 2017 4:10 PM |
I'm gonna kick your ass after work, R109.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | September 20, 2017 4:54 PM |
The best (fictional) example I can think of of a male Frau is Donnie Hendrix - married to Allison in the show Orphan Black.
Credit where it is due, they were two of the best characters on the show.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | September 20, 2017 4:59 PM |
I agree with R103. There isn't really a frau counterpart. The frau husband just goes along. There are different male types that are more disturbing.
Like: The Rageaholic.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | September 20, 2017 5:00 PM |
After years of observing the "good husband and father" types--at work, the gym, you name it--I'm convinced that, deep down, most straight men resent the fact that they have children--and on some level, they blame "her" for making them have them. They cover it up in the workplace with the showboating, and of course they like the "perk" of leaving work early for junior's little league games. But when they're in groups of men only, they'll bitch about the cost of having kids, fights they have with their wives about the kids, etc...and then they'll always end it by telling me "you're so lucky that you don't have kids!" Umm, it's not luck...and have you ever tried birth control?
by Anonymous | reply 117 | September 20, 2017 8:08 PM |
R109 he sounds like a pestilent shit-demon and a gaping hole of a personality.
Hopefully he has a juicy life insurance plan and drops dead of a coronary next year, so his gorgeous wife can enjoy a big payday and set up College funds for the kids.
And hey, if there's money to spare she could go part-time for a couple years to cool off, get a Nanny and/or Housekeeper, spend weekends on HER. She could downsize (because I'll bet right now she's forced to clean & maintain an overlarge chintzy abode) and use extra time and money on girly weekends at the Cabana while the kids are at sleepovers. If she's loaded like a Stepford Wife she could get a poolboy if she doesn't feel like dating. Maybe take a dip in the Lesbian End too, catch up on all the hot beautiful sex she's missed (Lezzies love us some rich trix, even if they have kids).
by Anonymous | reply 118 | September 20, 2017 10:54 PM |
OK then, maybe r109 is Yoga Mom's counterpart.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | September 21, 2017 4:21 AM |
We do not insult lesbians on here either.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | September 21, 2017 4:25 AM |
R117 Sounds about right. Most straight women as 'Me Me Me Machines'. And having children helps put the focus back on them.
Women want babies, whilst men just want a legacy.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | September 21, 2017 9:10 AM |
Good call R115, but Donnie is also the dictionary definition of "pussy whipped"
by Anonymous | reply 122 | September 21, 2017 10:45 AM |
R117 - they say that to you because they realize they talk about their kids all the time in that humble brag way "gosh that college is so expensive. Good thing I make enough money to afford it now that Jonny is on the baseball team there."
by Anonymous | reply 123 | September 21, 2017 10:48 AM |
Seems like R109 would need a bit more money for that R119.
His wife still has to work.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | September 21, 2017 10:49 AM |
^ So perhaps he's married to a frau after all. A cube frau.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | September 21, 2017 3:07 PM |
R101, Bad Luck Brian is a meme. Google it, because I'm lousy at explaining things.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | September 22, 2017 5:39 AM |
Neanderthals
by Anonymous | reply 127 | September 22, 2017 6:15 AM |
Broaf, bro loaf, Brau... I like all those.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | September 30, 2017 4:58 AM |
Braufs mourning the death of Hugh Hefner with memes about how "nobody can say he's in a 'better place.'"
by Anonymous | reply 129 | October 4, 2017 11:15 PM |
A frau and her Meister...
by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 22, 2017 3:14 AM |
I still like “Lawnmowers” to describe a frau’s mate
by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 22, 2017 4:23 AM |
I thought this was a gay site.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 22, 2017 4:48 AM |
^ Yeah, the hetero term for a gay man is "faggot." So what's your term for them?
by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 22, 2017 5:16 AM |
Yes, R132, it is a site for gays, lesbians and bisexuals to discuss what they wish to discuss. In this thread, we are talking about an aspect of the site's culture and the proper name for the counterpart to said aspect. Now that I've cleared this up for you, why don't you run on back to your whiny, irrelevant "Is this a gay site?" poll and STFU?
by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 22, 2017 5:19 AM |
Fran as in Frau/Man
by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 23, 2017 5:27 PM |
Bros of course as mentioned earlier.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 23, 2017 6:59 PM |
Frau-ism seems to be a particularly female trait.
I'm struggling to call up a fictional character who meets the description and Ned Flanders from The Simpsons is the closest I can come.
But there just aren't that many men like Ned IRL
The problem with "bros" is that most of those guys grow out of it by the time they're 30. A 40 year old guy who exhibits bro-ish behavior is pathetic in a wanting-desperately-to-be-young again way, while a frau is actually the opposite--prematurely middle aged.
So I got nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 23, 2017 7:15 PM |
But the main characteristic of the frau, is that she's married; marriage often being the end goal for most women when it comes to their sense of identity and status. Men don't necessarily seek self-esteem and identity soley from their marriage status, as they have other options open to them (culturally, historically, politically, economically, IN GENERAL, let's not nit pick and bring up how nothing is holding women back "today," etc.).
So yeah, I get how there can't be an all-encompassing trope character for any man married to a "frau." Instead, he's this blurry background figure like the craft blogger's "Mister" mentioned up thread, who makes the frau and everything she believes and does, possible.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | December 23, 2017 10:35 PM |
“The Hubster.”
Mike Pence is this type. It’s all the “DH’s” the fraus brag about on Facebook, the guy who mows the lawn and bitches endlessly about how pissed he is that his dowdy wife doesn’t look like an eighteen year old temptress after twenty years of marriage and a couple of kids. Only in front of the guys, though. The Frau has no idea. They married young.
A lot of these guys are religious and churchy, others just sit at home and drink beer and watch football while the Frau vacuums around their feet. The kids run wild while she does housework and he yells at the game on tv. Their lives seem full of tedious chores and spending enormous amounts of money on every home improvement item in existence.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | December 24, 2017 1:31 AM |
lonely
by Anonymous | reply 140 | December 24, 2017 1:37 AM |
OTOH, there's a definite counterpart to the Yoga Mom, the upper middle class coastal version of the frau.
My friends and I used to call those guys "Howies" (after someone we knew, but they were a type)
Nerdy, out of shape, pussy-whipped lawyers, bankers, doctors and corporate executives, Howies are married to women who wouldn't talk to them in college, women who are much better looking that their Howie.
Somewhere are around the age of 25, the Yoga Moms figured out that cute Brad the indie filmmaker was not going to get her that house in Greenwich, the one just like the house she grew up in, so when her mother mentioned she'd run into Howie's mom at the club and Howie just started working for White & Case or Goldman or the surgery department at Cedars Sinai.
Suddenly Howie became marriage material and she's got him wrapped around her finger, trading sex for new kitchens, Chanel duds and private school tuition for the kids.
The Yoga Mom knows it's her job to look good for her Howie, no matter how bad he looks, and so it's an even trade--he gets sex with a hot woman and kids he rarely sees because he works 18 hour days. She gets all the material things she wants and since she's in the burbs and he's in the city, the each get to have discreet affairs.
Howies work long hours partly because they have to and partly so they can avoid being home where the yoga mom will nag them about losing weight (heart attack = end of meal ticket) and redoing the bathrooms again. They can't talk about much other than work and maybe a sports team or two.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | December 24, 2017 1:42 AM |
R138 thanks for that comment, very well put
by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 24, 2017 2:53 AM |
I like he-Frau and brau.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 24, 2017 3:05 AM |
Wow, those are good: "Hubster" (Frau) and "Howie" (Yoga Mom).
by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 24, 2017 3:20 AM |
How about Him? Its passive aggressive and suggests unimportance.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 24, 2017 4:12 AM |
Patch Dad
by Anonymous | reply 146 | August 25, 2018 1:36 AM |
Jortsbros.
Almost sounds German, even.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | August 25, 2018 1:40 AM |
NASCAR (or NFL) Dad.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | August 25, 2018 1:44 AM |
R28 "Frusband" works for me.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | August 25, 2018 1:47 AM |
Louts.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 25, 2018 2:09 AM |
Honey-dos
by Anonymous | reply 151 | August 25, 2018 2:20 AM |
I don't know what to call him but I do know that he loves baseball, Tim McGraw and fishing.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | August 25, 2018 2:21 AM |
He has a white-collar job and drives a truck for his personal vehicle.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | August 25, 2018 8:52 PM |
And he backs his Dodge pickup truck (with the HEMI engine) into his reserved parking space at the office park.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | August 25, 2018 9:04 PM |
[quote] Tim McGraw
Too fruity. More like Toby Keith or some douchebro modern country. Or Hootie & The Blowfish from college days.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | August 25, 2018 9:04 PM |
[quote] some douchebro modern country
The male fraus I know like Jason Aldean.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | August 25, 2018 9:40 PM |
One of the frauen in my office quilts as a hobby. A few years ago, she made a hockey-themed quilt as a Christmas gift for her Man-frau son-in-law. He naturally hung it with pride in his "man cave."
How's that for Peak Frauheit?
It looked a lot like this, but Judy there is not my office frau.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | August 25, 2018 10:28 PM |
That's a Canadian frau, I bet, R157.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | August 25, 2018 10:30 PM |
The illustrious Judy might be Canadian, but my story took place in the outer suburbs of Pittsburgh, where you can't swing a hockey stick without hitting a Boomer frau.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | August 25, 2018 10:35 PM |