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How Does "Bro Code" Work Between Men's Friendships?

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0:00 Okay, what were the tenets or guidelines of your bro code when you were like growing up or when you were in high school or when you were in college? You know, when you have like a group of guy friends and there's just some things that are kind of I guess they go without saying. >> Like bros before hoes. >> Exactly like that. So, I'll give you some of >> That's probably number one. >> And then yeah, tell me if you had the same ones as I did, okay? Number one, um if one of the guys expresses interest in a girl, like really heavy interest, you have to make way for him to shoot his shot. >> Yeah, then she's off-limits. >> Yeah, absolutely. Heavy interest. >> Yep. >> But also, he can't be that guy who like claims everything. >> Yeah. >> Can't be greedy. >> So, then what's the limitation behind that? Like >> I feel like three strikes, dude. >> [laughter] >> Like you're on your third chick and everybody likes that girl. Everybody knows that everybody likes that girl. Like you can't just be claiming every girl. >> And if you shoot your shot and you miss,

0:52 now it's someone else's turn. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. >> I had a friend like that that would like we'd go to a party and then oh, that chick is cute. I'm like okay, cool. Yeah, that you know, that's her. And then like we make a turn a corner. Oh, that chick is cute, too. And I was like hey, it's got to be like one at a time. You can't go in there and be like five points of interest. And then you're like so me and the other homies are just left with the most busted chicks you've ever seen. >> Uh-huh. >> So, it's got to be like you shoot, you pick one, you shoot your shot. If you fail, then you can move on to the other one, but you can't go into like >> It's not a buffet. >> Yeah, you can't choose all five and what are all the other dudes do? Just walk >> No, if you're like if you're like real homies though, everybody goes in and they just do recon. They just survey. >> And then they >> they go stand in on a corner and then all the homies go, uh which one you feeling? >> [snorts] >> And then from there you negotiate, you

1:42 know what I mean? You negotiate you game plan. But all right, all right, fine, fine, fine. I tell you like I could tell you like that one. You go at this time and next time I take priority, all right? >> Oh, wow. >> But do you ever get into a fight where you're like why do you even pick that one? Cuz she's not even your type. You know, she's my type. You're just trying to be fancy for once. Stick to your ████ cuz usually we're like in perfect lanes going down the freeway and today you want to ████ go like this? That's not right. >> I don't think it escalates immediately into a fight. I I think it's a negotiation. >> Maybe it's just a one problematic homie. >> All right, let me let me propose this this situation. Let's I'm going to give this to to Peter, okay? Let's say that you um you guys are out there's like groups of girls, groups of your guys. Uh you end up kind of like feeling this one girl, you hit it off, you have like a

2:32 slightly good rapport, but you haven't yet declared, "Oh, I'm really into this girl." But before you do that, one of the other guys go goes and heavily expresses that he's into her. Do you pump the brakes on him and be like, "Yo, I kind of was I had a thing going." >> I'm already there. I have a higher chance of winning than he does. >> [laughter] >> So right off the bat >> I you're already like yeah. You're already like a Chinese vampire I'm just floating across the room. >> [laughter] >> We're in a boat. You're like way behind me. Like >> The paper right here? Why would we lower both our chances of succeeding? >> So you both just go 100? >> No, no, no, I'm saying like if I if I jump ship now, you're still pretty far behind. Let me go first. Let me take my shot first. Let me fail at my peak. And then and then you go. >> Cuz you think your rizz level is higher than your friends? >> Well, I'm saying if we were in this in

3:23 this scenario, right? We already we we started. So we have some rapport. >> Uh so like I'm already further in. You So like let me fail on my peak. Yeah, true, true. And you could have my leftovers. >> [laughter] >> You got to see it like this, man. That guy that you painted, he's like this. We're at a restaurant. We all go to eat. He goes, "Ooh, I'm going to get this. [clears throat] Oh, you wanted that? Okay, I'm going to get this." I get all the dishes, right? It comes to me. You guys are watching me take one ████ bite first and then I go, "You know what? I don't really like the burger, so you can have it." I don't really like the ribs, so you can have it. You give it to them. And then you're like, "What the ████ Joe?" So, that's that's that's that's that's scenario. The scenario that you you painted right now, that's like I'm already eating my burger and Bart goes, "Can I have that?" Cuz that's what I really wanted. And I'm all like, "Well, f███."

4:13 I'm already halfway eaten it. >> My tongue is in the middle of the patties. >> All right. Is this Let me Tell me Tell me if this is another one of your Is this included in your bro code that you used to have or still have? Uh number two, don't try to start a separate one-to-one friendship with anybody's girl. >> Oh, yeah. That's dangerous. >> A one-to-one? [clears throat] >> You guys all have that? >> I think a group friendship's fine. >> No, no, no. One-to-one like >> Hanging out? >> Like messaging around you to be like, "Hey, so how's it going?" >> Not unless we're in a group chat or for practical reasons. >> Define practical. >> The way he said it is so funny. >> Like let's say my friend's girlfriend or wife works at an insurance company and I need to ████ get some hookups on an insurance. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Right? >> Yeah, that's that's fair. That's fair.

5:03 >> But am I going to >> You get better rates. >> For stuff. >> Work stuff. >> Like practical. Yeah. In a different kind of hookup. >> Yeah, different kind of hookup. >> We used to have this thing where like um especially with Kinjaz, my uh dance crew, a bunch of dudes, uh they would always bring around, you know, a new girl and stuff like that. So, it'd be like, "Oh, yeah, like welcome to like this is crew vibes, family ████ barbecue, but whatever." And then, you know, a couple guys would just kind of rotate girls a little bit more often. And so, you're just like man, I'm You know what? I ain't going to follow nobody on IG. I'm not going to meet nobody, make eye contact. I'm not really going to build no relationship with your homegirl until you're straight up married. Like I'm we're good. >> That's true. >> It's too much. >> It's It's because you become a source of info for them. >> Yeah. >> And when they feel fishy, they're going to hit you up and ask you >> Yeah, so then it was just after

5:53 >> They'll be like, "What's up with Mike? What is he doing?" >> Now it's very like just like absolute no until like you're married in type stuff. Cuz when you're married in, then it's like, "Oh, I'm talking to this person's wife." 90% of the time it's about that person. >> Ah. >> You know, I'm not saying complaints. I'm like, "We're preparing his birthday or some s███." You know, like we're we're we're organizing. It's practical reasons. I'm buying her a dress. Yeah, that's all it is. >> But then bro code changes as you grow older. >> Yeah, now it's now it's also like now I have to take care of this dude's wife in the worst-case scenarios as well. Like I have to protect her like she's my sister. >> Or now if your brother's wife is hot, it's okay. >> What? >> [laughter] >> Just kidding. >> That's best-case scenario, though. >> My ████ stepdad did that. >> For real? >> My ████ stepdad's hot. >> It's worse. So, that ████ he cheated on his wife with her sister, dumped her, got with his wife got with

6:45 his sister got with her sister. ████ ████ Pretty much he boned BOTH OF THEM. BASICALLY, HE ████ BOTH SISTERS, divorced one, got with the other one. >> [laughter] >> Beat the ████ out of both of them. That's the one >> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. >> That's the one at the restaurant that tries both of them. WOW. >> YEAH. >> [laughter] >> AND THEN AND THEN THROWS them on the ground. >> Chucks both of them. >> And everyone else is starving. >> That's crazy. >> Well, by the time he got with my mom, sweet ████ he goes, >> "I made a lot of mistakes when I was younger." >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> Sweet ████ He would never hurt anything. >> "I had a lot of anger in my heart." >> Now he's got business ideas? Is he a bad guy? >> "I walk the line." >> Japanese Johnny Cash. >> The sisters stayed friends? I mean, sisters >> Or they they stayed [laughter] sisters?

7:35 >> They stayed sisters? >> We're not sisters, but we're friends now. >> Yeah, like what the >> [laughter] >> Do they still go Do they still You to go to family stuff together? >> No, they >> They're like out of there, huh? >> Yeah, they're Yeah, the the it's a big ████ mess, man. >> Was the second sis like was the sister hotter? >> I don't know, man. I think he was just hornier. >> [snorts] >> Yeah. >> Mhm. >> He's just uh the He's a wild He's a wild ████ but when you meet him, he looks like a sweet little Mr. Miyagi. And like he's just so chill. >> [laughter] >> And you would never think. That's why I think all this bro code ████ like everybody changes when you get older, right? Like >> Yeah. >> Like some of the most vile craziest people when they calm down >> Are so sweet. >> Yeah, they become like wise old men that's been through ████ and they made a lot of mistakes. >> That's going to happen all the hoes of the world, I think. >> Yeah, like the only fans.

8:26 >> [laughter] >> No. >> They're going to be wise old wizards. >> No, they're going to get depressed. >> You think that that's wisdom or his libido just dropped? >> It could be a lot. >> You know what I mean? Like he's just like >> I'm not horny. >> It's not even hard. >> Right. >> I still want to ████ sisters, but I just don't feel like it. >> Well, I think he was he's such a sweet dude that I can't even imagine that this guy was that guy cuz how he treated my mom. And I told him straight up, I was like, "Hey, man. Um nice to meet you. I'll kill you if you do anything to her." So, he's like, "Got it." >> That's what it was. That's what changed it right there. >> He just He turned him off, man. >> He's like, "Got it. Your mom doesn't have any sisters. Got it." >> [laughter] >> But she has a murderous son. Got it. >> He's a Your son is such a player hater. >> [laughter]

9:16 >> The um Okay, tell me if you guys follow this one, all right? If you hear a rumor that could expose your bro or get him in trouble with his girl, no matter what it is, you report directly to him first. >> Oh, yeah. >> Even if you know your bro is the scumbag, you got to protect the >> Like real scumbag stuff. Like you find out he like cheated or did something really bad. >> Yeah, and it's it sucks because sometimes you're like like let's say the girl the girl confronts you or whatever cuz she knows that you know. >> Yeah. >> You just have to have the get out eyes like >> But what >> [laughter] >> changes But doesn't bro code change >> [laughter] >> When that girlfriend becomes a wife and you've known this girl for over 10 years? >> Yeah, let's see. >> Cuz now she's a ████ friend. >> hot. >> to steal her. You've been wanting to steal her for ████ 15 years. >> You're ████ waiting. I'm the biggest

10:06 simp in the world. >> [laughter] >> Cuz you called dibs 20 years ago at the club and you finally get your chance 20 years later cuz you've been waiting. >> Yeah, cuz he ate the cheeseburger first. You're like you ████ >> You don't give a ████ You'll lick the floor cuz this girl is just so cheese. >> Is this part of your bro code? >> You never maintain a relationship with anybody's ex. >> Yes. >> You have or you haven't? >> You don't. >> It's so [laughter] confusing. >> Yes, you don't. >> What? No, you don't. >> Unless you're no longer dating her. Then it's cool again. >> Oh, I was well I mean let's say that you have like a buddy and he's got his girlfriend that you only know her because of him. They end up breaking up. Do you still try to maintain a friendship with her?

10:58 Even though you're still friends with your buddy? >> No, I think that's weird. >> Yeah, me too. >> Unless you still want to be friend you don't want to be friends with your friend and >> With the friend, yeah. >> Exactly. If that guy is an ass then >> Yeah, then you like oh actually I liked her more than you as a friend. >> Yeah. >> Or for ████ purposes, whatever it is. >> Yeah. >> You know what I mean? Like you can only pick one I feel like. >> They could be your friend and you could pick ████ purposes at the same time? >> I guess if your friend is really chill. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Me personally, I just unfollow too. >> Oh yeah. >> Yeah, like it's just I just I don't know it just feels weird cuz I feel like I know her through you. >> Mhm. >> And then cuz I don't even maintain relationships with my own exes. Why would I maintain relationships with other exes? So, I'm like, that's crazy. But I I do feel like as you get older, like Joe was saying, like when you it the rules start to change because then there's like a a a length of rapport, and then people aren't just the dynamics

11:48 are muddier. It's not just, "Oh, this is an ex." Yeah. It could be an ex that also co-worker or became an in-law or like somehow familial a little bit because you've known each other so long. >> Yeah, I only do it if I really wanted to ████ them. >> [laughter] >> The friend? >> No, cuz then you go, "Oh, I can't resist. I'm going to want to try to ████ too much, so I unfollow, right?" Or like if I'm just [laughter] like, but I but I'm like, "You know what? There's no way in hell I would ████ his ex." But it's always great for pragmatical >> Because because she's an insurance adjuster. >> You just never know. >> Okay. >> It's better to have a bigger network than a smaller one. >> Yeah, you're right. That's true. All right, is this one Here's another one that that I think could change. This one could change over time as well, and this may be the one that maybe you don't all agree on. Uh anything confidentially

12:39 discussed between bros, you don't mention it to your girlfriend or wife. >> Yes, I agree. >> Yeah? >> Cuz you know, sometimes people look at it like, "Well, duh, I'm going to tell my wife." Or, "Duh, I'm going to tell my >> So, I think there's a difference. I think Depends on what it is. >> Yeah, so to me >> Yes, your wife, your spouse is now your life partner, right? They hold like the highest seat in your what that relationship hierarchy. >> Yeah. >> Um but if your homie tells you something that's just regular gossip, I think it's automatic going to make it to the wife. >> Okay, regular gossip. >> But if your homie is telling you something confidential >> Yeah. >> then that to me is a conversation between kings, and the queens don't need to know what the ████ they're talking about. >> Really, okay, cool. >> Because they also don't have the capacity to understand.

13:29 >> A [laughter] lot of I don't >> I also don't like guys that can't differentiate that. >> Because it's like don't you know that your wife is going to tell her friends? >> Sure, yeah. >> Yeah, yeah, that's >> Like she's going to tell her friends cuz it's it's they love to >> It's too juicy. >> Even when you look at her and you go don't tell your friends, they go okay, I won't. >> They're going to >> But like what's an example of like something that's just like gossip versus like actual confident. >> Like let's say let's say Joe told me hey, I think I'm going to kill my mom's husband or whatever, right? Like I'm not I just and I know he means it. >> Wow. >> [laughter] >> Dude, even his psychiatrist would have to disclose that. >> I know that if I told my wife or if I was going to help Joe, I know my wife will not understand. >> Yeah, I mean you're just not going to understand what murder is going to be

14:19 like. >> BUT THAT'S HARDCORE. >> [laughter] >> BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S LIKE EVEN IF IT WAS LEGAL. Like let's say we're we're we're we're soldiers, right? Even if it's legal, I don't want to taint the heart and mind of my wife. So to protect her, I just won't tell her certain details. She doesn't need to ████ know this ████ Or like things that happen in business that are just like horrible, I just don't want to tell her this ████ cuz she doesn't need to know the dirt. You know what I mean? It's like it's a if you work in a ████ oil rig, she doesn't need to know what >> Yeah, she doesn't need to know the PSI of the pump, yeah. >> I think there's like closer lines. Like let's say for example, if you know that let's say a friend of yours and their partner are like breaking up or something like that. That's kind of like

15:09 gossip. You could be like yo, this is about to happen. >> Yeah. >> If you know that that friend did it for a certain reason and that friend confided in you, then you don't reveal that reason even though you can gossip about them breaking up. >> Yeah, that's a good point. >> That's a nice way to keep You know what I'm saying? Like >> medium. >> Cuz you know your friend cheated like a ████ >> But like you don't know, right? Like cuz that's you don't talk about none of that stuff. And and that's I feel like it's bro code. It's it's not It's not like some version of evil. It's like you're It's you're not You're not in context to be able to explain the depth of something. So like you It's not your mouth to share. >> You know what you know what I think it is? It's like I think it's like when guys open up to each other, they're like, I don't know what the ████ to do. I need your help, right? So they're like, I don't have this sorted yet. So it's usually they're not just giving you

15:59 information. They're legitimately saying, help me sort this. >> Yeah. >> You take that information and go outside with it and even though wife is not outside, it's technically outside of that conversation. And I think that's the violation that certain guys don't understand you can't do. >> Yeah, cuz you're sharing the other guy's help me. But then when it comes through your mouth, it's already packaged a different way and the lady doesn't know that it was actually a cry for help. >> And it's supposed to stay in-house to solve that problem. And it's like, dude, even yeah, because guys will certain guys will take that beyond the group. >> Yeah. >> And I was like, so for me, I I clocked that. I know some people have loose ████ lips and they don't see a problem with that information that I confided in them with. And I'm like, that's fine. But now I know you're a

16:50 ████ gossipy ████ >> [laughter] >> Guys, comment down below what bro codes we missed or which ones you might have had growing up or some you have now. And then girls, comment under that how stupid all of those are. >> There's one more randomly randomly. It's the when you have to high-five a bro even if you don't want to in front of your wife, but you still have to dap them up for something they said or did. You still ████ have to. You don't leave your bro >> out their hand? >> Yeah, yeah. You don't leave your bro hanging. Even if they ████ do something stupid or scummy like if and you're just like, Like you can't leave them hanging. >> If someone just if they just randomly dap you up. >> Yeah, if they say something stupid they're like, "Am I right?" And even though it's like kind of dumb and then your wife is like, "This is so dumb." And then your wife looks over and you're like >> Oh, I see. I see. I see. Yeah. >> You just always have to dap them. I'm just >> they did something ████ up. It's just if they said some stupid ████ >> Yeah, not like committed a crime or anything. Yeah, yeah, no. I'm just saying you always have to dap them up.

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