{"id":18217,"date":"2018-03-11T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T10:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18217"},"modified":"2024-06-29T04:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:37:24","slug":"rules-for-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18217","title":{"rendered":"RULES FOR SONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Father_To_Son.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18218\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Father_To_Son-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"Father_To_Son\" width=\"773\" height=\"745\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1. Never shake a man\u2019s hand sitting down.<br \/>\n2. Don\u2019t enter a pool by the stairs.<br \/>\n3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king.<br \/>\n4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.<br \/>\n5. Request the late check-out.<br \/>\n6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.<br \/>\n7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.<br \/>\n8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.<br \/>\n9. Play with passion or not at all\u2026<br \/>\n10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.<br \/>\n11. Don\u2019t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.<br \/>\n12. If you need music on the beach, you\u2019re missing the point.<br \/>\n13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.<br \/>\n14. You marry the girl, you marry her family.<br \/>\n15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.<br \/>\n16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.<br \/>\n17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.<br \/>\n18. Never turn down a breath mint.<br \/>\n19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.<br \/>\n20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.<br \/>\n21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.<br \/>\n22. Eat lunch with the new kid.<br \/>\n23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.<br \/>\n24. Ask your mom to play. She won\u2019t let you win.<br \/>\n25. Manners maketh the man.<br \/>\n26. Give credit. Take the blame.<br \/>\n27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.<br \/>\n28. Write down your dreams.<br \/>\n29. Always protect your siblings (and teammates).<br \/>\n30. Be confident and humble at the same time.<br \/>\n31. Call and visit your parents often. They miss you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Never shake a man\u2019s hand sitting down. 2. Don\u2019t enter a pool by the stairs. 3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Request the late check-out. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Hold your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18217\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RULES FOR SONS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51514,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18217\/revisions\/51514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}