From my friend, Mary

Rules For Our Sons:
1. Never shake a man’s hand while sitting down.
2. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs ain’t one.
3. The man at the grill is the closest thing we have to a king.
4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.
5. Act like you’ve been there before. Especially in the end zone.
6. Request the late check-out.
7. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
8. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
9. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
10. Don’t fill up on bread.
11. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look him in the eye.
12. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
13. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.
14. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
15. You marry the girl, you marry her whole family.
16. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.
17. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
18. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
19. Never turn down a breath mint.
20. In a game of HORSE, sometimes a simple free throw will get ’em.
21. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.
22. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
23. Thank a veteran. And then make it up to him.
24. If you want to know what makes you unique, sit for a caricature.
25. Eat lunch with the new kid.
26. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.
27. Ask your dad to play. He won’t let you win. You have to earn it.
28. See it on the big screen.
29. Give credit. Take the blame.
30. Write down your dreams.
31. ONLY THE REAL SURVIVE (You dont Work you dont Eat)
32. Look a person in his eyes when you're talking to them.
33. Walk closest to the curb when walking with a female.
34. Love your mother because you won't get another.
35. Say it with your chest all the time!
36. Never break your word.
37. Never use a urinal next to another man.
38. Learn how to cook. Feed yourself.
39. If you walk in your fathers' footsteps, make them bigger!
40. Be a father to your child one day.