10 little things that make men ridiculously happy
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Source – telegraph UK
Deep down, you’re still a 14-year old…
By Alex Proud
Men are simple creatures, which is why it only takes little things to make us very happy indeed. Here are Alex Proud’s top ten…
Men are, at heart, boys. You realise this, in your thirties or early forties when it suddenly strikes you that you’re never going to have a moment, when you think “My God, I’m an adult.” Of course, you own lots of adult stuff and have adult responsibilities and you’re a bit more chilled out about things. But, deep down you’re still a 14-year old. This realisation is actually a very good thing. In fact, in many ways, it’s the key to happiness as it makes you recognise that the little things that really make you happy are essentially grown-up versions of the things that made you happy when you were 12.
There’s another side to the male joy of small things though. As you age, you also start to see that a lot of activities that made you happy in your mid twenties (like staying out until 4am, three nights in a row) no longer do. Your body can’t take it any more – and even if it could, having three kids crawling all over you with a steaming hangover is too great a price to pay for chemically induced joie de vivre the night before. So, you start to look for healthier ways to be happy.
Finally, there’s technologically-assisted happiness. Again this plays to your inner geek, but many of us who grew up in the ’70s just can’t believe how brilliantly convenient and on-demand life has got. Mentally we’re hard-wired to expect slow service and limited choice so today’s digital cornucopia will always give those of us in our 40s a little bit of a thrill that our kids will never know.
So, what are the little things that mean a lot to men?
1. Lots of followers on social media
Yes, it’s stamp collecting for the digital age. And yes, they’ll often turn on you when when you make some ill-advised tweet. But how my heart leaps when I gain another dozen Twitter followers. And how validated do I feel by likes on Facebook. Speaking of validation, people at Twitter HQ, I’d really like one of those little blue ticks that shows I’m a “verified” account. Yes, I know it makes no real difference to me personally. I know it’s the modern equivalent of sewing a merit badge on my scout jumper. But it would make me feel like a VIT. It’s in your power to make me happy.
• Which is the world’s happiest country?
2. Transport upgrades
Is there any greater pleasure than hearing, “Sorry Mr Proud, economy is full, but we’ve managed to find you a seat in business?” My wife couldn’t care less, but then again, she is a foot shorter than me. I’d take this further, though. Upgrade my train seat. I love you. Upgrade my hire car. I love you. If I was hiring a bike for the day and you gave me one with 21 gears, rather than 18, I would love you. In fact, I would probably love you if you downgraded me and then upgraded me so I was back where I started.
3. Airport lounges
I don’t know. Perhaps it’s the depressing commercial squalor of UK airports which often makes you feel like you’re in a version of the Hunger Games, set in a shopping mall, with 100,000 contestants. After this, nothing beats walking through a discreet door into the air-con elegance and calm of your lounge where people are behaving like all air travellers did until around 1989. I do get the argument that airport lounges are expensive and that, rather than sit in one, I could sit in the total privacy of my own sitting room and leave an hour later. But there’s something about the word lounge and there’s something about leaving all those Ryanair stag dos behind. Besides, my own home doesn’t have four different kinds of fruit juice and an enticing selection of biscuits.
4. New technology
Many people bemoan our ever shorter upgrade cycles. Not me. New TVs, new cameras, new laptops and new phones… I love them all. Two years. One year. Six months. I love the idea that the time to upgrade is now. To be fair, I don’t think I’ve experienced a real “Eureka!” moment since my first Ericsson not-quite-dumbphone started downloading emails all those years ago, yet I religiously change phones every nine months, revelling in those incremental improvements. Heck, I even get excited when Android tells me it’s going to upgrade my operating system. Laugh if you will, but when my phone upgraded KitKat to Lollipop, I knew what happiness was.
• How happy are you?
5. Instant books
You used to read a review of a good history book in the Sunday Times and then you’d head down to your local bookshop which would stock mainly Jilly Cooper and Jeffrey Archer, so you’d have to order it – and wait two weeks. Now, you read the review, go on Amazon and it arrives the next day. Pretty soon, it will arrive within a few hours (and there’s always Kindle). When it comes to ordering books, my children will never know delayed gratification – and this is a very good thing.
6. Green juice
If you told me, 20 years ago, that I’d be drinking liquidised vegetables that had been put through my wife’s Nutribullet, I’d have spat my lager at you laughing before taking another bite of my kebab. But now, I love the way green juice combines smug virtue with just about enough science to appeal to my inner geek. Besides, like so many people who were in their twenties in the 1990s, when it comes to things that are bad for your body, I’ve been there, done that and got it out of my system; there won’t be many Lord Sewels in my generation. Now, it’s time to do some good – and kale juice is the new cocaine.
7. Ordering a second bottle of wine at lunch
Ideally you do this on a Thursday – and before you know it, it’s a 4pm and you realise there’s no point in going back to work. This is something that has actually become much nicer for being much rarer. When you do it regularly, it loses its appeal and you just become a regular, sweaty, heavy lunchtime drinker – and one who usually the goes back to work at 4:45pm, before being hit by a leaden hangover at 5pm. But done a couple of times a year, it’s brilliant – and combines the illicit, childish thrill of skiving with the grown-up pleasure of being able to afford decent wine.
• Five things you can do to be happier right now
8. Finding new episodes of TV series
How fantastic is it when you go onto Sky or Netflix and discover that there are another five or six episodes of Game of Thrones (or, in my case The Last Ship) that you haven’t watched. It’s like finding money down the back of the sofa or discovering that, even though most of the cereal has been eaten, the toy is still at the bottom. For people of my age there is the added technothrill of having grown up with three dreary channels in the ’70s. Every time I watch something on demand, there’s a little part of me that can’t believe this is possible.
9. Noticing you’ve lost weight
In my twenties, I never, ever thought about my weight, largely because a diet rich in lager and orange food had no effect on it. In my thirties, all this changed and my weight went in one direction: up. But in your forties, you come out of denial and start treating your body like a project – exercise and green juice goes in and weight-loss comes out. As a man, this appeals to both your nerdy, stat-obsessed side and your vanity. If someone else notices you’ve lost weight, that’s even better – it’s third-party validation. It’s like having your funny Tweet retweeted. If the person who comments on your weight loss is slim and pretty, it’s like having your Tweet retweeted by someone famous.
10. Shopping for a new (or second-hand) car
In a grown-up way, this allows you to indulge in an completely pointless fetishisation of gadgets. If you’re buying a new car, most new cars are pretty well made, so the gadgets and little details suddenly take on a disproportionate importance. Heated wing mirrors or heated steering wheel? Blind spot sensors, super-expensive stereo or some weird energy recovery system? That you will never use or even notice most of the gadgets only improves this aimless comparison shopping experience. It’s enjoyable even when you’re shopping for second-hand cars. There, you see the weird gadget packages others chose – and marvel at their peculiar choices. If you’re shopping for quite an old car, there’s fun to be had too. Many of the gadgets will have taken on a slightly retro, Star-Trekkish feel, allowing you to wallow in technostalgia for the gadgets of your salad days.
What are the little things that make you happy? …
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Deep down, you’re still a 14-year old…
By Alex ProudMen are simple creatures, which is why it only takes little things to make us very happy indeed. Here are Alex Proud’s top ten…
Men are, at heart, boys. You realise this, in your thirties or early forties when it suddenly strikes you that you’re never going to have a moment, when you think “My God, I’m an adult.” Of course, you own lots of adult stuff and have adult responsibilities and you’re a bit more chilled out about things. But, deep down you’re still a 14-year old. This realisation is actually a very good thing. In fact, in many ways, it’s the key to happiness as it makes you recognise that the little things that really make you happy are essentially grown-up versions of the things that made you happy when you were 12.
There’s another side to the male joy of small things though. As you age, you also start to see that a lot of activities that made you happy in your mid twenties (like staying out until 4am, three nights in a row) no longer do. Your body can’t take it any more – and even if it could, having three kids crawling all over you with a steaming hangover is too great a price to pay for chemically induced joie de vivre the night before. So, you start to look for healthier ways to be happy.
Finally, there’s technologically-assisted happiness. Again this plays to your inner geek, but many of us who grew up in the ’70s just can’t believe how brilliantly convenient and on-demand life has got. Mentally we’re hard-wired to expect slow service and limited choice so today’s digital cornucopia will always give those of us in our 40s a little bit of a thrill that our kids will never know.
So, what are the little things that mean a lot to men?
1. Lots of followers on social media
Yes, it’s stamp collecting for the digital age. And yes, they’ll often turn on you when when you make some ill-advised tweet. But how my heart leaps when I gain another dozen Twitter followers. And how validated do I feel by likes on Facebook. Speaking of validation, people at Twitter HQ, I’d really like one of those little blue ticks that shows I’m a “verified” account. Yes, I know it makes no real difference to me personally. I know it’s the modern equivalent of sewing a merit badge on my scout jumper. But it would make me feel like a VIT. It’s in your power to make me happy.
• Which is the world’s happiest country?
2. Transport upgrades
Is there any greater pleasure than hearing, “Sorry Mr Proud, economy is full, but we’ve managed to find you a seat in business?” My wife couldn’t care less, but then again, she is a foot shorter than me. I’d take this further, though. Upgrade my train seat. I love you. Upgrade my hire car. I love you. If I was hiring a bike for the day and you gave me one with 21 gears, rather than 18, I would love you. In fact, I would probably love you if you downgraded me and then upgraded me so I was back where I started.
3. Airport lounges
I don’t know. Perhaps it’s the depressing commercial squalor of UK airports which often makes you feel like you’re in a version of the Hunger Games, set in a shopping mall, with 100,000 contestants. After this, nothing beats walking through a discreet door into the air-con elegance and calm of your lounge where people are behaving like all air travellers did until around 1989. I do get the argument that airport lounges are expensive and that, rather than sit in one, I could sit in the total privacy of my own sitting room and leave an hour later. But there’s something about the word lounge and there’s something about leaving all those Ryanair stag dos behind. Besides, my own home doesn’t have four different kinds of fruit juice and an enticing selection of biscuits.
4. New technology
Many people bemoan our ever shorter upgrade cycles. Not me. New TVs, new cameras, new laptops and new phones… I love them all. Two years. One year. Six months. I love the idea that the time to upgrade is now. To be fair, I don’t think I’ve experienced a real “Eureka!” moment since my first Ericsson not-quite-dumbphone started downloading emails all those years ago, yet I religiously change phones every nine months, revelling in those incremental improvements. Heck, I even get excited when Android tells me it’s going to upgrade my operating system. Laugh if you will, but when my phone upgraded KitKat to Lollipop, I knew what happiness was.
• How happy are you?
5. Instant books
You used to read a review of a good history book in the Sunday Times and then you’d head down to your local bookshop which would stock mainly Jilly Cooper and Jeffrey Archer, so you’d have to order it – and wait two weeks. Now, you read the review, go on Amazon and it arrives the next day. Pretty soon, it will arrive within a few hours (and there’s always Kindle). When it comes to ordering books, my children will never know delayed gratification – and this is a very good thing.
6. Green juice
If you told me, 20 years ago, that I’d be drinking liquidised vegetables that had been put through my wife’s Nutribullet, I’d have spat my lager at you laughing before taking another bite of my kebab. But now, I love the way green juice combines smug virtue with just about enough science to appeal to my inner geek. Besides, like so many people who were in their twenties in the 1990s, when it comes to things that are bad for your body, I’ve been there, done that and got it out of my system; there won’t be many Lord Sewels in my generation. Now, it’s time to do some good – and kale juice is the new cocaine.
7. Ordering a second bottle of wine at lunch
Ideally you do this on a Thursday – and before you know it, it’s a 4pm and you realise there’s no point in going back to work. This is something that has actually become much nicer for being much rarer. When you do it regularly, it loses its appeal and you just become a regular, sweaty, heavy lunchtime drinker – and one who usually the goes back to work at 4:45pm, before being hit by a leaden hangover at 5pm. But done a couple of times a year, it’s brilliant – and combines the illicit, childish thrill of skiving with the grown-up pleasure of being able to afford decent wine.
• Five things you can do to be happier right now
8. Finding new episodes of TV series
How fantastic is it when you go onto Sky or Netflix and discover that there are another five or six episodes of Game of Thrones (or, in my case The Last Ship) that you haven’t watched. It’s like finding money down the back of the sofa or discovering that, even though most of the cereal has been eaten, the toy is still at the bottom. For people of my age there is the added technothrill of having grown up with three dreary channels in the ’70s. Every time I watch something on demand, there’s a little part of me that can’t believe this is possible.
9. Noticing you’ve lost weight
In my twenties, I never, ever thought about my weight, largely because a diet rich in lager and orange food had no effect on it. In my thirties, all this changed and my weight went in one direction: up. But in your forties, you come out of denial and start treating your body like a project – exercise and green juice goes in and weight-loss comes out. As a man, this appeals to both your nerdy, stat-obsessed side and your vanity. If someone else notices you’ve lost weight, that’s even better – it’s third-party validation. It’s like having your funny Tweet retweeted. If the person who comments on your weight loss is slim and pretty, it’s like having your Tweet retweeted by someone famous.
10. Shopping for a new (or second-hand) car
In a grown-up way, this allows you to indulge in an completely pointless fetishisation of gadgets. If you’re buying a new car, most new cars are pretty well made, so the gadgets and little details suddenly take on a disproportionate importance. Heated wing mirrors or heated steering wheel? Blind spot sensors, super-expensive stereo or some weird energy recovery system? That you will never use or even notice most of the gadgets only improves this aimless comparison shopping experience. It’s enjoyable even when you’re shopping for second-hand cars. There, you see the weird gadget packages others chose – and marvel at their peculiar choices. If you’re shopping for quite an old car, there’s fun to be had too. Many of the gadgets will have taken on a slightly retro, Star-Trekkish feel, allowing you to wallow in technostalgia for the gadgets of your salad days.
What are the little things that make you happy? …
9th point not for me. waise hi weight kam hai:-D
@B@R_0_0_D- yup till now i am buy why u said @@ria95@@ what is spcl about her:-D
bitter truth is “blow***” make men happiest 
An amazing advice by the great scholar
“A friend will not (literally) share your struggles, and a loved one cannot physically take away your pain, and a close one will not stay up the night on your behalf…
so look after yourself, protect it, nurture it…
and don’t give life’s events more than what they are really worth…
Be certain that when you break, no one will heal you except you, and when you are defeated no one will give you victory except your determination…your ability to stand up again and carry on is your responsibility…
Do not look for your self worth in the eyes of people; look for your worth from within your conscious…if your conscious is at peace then you will ascend high…and if you truly know yourself then what is said about you won’t harm you.
Do not carry the worries of this life… because this is for God..and do not carry the worries of sustenance because it is from God…and do not carry the anxiety for the future because it is in the Control of God…
Carry one thing: How to Please God. Because if you please Him, He Pleases you, fulfills you and enriches you.
Do not weep for a life that made your heart weep…just say “oh God…compensate me with good in this life and the hereafter”.
Sadness departs with prayers…happiness comes with a sincere prayers…God Does Not forget the good you do…nor does He Forget the good you did to others and the pain you relieved them from…Nor Will He Forget the eye which was about to cry but you made it laugh…
Live your life with this principle: Be good even if you don’t receive good…not because of others’ sake but because God Loves the good doers".
In a bizarre incident, two men in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province apparently tried to sell their kidney for Apple’s latest offering, the iPhone 6s.
One of the men identified as Wu, wanted an iPhone 6s but could not afford it. His friend Huang suggested they sell a kidney each for money.
The two found an illegal agent on the internet who asked them to take medical examinations at a hospital in Nanjing, state-run China Daily reported.
However, when they arrived at a hospital, the agent did not turn up as promised.
They later reconsidered selling the organs. Wu told his friend, Huang, to stop the plan but Huang did not listen.
Wu then called the police, but Huang ran away and has been out of reach ever since.
#pagalpan
When iphone 6 was launched a student of China had gone to rent out his GF to pay for it. Don’t know the authenticity of the news though.
Occasions In Life When We’re More Happy
One of the biggest reasons we look forward to birthdays is to get cake. Whether it’s our birthday or someone else’s, we always have our eyes on the cake! From ending our meal with dessert to sending sweets on festivals, we really don’t need any excuses to eat and exchange sweets. And in case you’ve run out of all excuses, here are some occasions when you would be more than happy to say “the sweets are on me”.
1. Getting Above Average Marks In An Exam You Were Sure Of Failing
Only you can understand the sheer joy of scoring 33.3% in your exams when you thought that there was no way you were going to pass that exam. The joy doubles when instead of getting border line marks, you get a lot more than you expected!
2. When The Cutest Girl In College Agrees To Go Out On A Date With You
Getting something that is close to impossible is the biggest achievement in ones life! The reason for your happiness is not just that she agreed to go out with you but the fact that now you are going to be one of the most popular boys in the college.
3. When You Get A Mid Year Promotion
When the rarest of rare things happen to you, you ought to celebrate! Who would have expected a promotion in the middle of the year?
@@DeepUdaipur@@
4. When Your Family Of Four Becomes Five On Arrival Of A Pet
Shout, scream, dance and tell the world that there is a new member in your family!
5. When You Reach The Station Ten Minutes After The Train’s Departure Time And Find It Still Standing On The Platform
You hurriedly get out of your car and run with all your luggage to the platform, pretty sure you’ve missed the train. But God had other plans. Bring out the sweets we say!
6. When You Get Your First Salary
The feeling of being independent is unbeatable! The first thing you do on receiving your pay cheque is buy a box of sweets on your way back home.
7. When You Buy A New Car
Talking about cars, did you know that Maruti Suzuki has sold more than 1 million Dzire? To share their joy they gave away goodies as a part of their campaign called “Sweets Are On Us”. 3 lakh chocolates and a million branded balloons were given away at installations across major cities. Sweet!
8./when u won gold coin from didi !
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
3. When You Get A Mid Year Promotion
When the rarest of rare things happen to you, you ought to celebrate! Who would have expected a promotion in the middle of the year?
@@DeepUdaipur@@
@krishan42933
@asoka
@rajdesidime
4. When Your Family Of Four Becomes Five On Arrival Of A Pet
Shout, scream, dance and tell the world that there is a new member in your family!
I m not in any.
Naukri mujse kavi huyi nhi aur uski chahat mein tha nhi.
Isliye zindagi chal rhi hein dusron ko dual dene mein aur khud fakir ban apne hi mehelon mein.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from
common things.
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a
detour.
We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
Keep the Faith…
A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy.
If you want to be happy, be.
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit,
never completely forget about it.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up always in hope of confident trust.
If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
As of time n keep goings keep smiling seek world protections among people beside Individuals goings much aware as life time those works job life and beside those at families or single life God knows best N its goings thank 4 new day always wherever n Individuals or those at families within countries in Goodness in harmony peace Understanding hearts n forgiveness n unity love care
A fantastic piece of wisdom:
# Have a firm handshake.
- Look people in the eye.
- If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.
- Keep secrets.
- Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.
- Always accept an outstretched hand.
- Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.
- Avoid sarcastic remarks.
- Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 per cent of all your happiness or misery.
- Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never find out.
- Lend only those books you never care to see again.
- Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all that they have.
- When playing games with children, let them win.
- Give people a second chance, but not a third.
- Be romantic.
- Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
- Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.
- Don’t allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It’s there for our convenience, not the caller’s.
- Be a good loser.
- Be a good winner.
- Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
- Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
- Keep it simple.
- Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.
- Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.
- Live your life so that your epitaph could read, No Regrets
- Be bold and courageous. When you look back on life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
- Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
- Remember no one makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick to acknowledge those who helped you.
- Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
- Visit friends and relatives when they are in hospital; you need only stay a few minutes.
- Once in a while, take the scenic route.
- Send a lot of wish cards. Sign them, ‘Someone who thinks you’re terrific.’
- Answer the phone with enthusiasm and energy in your voice.
- Keep a note pad and pencil on your bed-side table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 a.m.
- Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
- Send your loved ones flowers. Think of a reason later.
- Make someone’s day by paying the toll for the person in the car behind you.
- Become someone’s hero.
- Marry only for love.
- Count your blessings.
- Compliment the meal when you’re a guest in someone’s home.
- Wave at the children on a school bus.
- Remember that 80 per cent of the success in any job is based on your ability to deal with people.
- Don’t expect life to be fair
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The person don’t interested in other critic topic of feminism , can tell their reasons of , explain the situations when they were last happy ?
( so the topic complement the other topic)
@Aarya
@prinkle