He felt the tension release the minute he closed the door. She’d never understand it. She didn’t need to.
He loved his mess. A male sanctuary requires no explanation, no organization, no routine cleaning. No worry about shavings, little pieces of electrical wiring. No reason for the variety of “kept things.” The frisbee game. The tool chest. The wire netting. The garden tools he never used.
His computer let him travel , using his “globe” to dream of far-away places where his pants didn’t need to be patched, or buttons sewn back on his shirts.
Ahhhhhhh!
Just Writing! 
You have described that need for one’s own space perfectly 🙂
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I liked the idea of “no reason”, though, of course, there’s always a reason, just not one we’re necessarily aware of
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Lovely, gentle teasing, Linda! I love the way you include so many items from the prompt.
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Thanks, Penny. I always appreciate your comments.
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Everyone needs a hideaway, and a chance to live vicariously once in a while
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Yes. I escape into a good book 🙂
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Up until now, I’d never noticed you had another blog, other than the specifically Christian one. It’s good to see you’re involved with this group too
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Larry, doing FF has made me so aware of extra words! Besides, it’s fun and I meet a lot of interesting people 🙂
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Yes we have quite a very wide variety of characters to deal with here
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This was a wonderful take, Linda. A man’s cave to dream his dreams in peace and mess..
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My Terry has his basement workshop, his garage, his attic, his shed, a couple of truck bodies—do you think that’s enough ?
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Haha!! Sounds like Mick! And I have to deal with it all now…
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Ha! Loved it, so true for most of us 🙂
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Every man needs his cave 🙂
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Dear Linda,
I think that explains the longevity of my own marriage. We each have our own spaces in which to be messy and dream. Interesting that you picked up on the disc golf goal. Not everyone would. 😉 Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It was in another prompt some months back, and I had no idea what it was. Learned, though, which is something I really love about FF. I learn so much through all of you.
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I always wonder why it’s not common for women to have a get-away place?! Very nice description, Linda.
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Thanks. I guess people would just assume that home is her getaway place. That might work if she leaves every day for a job, for a stay-at-home mom? Not so much 🙂
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Au contraire I have my own get-away. No boys allowed 😊
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Happy in his own little world. I agree with Brenda, why do women never feel the same way.
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I think they do. I know I did. But if a woman disappears into her she-shed, she has to make sure everything is all ready for everyone she’s getting away from. It’s a lot of work 🙂
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I love this.. though I mostly share my space I have seen this a lot.
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Thank you, Bjorn 🙂
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it can’t really be called a mess as long as he finds whatever he’s looking for whenever he needs it. 🙂
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My husband says I’m to paste a gold star on your forehead 🙂
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It’s great to have a space that no one needs to understand. Just be. Ahhh.
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Zackly 🙂
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I have a little sanctuary room of my own. True it’s a bit neater than the one you described, but every bit as important to me.. This was wonderful.
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A perfect sanctuary indeed!
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Excellent description of one of life’s necessities!
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Each person needs a sanctuary of their own, where their the things are organised (or disorganized, according to others) according to the ease and needs. As long as the common area of the house is ideal for the outsiders, all is a beauty…
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Agreed.
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No doubt, before long the political correctness brigade will consider man caves to be unacceptably sexist!
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Well, I’ve seen ads involving a She Shed, so maybe that movement is already under way 🙂
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Even Superman had a Fortress of Solitude. Shouldn’t we all?
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Absolutely
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Sometimes one just needs time away from it all. Well-described.
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There is such peace in this. His odd collection, the idea that his clothes can go all ratty in his man-cave, silence or not. Loved this!
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Thank, Alice. I appreciate your kind comment.
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Love the description of the sanctuary. It is great to have a place to call your own.
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We all need a little space of our own sometimes. Nicely done!
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Everyone needs somewhere to escape to and he’s a lucky man not to have to worry about his pants falling apart. I am sure all those details are taken care of by “somebody”, along with the occasional meal or two which appears as if by magic, while he enjoys his man cave. That’s how good partnerships work.
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Yes. And the bonus for her, if there is a “her,” is that when he goes to his sanctuary, she gets some peace and quiet, too. After the kids are all grown and gone. And if she’s not babysitting grandkids. . . .
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Beautiful take on the prompt. Everyone needs a space of his/her own. Very well expressed.
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Are there a variety of old oil cans in this sanctuary, by any chance? 😉 This story made me think of the other one you wrote about oil cans and tea pots.
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No, no oil cans in this one 🙂 Maybe he slipped in one of those teapots, though.
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One of YOUR teapots? 😉
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Who knows? He finds odd uses for things, and a teapot may have been useful for, I don’t know, storing his nuts and bolts? He’d use one that he figures I wouldn’t miss 🙂
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Yea, for a lady you have a remarkable understanding of what is important to us.
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Why, thank you! I should, really. Had a dad, a brother, a husband, three sons, six grandsons—-if you don’t figure out the male species, you’re going to live a very unhappy life 🙂 Anyway, I LIKE men, with all their weird habits and foibles. They certainly keep my life interesting 🙂
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It’s never a mess just ordered chaos. Nice one Linda.
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Yes. If anyone were to go there and organize, the poor guy wouldn’t be able to find a thing 🙂
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Such a great description, Linda – could be of my hubby who loves mess!
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