Simon & Bridgerton

Am I detail-oriented? Guilty. I can’t stand it when I don’t get the vacuum lines just right, when I fail to load the dishwasher efficiently and when my file folders for important papers get out of alphabetic order. Yes, I prefer not to use the granite cleaner on the stainless steel or the microfiber cloths for anything but dusting and it’s true that I only feed Bridgerton organic dog food and insist on playing fetch with a BPA-free frisbee.

Listen, besides riding my motorcycle, walking my dog and carrying heavy things for my elderly neighbor, I get that I don’t fit the outdated definition of “manly.” But if caring about cleanliness, organization, planning the perfect date night and my best furry friend’s health is wrong, I don’t want to be right.