Excellent post
RazorRambo24
I'm 59 and admittedly past my zenith, but still do fairly well for someone my age. But I'm not going to kid myself. My best years are behind me.
Throughout my postings on SS, I've occasionally mentioned female conquests that I never believed that I'd achieve (more than once, I've slept with two women in one day and one time, slept with three) but I've also experienced and mentioned equal failures that were embarrassing to admit.
Although not as common as I've grown older, I can still meet a girl that can put my head in the clouds. After the 'haze' dissipates, I will look back on my behavior and feel like the biggest fool. I'm almost sixty and should know better, but we all have flaws and this is one of mine.
I've slept with close to eighty women. If I counted women that I've recycled (women from past relationships that years later I dated again or they returned as a FWB) or blow/hand jobs etc... it would be over 100. I've probably slept with about half the women I've dated and so I've (realistically) dated somewhere between 175 to 200 women. But again, despite some long-term relationships and some 'light-hearted' action, I'll still make a few mistakes. If we are honest with ourselves and honest with other forum members, we all (despite our history) have and will continue to make mistakes.
On this forum, it's easy to spot the fakes. These are the ones that will haze and bully a new member that is laying his troubles on the line. These particular people are the least successful and feel inadequate (and their posting behavior is their only way to feel 'empowered.')
Those of us that are older didn't grow up with a forum like SS. Many of us also didn't grow up with encouraging fathers and/or the best masculine role models. In today's society, I think that it's even more difficult for young men (societal attitudes are damaging and quite influencing).
If I can prevent a newbie from jumping through hoops and trying to get his ex back (as I did in my youth and feeling 100% humiliated) then I've made life easier for someone than it was for me. Learning from my mistakes and attempting to prevent a fellow brother from going through the same... is why I'm still here (though not as frequent these days).