jhonny9546
Master Don Juan
You thought you'd marry the girl you grew up with, stay close to your childhood friends, build a predictable life with the same habits and milestones.
Marriage, kids, a shared home, a nice car, trips together, and the quiet pressure to do what everyone else was doing.
But for some, something changed. That script broke, and suddenly, as single men, you began seeing the world, women, those around you, and yourselves through a different lens.
Before, you may have lacked respect, had no time for yourself, felt tied to obligations, but you had frequent, though average, sex, and a place in the social fabric.
Now, perhaps you’re more respected, more mature, with a higher sense of self-worth. The sex is less frequent but better, yet you feel more isolated, because you know you can only rely on yourself.
Life changes. I see it in mine, and in others. I read it in the words shared here and elsewhere.
Every culture, whether American, Italian, Thai, Indian, Chinese, or Japanese, gave us an idea of adulthood — a home, a family, a solid career. But for many, that ideal was never fully reached.
We feel betrayed by a world that promised warmth but often delivers isolation. Let’s not lie to ourselves — yes, we gain value and strength over time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t feel alone. I know what that feels like, and so do you.
Some say you can feel lonelier in bad company, but those who’ve built families know what I mean.
It’s not about idealizing, it’s about belonging to something greater, a cultural project, a shared human effort.
Our culture has weakened, but men still thrive where they can build, homes, tools, relationships, meaning.
We don’t grow by focusing only on ourselves. Men create, they cooperate. And cooperation, not competition, is what made this world better.
So yes, forums like this focus on "building value," "demanding respect," and "never lowering your worth." And that’s useful. But it’s not the whole picture.
To build something meaningful, you must give something of yourself, time, effort, commitment. Risk.
A man finds purpose in building, especially in building a family. And that truth may not be clear to the young or inexperienced, but it will be, in time. There’s no greater joy than being truly loved by a woman, your children, your friends, and the people you meet.
No greater value than that.
This is the case of people who meet when they're young, live with little, and make their plans, on the fortunate path of their journey, they'll face no obstacles (we know of). Sometimes, less means having more
Marriage, kids, a shared home, a nice car, trips together, and the quiet pressure to do what everyone else was doing.
But for some, something changed. That script broke, and suddenly, as single men, you began seeing the world, women, those around you, and yourselves through a different lens.
Before, you may have lacked respect, had no time for yourself, felt tied to obligations, but you had frequent, though average, sex, and a place in the social fabric.
Now, perhaps you’re more respected, more mature, with a higher sense of self-worth. The sex is less frequent but better, yet you feel more isolated, because you know you can only rely on yourself.
Life changes. I see it in mine, and in others. I read it in the words shared here and elsewhere.
Every culture, whether American, Italian, Thai, Indian, Chinese, or Japanese, gave us an idea of adulthood — a home, a family, a solid career. But for many, that ideal was never fully reached.
We feel betrayed by a world that promised warmth but often delivers isolation. Let’s not lie to ourselves — yes, we gain value and strength over time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t feel alone. I know what that feels like, and so do you.
Some say you can feel lonelier in bad company, but those who’ve built families know what I mean.
It’s not about idealizing, it’s about belonging to something greater, a cultural project, a shared human effort.
Our culture has weakened, but men still thrive where they can build, homes, tools, relationships, meaning.
We don’t grow by focusing only on ourselves. Men create, they cooperate. And cooperation, not competition, is what made this world better.
So yes, forums like this focus on "building value," "demanding respect," and "never lowering your worth." And that’s useful. But it’s not the whole picture.
To build something meaningful, you must give something of yourself, time, effort, commitment. Risk.
A man finds purpose in building, especially in building a family. And that truth may not be clear to the young or inexperienced, but it will be, in time. There’s no greater joy than being truly loved by a woman, your children, your friends, and the people you meet.
No greater value than that.
This is the case of people who meet when they're young, live with little, and make their plans, on the fortunate path of their journey, they'll face no obstacles (we know of). Sometimes, less means having more