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This is 1 of the best blogs I've prolly read in a very long time. Being a man I use to fall prey to the good guy victimization, A lot of us do . As I read there was some push back and I wanted to interrupt the convo as if we were talking, but you clarified . I think it's a bit deeper and more complex. Most men were never raised up by society to " be themselves " we were raised to be an asset and to provide and be a Man you get the $ the job the car the woman etc etc... There shouldn't be a broad brush that is a indictment on either sex... no one is obligated to anyone no matter how good of a person they are. I have been on all sides of this debate and I can say the most happiest I have been in my life is when I'm being myself. I surrounded myself with people and date women who like me for me. I'm not tall , not super attractive or in shape im not rich ( not yet) I'm not popular or dangerous ... but I will say I know some the most beautiful women on this planet and some men & women can't understand how know them ... I tell them I'm just being myself no false intentions or motives ... and in being myself it doesn't lead to connections intimate or platonic.. but it filters out my tribe and who in able to connect with ...

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