Trying to date these days is fucking horrible. It's all about "the apps" because women "don't want to be bothered" in person or in public. (Except of course if you're obviously rich or exceptionally tall and good looking --then it's ok.)
Social media has put "hoeflation" into over-drive. Women's expectations for what they expect in a man are completely outlandish, while they continue to contribute less and less.
I'm not bad looking, but nothing to write home about, have several hobbies, am generally useful, responsible, caring, and by most measures, am well-employed.
I haven't been on a date since before the "pandemic". I was on "the apps" for several months; Tinder, OK Cupid, Hinge. Each day I'd go through my allotment of "likes" on each app --hundreds a week.
Didn't get a single "like" back (that wasn't a bot whose account no longer existed when I tried to view the profile) in that entire time, let alone messages or dates.
I'm now in my late 30s so the 20-somethings aren't interested because I'm old, and the single women my age are 95% single moms. And then you add in all the alphabet mafia bullshit, BLM loving, non-sense and the dating pool for a normal, conservative guy is miniscule.
So, all I do is work, go home, and shoot pistols. All my friends have families, so I'm kind of the odd-man out.
Same here, but now finding more & more life is much simpler when dealing with anything in the safe or shop vs some latch on looking for a free ride, that has to be gushed over all the time.
Gentlemen, don't feel bad. You have no idea how big of a guided missile has missed you!
I was married twice. Each time, I thought that I had found the "right one." Each one made my life a living hell and I lost a fortune because of them. One mother-in-law even tried to have me killed.
My relatives and most one-time friends believed the lies one of the ex-wives spread about me. My children were even turned against me. So I turned my back and walked away from all of them.
The friends that didn't believe the lies have stuck closer to me than blood relatives. My new friends are more precious to me than the kids that have betrayed me.
So don't look back but forward. No woman is worth losing your freedom, sanity or fortune over. There are new adventures waiting for you. There are over 8.2 billion people in the world. So there's no excuse for not finding a close friend or two.
I live alone and there is finally peace in my life. It's fantastic. I like to treat myself to a nice dinner at a nice restaurant every now and then. There's no embarrassment when I get the "table for one" while there are couples all around me. I just smile and think that the poor sap paying for that dame's dinner is eventually going to get screwed over.
I watch the families with children and always notice how the mom is in charge. That may not be noticeable to some single men but I can tell right way.
You can see the misery on the father's face as mommy has to be the center of attention of the children. The poor man can't even enjoy his children because of the selfish bitch that he's married to.
Pity the poor man that dares to smack an unruly child on the butt in public because the "good" mommy will put him in his place or he will get the CPS hounds on his ass.
Now don't get me wrong. I like children. At one time, mine were sweet and cuddly bundles of joy until the ex-wives got sole custody. They are an adult freak show now. I love my kids but don't have to like them, put up with their insanity or be around them.
Gentlemen, I say all of this to emphasize the fact that you are not missing anything. Count yourself lucky.
I spent 23 years in the military; active duty and reserve. I was to young to go to Vietnam but wanted to join the army so bad back then.
When I did enlist, a lot of the older NCOs who befriended me and were in Vietnam opened up about the utter futility and frustrations over there. I met a lot of POWs who were permanently crippled because of what the gooks did to them. They all told me that I didn't miss anything.
My father was a WWII veteran and told me that I didn't miss anything either.
For some reason the Army wouldn't take me for Desert Storm or OEI. I really wanted to see some action and kill some terrorists but they wouldn't take me. I had some skill sets that were unique and they were also short of. So I'm baffled as to why I couldn't go overseas to fight.
Some younger friends who served in the sandbox have a lot of health problems because of the burn pits and SARS vaccines (aka Covid shots). Keep in mind those are non-combat disabilities.
So I look at them and think that my health could really be messed up now even if I were lucky enough not to get wounded. God probably saved me from my own stupidity.
I say that because I've learned that war and marriage have a lot in common. There's no love and glory in either.
