Here I am, my introduction!

[Anonymous 0]

Welcome home, Steve
Beer’s in the fridge.

You are half way there already. If you get enjoyment from mountain biking. DO IT!! Just remember that you are 45 now.
Welcome again

[StealthParticipant 5360]

The good news is that you don’t have to know the answers to all these questions. They may sort themselves out all on their own as you focus on your own physical and mental well-being.

It is telling when the smoke clears, and the last memory we have of ourselves was from our late teens. I’m in the same boat, as are many others here. There’s cognitive dissonance from having once really lived and glimpsed the vastness of our potential, then awaking suddenly in a surreal world with rising smoke from a war that leaves pounds of your flesh and decades of your life unaccounted for.

Something about accepting everything that has already happened, as if it were supposed to happen…
And choosing your own adventure going forward. Picking up where you left off, but not really. All of the s~~~ that led you to where you are today is part of the new knowledge you have… And the knowledge you’ve lost, which leaves all these big questions open-ended and ripe for rediscovery.

But where you are today–and who you are today–just know you’re in the right place. And we’re glad you’ve joined us!

"Once you’ve taken care of the basics, there’s very little in this world for which your life is worth deferring." -David Hansson. "It’s not when women are mean or nasty that anything is out of the ordinary. It’s when they are NICE to you that you have to be on high alert..." -Jackinov.

[SteveParticipant 46]

Thanks for the welcome….. there is so much to read through inside here, it’s going to take some time! I will tell my story soon guys, that way you’ll have a better idea who I am! I don’t want to rush any of this… I need a absorb anything here.

[ShineParticipant 1696]

Welcome Steve. This place is invaluable for men talking with men, something you think that would come naturally within the confines of the matrix. This is for those who choose the red pill and wish to stare down the rabbit hole into wornderland.

It really is refreshing to think, act and speak as a man freely and without prejudice.

"Society is to blame" Denton

[SpiderHerderParticipant 3783]

I’m glad you could join us !

You’re gonna love this new life of yours. But if it gets rough, we’ll be there if you need us.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

I hope you find the way that is best for you. Dont ever let a bitch back into your life.

[CombatRollParticipant 2594]

Steve – Welcome and know that you will recover. Don’t let what she did to you ruin your outlook or happiness.

Get yourself back in shape. A healthy mind starts with a healthy body and you will see when you get fit that your outlook will be much brighter.

Tell us more… I guarantee there are guys here with worse stories.

Get off your ass and get moving. You have a lot left to do and life is good!

[SuggestiusParticipant 3312]

Stick to us, Steve, until your rage is gone.

Happiness for all and let no one be forgotten ("Roadside picnic", Arkady and Boris Strugatsky)

[Bird of PreyParticipant 108]

Carnage wrote:

The Black Scorpion wrote:

Steve wrote:

I’m 45 and have basically don’t have much going for me anymore!

You have your freedom and peace of mind which is what most 45 year old men don’t have.

I see them at 50-60, my colleagues, dead eyes, tired of life, beat up, wishing they could scape, they wasted their life on kids they dont even see and have a wife they cant stand, trust me, you are doing just fine.

Carnage I am a big time lurker here And notice your posts often, most of them being quite abrasive abc extreme and I imagine there is reason for it.
But when I read your reply to this bloke it struck me how supportive this place is when fellas need it. Good for you mate.

“If a young man gets married, starts a family, and spends the rest of his life working at a soul-destroying job, he is held up as an example of virtue and responsibility. The other type of man, living only for himself, working only for himself, doing first one thing and then another simply because he enjoys it and because he has to keep only himself, sleeping where and when he wants, and facing woman when he meets her, on equal terms and not as one of a million slaves, is rejected by society. The free, unshackled man has no place in its midst.” ― Esther Vilar, The Manipulated Man

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