Angry Rant About What's Wrong With The Men (and women) In Austin:

[post_pedestal]

Since Vic and I broke it off, I've been a bit lonely. I don't want to jump into anything with anyone though, and I'm beginning to think that women in Austin don't know how to raise their boys right. Or maybe it's the lack of single attractive men

Comments

[post_pedestal]

Exactly, but not just that, men stopped being men when women started being lonely and desperate enough to sleep with them anyway, and feed them, and let them move in with them, and allowed them to be deadbeats. I believe that if more women networked and created stronger ties and friendships, I think that not only would it increase women's ability to achieve career success, but it would stave off the loneliness so that men would have to put more energy into attracting a woman's attention. Everyone needs love and closeness, but settling for a Peter Pan because you're just not finding a Prince Charming is only perpetuating the problem.

I'm not innocent in this either, and I don't think any woman could claim to be.

[capsaicinoid]

"I'm not innocent in this either, and I don't think any woman could claim to be."

thank you for acknowledging responsibility in the equation.

i'm reminded of a saying: "people will give you as much shit as you allow them to." or something to that effect.

don't blame the guy for breeching your integrity if you're letting it happen. your boundaries are yours to establish and maintain.

[capsaicinoid]

um... they weren't "men" to begin with. they were boys in disguise. once they got what they wanted, they dropped the act and their real selves emerged.

[anonymous]

BINGO

[post_pedestal]

I own The Dangerous Book For Boys, and it will be well worn by the time I give it to my future children, whether they be boys or girls.

I don't think it's necessarily risk and danger that leads boys to grow, I think it's more to do with how easy life has been made for everyone, how most people don't understand and willfully ignore what they're capable of doing and making and manifesting because the idea of "happiness is sitting on the couch drinking beer and watching TV after doing what crappy job I have to in order to get by" has been bred into our society and not very many people are willing to question it. But it's just a pre-packaged idea of what a human life should be like, and people don't seem to link their unhappiness to their lifestyle choices. People can choose to challenge themselves, but they've been conditioned since birth to chase the "easy life".