My story:
Was heavily influenced by my mother mother since she's the bread winner in our family because daddy was a total failure and loser who taught me nothing beside giving me his inability to control emotions - which, as you all know, is a vital skill all men must have.
Growing up that way, I was always a loser and bluepilled beta. Until a few years ago, while in a relationship with my girlfriend, whose average in the looks department, I was head over heels with this married chick, to the point I ditched my then girlfriend to show my "real love" for this married chick with the hope that she'd leave her unhappy marriage with her uncaring husband or at least that's what she said.
But the moment she knew I broke up with my then girlfriend, she started to lose interest for me, bit by bit, day by day, to the point she eventually gave me a long-a$$ sms about how she thought this is a mistake and that she's sorry blah blah blah...
At this point, of course I begged her, I literally cried and begged for her love like a little b!tch hahaha. Now, looking back, I should have just kept her as a plate for a quick weekend fvck no more no less, instead of buying into her BS and tried to "rescue" her from her "unhappy marriage" hahaha
This happened when I was in a foreign country to study. So, being a weak, needy, and desperate beta that I was, I was in fetus position all day and night, didn't eat anything, cried myself to sleep, drunk, smoked... and stopped going to class.
And since I stopped going to classes, I quit school and went back to my home country. No job. No girlfriend. Nothing.
That's when I started to learn about all these things, and become who I am now. I wish I had knew this stuff in my early 20's but that's life. Being a lateboomer is better than being a beta forever.