Dhoulmagus said:
because this site could make you paranoid about ***. Most of my friends with gfs thinks this site is full of bull and they are fine with letting their gfs hang out with their exes on the reg.
That's because this site is for men whose relationship skills don't come to them naturally.
Even though I consider myself to more or less have my sht together when it comes to women and even though I can't identify with many of the posts on here, I still visit the site because I need those tune ups and reminders. I've just never been one of those people who come into happy, healthy relationships with ease.
An unfortunate side effect is that a site like this that attracts men genuinely interested in self-improvement so that they can have happy, healthy relationships inevitably attract bitter guys who have been burned in the past and now believe that happy, healthy relationships are a myth. They think those guys who were able to meet a girl, get married and live in harmony without reading the DJ bible are still plugged into the matrix and don't realize how much their life sucks. Of course, that's just bitter dude groupthink.
Fact is, if you want to be a DJ and bang different women for the rest of your life - this site is for you. If you're after a happy, healthy relationship - this site is also for you. The wisdom to be a real man with a solid relationship is on here, you just have to be selective about what wisdom you listen to. Happy, healthy relationships often don't involve the man obsessing over boundaries and disrespect - take too many of those threads to heart and you'll never have a quality LTR - but they do involve keeping a strong frame, keeping your gf/wife off a pedestal, etc - pay attention to that advice here and you'll be golden.
It's all about knowing what you want. Sometimes I read posters on here who write about being a bachelor into their 80s, but I get the vibe it's not what they want deep down. It's just what you say on here to fit in. Some guys say they never want to get married only because they've been burned. Others say they never want to get married or have an LTR because they REALLY don't want to. I'd put the latter in the minority here. Most guys come here because they had their heart broken - if they had their heart broken, it's because at one time they believed in love, marriage and all that stuff.
Identify the advice on here that will help you and internalize that. Trash the rest. No problem wanting to be single, no problem wanting an LTR. But
be able to recognize what conventional wisdom on here is toxic to those on the relationship path.
Was that too much of a rant? Was in need of procrastination from work. I'll just bold the important part. Peace.