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BlueAlpha1
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Let me share a story about an encounter I had at a Subway restaurant yesterday. The cast includes an myself, an old man, an alpha, and an omega.
I was waiting in line behind old man who was ordering a bunch of subs for his entire family. He changed his mind multiple times and apologized to the employee (an obvious Alpha), stating “have to keep the family happy.” The pleasantly plump omega male of about 4’11” standing behind me, who is the focal point of this story. We pick it up from here.
Old man: Sorry for the confusion, have to keep the family happy.
Alpha Employee: (sarcastically) Happy wife, happy life.
Me: What about happy husband, happy life? Flip the script.
Alpha Employee: Touché! I like that!
Old man: Doesn’t work that way young man. (Old man leaves)
Me: It can if you meet a decent girl.
Omega troll: I’m married. What does that mean for me?
Me: Do you listen to her, or does she listen to you?
Omega troll: I listen to her!
Me: There’s your problem right there. Do you ever question this?
Omega troll: No, it’s always been that way.
* We all share a laugh, and I take my food to a table. Thinking I left, omega troll picks back up. *
Omega troll: I’m guessing that guy is single! I wonder why. Haha!
Me: You mean this guy here?
Omega troll: Oh, yeah. *Surprised, he tries to pretend he wasn’t talking trash, then leaves*
After Omega Troll leaves, myself and Alpha Employee have a brief discussion about what it means to be a man today. I ask him how many girlfriends he currently has, guessing about 4. I was wrong – he had 3. He very obviously had some game, was in good shape, and understood exactly what I was trying to say. Yet, the two other men in the room did not.
As we all know, every woman believes she is entitled in relationships, but the most troubling thing is a lot of men believe this too. The myth that Omega Troll was perpetuating was the myth of the lonely old man (credit to Rollo Tomassi), which implies I will die miserable and without love if I don’t eventually learn to kowtow to women. It’s not the first time I’ve been told this – I’d heard it once before by an obese, bald coworker making $12 an hour at 47 years old.
I draw hope from the fact that seemingly more than a few men are finally catching on to this scam. I told Alpha Employee that while our father’s generation and elements of our own are too far gone, our sons can be a different story. So I ask you -
Is the manosphere doing its job effectively, or are we as much as of a secret society as we were when "The Game" was published?
I was waiting in line behind old man who was ordering a bunch of subs for his entire family. He changed his mind multiple times and apologized to the employee (an obvious Alpha), stating “have to keep the family happy.” The pleasantly plump omega male of about 4’11” standing behind me, who is the focal point of this story. We pick it up from here.
Old man: Sorry for the confusion, have to keep the family happy.
Alpha Employee: (sarcastically) Happy wife, happy life.
Me: What about happy husband, happy life? Flip the script.
Alpha Employee: Touché! I like that!
Old man: Doesn’t work that way young man. (Old man leaves)
Me: It can if you meet a decent girl.
Omega troll: I’m married. What does that mean for me?
Me: Do you listen to her, or does she listen to you?
Omega troll: I listen to her!
Me: There’s your problem right there. Do you ever question this?
Omega troll: No, it’s always been that way.
* We all share a laugh, and I take my food to a table. Thinking I left, omega troll picks back up. *
Omega troll: I’m guessing that guy is single! I wonder why. Haha!
Me: You mean this guy here?
Omega troll: Oh, yeah. *Surprised, he tries to pretend he wasn’t talking trash, then leaves*
After Omega Troll leaves, myself and Alpha Employee have a brief discussion about what it means to be a man today. I ask him how many girlfriends he currently has, guessing about 4. I was wrong – he had 3. He very obviously had some game, was in good shape, and understood exactly what I was trying to say. Yet, the two other men in the room did not.
As we all know, every woman believes she is entitled in relationships, but the most troubling thing is a lot of men believe this too. The myth that Omega Troll was perpetuating was the myth of the lonely old man (credit to Rollo Tomassi), which implies I will die miserable and without love if I don’t eventually learn to kowtow to women. It’s not the first time I’ve been told this – I’d heard it once before by an obese, bald coworker making $12 an hour at 47 years old.
I draw hope from the fact that seemingly more than a few men are finally catching on to this scam. I told Alpha Employee that while our father’s generation and elements of our own are too far gone, our sons can be a different story. So I ask you -
Is the manosphere doing its job effectively, or are we as much as of a secret society as we were when "The Game" was published?