Posted on 05/20/2016 7:34:08 AM PDT by C19fan
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d earn the ire of a character named Turd Flinging Monkey, the nom de plume of a popular online activist. A leader in the Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) movement, which encourages men to avoid romantic relationships with women, Monkey did not take kindly to my new Prager University video talking up the benefits of marriage for men.
In the video, I noted, among other things, that married men work harder (about 400 more hours), smarter (they’re less likely to quit without having found another job), and more successfully (they make about $16,000 more per year) than their single peers. I described these as features, not bugs, of married life for men.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Back when they wore high heels it was hard for them to work a standard transmission so they could visit “sick friends.”\
Some of this thread is joking, but I can see a lot of it is from very bad experiences and a lot of hurt.
I’ve been lucky. I did agreed divorces for over twenty years. A few guys broke down weeping in my office.
I’m sure sorry for those who have not been so lucky. It’s a terrible thing, divorce.
Not to make light of the matter, as I have known of more than one individual placed in that position and it is never pretty, but does she post or have a sister that posts here on FR?
It sounds quite familiar...
And is her name Lorrainne?
He’s a man. I feel safe with him and I trust him. I know that if anyone tried anything with our family that he’d handle it. I know that because I had a stalker and he handled it. No police, no lawyers, he just took care of it.
The only times I’ve seen him shed a tear is when a baby is born or when his mom died.
His friends are just like him. They can have fun and they laugh but there’s times you see that they are not men to be trifled with. And anyone who messes with one of those men ends up facing the rest of them. They understand the meaning of friendship and loyalty and when I heard about Hillary Clinton being questioned about her husband’s “honor” I nearly spit out my coffee because I KNOW what honor looks like and it isn’t Bill Clinton.
My husband works hard and he’s at work right now and because of what he does I can be at home with the kids and I get to spend time on FR too (which works really good with our sucky internet!).
Can’t imagine being with some pajama boy.
The breakup of the family is precisely why government has gotten as big as it has. There is a void to be filled, and it will get filled.
““the Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) movement, which encourages men to avoid romantic relationships with women”
Translation: Homosexuals.”
LOL, do you know how funny that is? It’s always the resort of women who want to shame, belittle, and try to humiliate men into acting the way they think he should.
“You wont follow the rules we made? What are you?? a homo?” lol
“A REAL man would always do “X, Y, and Z””.... (in a whiney voice)
The part you don’t get, is that when a man finally understands the game women like you play, you just look pathetic. When you accuse a man who won’t dance like a puppet on a string of being a homosexual, we laugh at you and pack the Porsche for a weekend trip with a French model who we know is leaving the country in 2 months. I especially love it when you scowl at mon petit choux on my arm as we pass you in public, and jerk your husband closer. Adieu!
Yes, very gay.
lol NAWALT
This woman agrees with you, sadly.
I think my divorce from their mother poisoned my two sons’ view of marriage. They knew that I had been a good husband and father, did not want it, and did not cause it. They know I had no choice. Can’t help but have a little bitterness about it because I put my heart and soul into my wife and children. It has been 15 years since the divorce and it is in the past. But my view of marriage is much more positive than theirs, though I have not yet re-married . . . but probably will.
They have a pretty dim view of women their age and believe our culture has made them untrustworthy and generally unlovable. My heart aches for their dilemma.
You just need to be more discerning in your choice of women is all.
Choosing some woman who puts her career ahead of you is never going to work.
Just find the right woman is all.
maybe they have reached a certain age, where sex is not the driving motivation for everything they do. Intellectually missing the passion - but can survive on the happiness that children and interests bring. having sex every day is not the same as having sex that really means something for both partners - it can seem that way for married couples as the passion for each other fades away.
Men are only making rational decisions not to get married due to the legal and social deterioration of the institution. The book “Men on Strike” explains this well.
LOL but so true. Men, do not choose someone with your penis; do not make major life decisions with that organ.
Wow, I never thought about it that way. Great perspective. Religious contracts are disallowed by the state.
It's not that men have started hating women. It's just that increasing numbers of men recognize that the current state of "family law" makes marriage a bad deal for men.
Yes, marriage has benefits. The article documents them fairly well so no need to go into them.
I'll simply answer the question that every single married man eventually asks themselves if they're married long enough:
Yes. They all are. Welcome to the club. Find a hobby, develop external friendships, get out of the house a few nights a week to save your sanity.
For those of you men who aren't married and reading this, I'm going to break the married men code here and tell you what the question is?
Are they ALL bat-shit crazy?
Yes. They all are. Welcome to the club. They get that way after children and are on the verge of becoming empty nesters with you. Their hormones go nuts during "the change" and they begin to question EVERYTHING including the choices they've made about having children, raising them, putting careers on hold, wanting to resume a career and then realizing they're pretty much dependent on you for their own financial well being. That's when they feel "trapped" and start regretting every decision they've ever made.
Do yourself a favor: get out of her way and let her figure things out for herself. Don't try and "fix" her, she's not "fixable" in the traditional sense that we poor men know how to fix things like our cars, computers, stuff around the house, etc.. Keep your mouth shut, say as little as possible and find a hobby, preferably that involve other men and getting out of the house at least two nights a week "with the guys."
Hobbies help us keep our minds occupied while they "figure it out" and there's safety in numbers with other men who've also figured out by now (or soon will...) that yes, they're all bat-shit crazy.
Trust me on this. I'm in the middle of it right now. Every single guy I know has either been through the same thing already and come out the other side ok, or will be going through it soon and is seeking out advice.
If you want to know why men become woman haters, it happens during their going bat-shit crazy phase. They ALL do it, they ALL are.
Bmk
Why date man-hater feminists when you can go to an Asian massage parlor and indulge in the most beautiful AND FEMININE females in the world and be treated like a KING?
I have known some women who did that and they, no matter what they are wearing or what words they say, or their massage skills, are not liking you, the customer. So while your body gets what it wants, you don’t get any human connection that is real.
Better than being with man hating feminists, true, but still missing the most important thing in life. LOVE.
Answer: WAY MORE than $16k/year. Especially after the divorce.
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