as a 40 year old married dude living happily with a wife and 3 kids. you dont need me telling you, but im gonna say it anyway. i feel absolutely fucking terrible for the young men nowadays dating is a completely different animal and it has changed so much so fast its crazy. if i would single i would look for love elsewhere, anywhere outside of the united states. if social media is even 1/10th as representative of what younger men and women thinking i wouldn't know what to do with myself because holy shit. more specifically, when i was in my teens i was a fucking loser. got no pussy and only had online friends i would chat with from forums, or on ventrillo/teamspeak. people i would know from wow or guildwars, or diablo, or everquest. i didn't get a glowup till i joined the marines and spent a lot of time in the field, or deployed. i never worked out on my own but because of the lifestyle i became relatively fit. i was still a nerd at heart. when i got out of the military, i was getting attention, dates, and opportunities left and right. at some point i had female "friends" literally fight each other because of me. but dating prospects back then were plentiful and it was more straight forward, eventually i found my wife and weve been together ever since, 10 years strong. we have had our ups and downs but we are together, thank god no infidelity.  but on social media all i see are young people struggling to find love, and then people who capitalize off it. it's absolutely wild. the "standards" are unreal, the expectations unreasonable. from what i understand even if you are a genuinely good looking successful young man with no baggage, you still aren't good enough. absolutely fucking crazy
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