Some context: During my teenage years, people dated and broke up at a whim. Some of my friend had a “no nonsense” policy, and their definition of “nonsense” was pretty broad, it could go from the actual crazy who demands apologies because she dreamed of him cheating on her, to the sweet girl who just needed time to be comfortable with sexual intimacy. In my early adult years (late teens/early 20’s), most of these friends kept the same mindset, ditching girls without much room for compromise, still thinking things like “I could get a better partner/I deserve better/I’d rather be single than with that b*tch”, and now that we’re all nearing our 30th birthday, a lot of them are still single, and they’re depressed about it. One of them, who has started balding, confessed to me that he thought that the world was his oyster when he was younger. He recognized that he wasted all his previous opportunities, thinking he’d always get more, and now he regrets it. I asked other friends if they were on the same page, and most of them stood by their choice and said that they 100% can do better, that they’ve just not found the right one yet, etc… submitted by /u/NamidaM6
Originally posted by u/NamidaM6 on r/AskMen