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<blockquote data-quote="Parmesan" data-source="post: 1514534" data-attributes="member: 22938">What I realized, being raised by a single mother, is that young men are raised to live like women. Women age 16 - 25 IS the age to go have a but of fun, and maximize your social exposure, for obvious reasons. For men, these are your lowest value adult years, and youthful indulgences should probably be kept to a one night a week type of thing. Most men should pretty much be exclusively be honing themselves, both persoanlly and career wise well into their 20s.I’m in my late 30s, and feel incredibly robbed from the misguided pleasure seeking I wasted the entirety of my 20s doing. I wasn’t much if a RVF 1.0er, but I was just general hanging out with friends, going to bars, flying to Miami for a 3 day weekend, etc. I don’t even really remember most of my adventures, not because of drugs or alcohol, but the big picture is that it was all just a waste of time and potential. I ultimately have myself to blame, but our culture is completely backwards in terms of how we assume men should grow and prosper.My generation also grew up the “experiences over material” mantra, and once again, that is female paradigm. A woman with worldly experiences and exciting hobbies will help put her in the company of higher value men, and engage said men. A man can have those things, but unless you are a starving artist heartthrob or surfer Chad type, you NEED a productive purpose both for your own sanity and the attraction of a decent woman.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parmesan, post: 1514534, member: 22938"] What I realized, being raised by a single mother, is that young men are raised to live like women. Women age 16 - 25 IS the age to go have a but of fun, and maximize your social exposure, for obvious reasons. For men, these are your lowest value adult years, and youthful indulgences should probably be kept to a one night a week type of thing. Most men should pretty much be exclusively be honing themselves, both persoanlly and career wise well into their 20s. I’m in my late 30s, and feel incredibly robbed from the misguided pleasure seeking I wasted the entirety of my 20s doing. I wasn’t much if a RVF 1.0er, but I was just general hanging out with friends, going to bars, flying to Miami for a 3 day weekend, etc. I don’t even really remember most of my adventures, not because of drugs or alcohol, but the big picture is that it was all just a waste of time and potential. I ultimately have myself to blame, but our culture is completely backwards in terms of how we assume men should grow and prosper. My generation also grew up the “experiences over material” mantra, and once again, that is female paradigm. A woman with worldly experiences and exciting hobbies will help put her in the company of higher value men, and engage said men. A man can have those things, but unless you are a starving artist heartthrob or surfer Chad type, you NEED a productive purpose both for your own sanity and the attraction of a decent woman. [/QUOTE]

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