re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth

Sigh. I know. I have always told my son that if he wants advice about young women his age, THE LAST people he could be asking for advice is other guys his age (unless they’ve been in a good long term relationship, which is rare). He’s never had a girlfriend or even a casual fling with a girl, but he’s not a resentful asshole about it either. I think he gets that he’s got to work on some stuff first, and be a more independent person first (get the job, the car, some social experience via work and stuff…) before that will fall into place for him. He does keep going after the unattainable girls, just like he tried to be part of the alpha social group in high school. Meanwhile he didn’t see really wonderful young women who really wanted to at least be friends with him. He’s learning from his mistakes though, a key difference between him and this guy and his online “community”. I’d like to think The Husband and I have a little to do with his level headedness.

We really have work to do in this culture, god help us.