Depends on the part of the world you live in. I’m that age and coworkers (!) constantly joke about having to find me a wife and find it a bit odd that I’m not even in a long-time relationship yet.
I had this colleague a few years back who was 28-29 at the time, and people were bad-mouthing him because he wasn’t married, saying that something must be wrong with him. Societal pressure is very strong here.
You wouldn’t believe this is happening in the EU, right?
It sucks. As a dude, I feel it’s almost impossible to balance being confident and approaching women you don’t know and also not being a creep or bothering them. I’m not the best but not the worst when it comes to looks, I have many friends of different genders (shoutout to my enby fellows who have to deal with this mess and also discrimination) and I’m confident in most things I do aside from dating. It’s gotten to the point I just won’t ask women out due to anxiety over coming across as a creep or bothering them, and instead endure loneliness. Which is not great, but it is what it is.
Wow, this sounds right up one of my friend’s alley! Thanks!
I doubt that any instance I’d be interested in being a part of would federate with nazi communities. They’d end up more isolated than on Reddit.
I’m honestly fine with mine. There are worse ways to go.
Cârcel means muscle cramp in Romanian, so that’s another inconvenient way you might go
You may laugh, but it was actually a visual novel for me, Fate/Stay Night. The main theme of it is the relationship between ideals and reality and how they aren’t always compatible, as well as how you can deal with that.
It made me think about my ideals and values, and whether they are worthwhile. I came to the conclusion that following them is worth it even if they are flawed and even if they can never be truly achieved.
Add migraine aura to that list. It sucks.