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James M.'s avatar

I interact with MANY women on dating apps. I have the eerie feeling of surveying a large number of people playing a role somehow-it’s all dresses and fancy dinners and boats and vacations. Woman after unmarried woman, who’s 34 (or 36… I’m 39), seeking “love” but finding very little. I ask them if they feel that they’re in the midst of a broken culture but few do. They believe that a handsome, high-status man will appear and satisfy their idea of love (wedding, bank accounts, vacations)… eventually. They’ve believed it for many years, in most cases. Why wouldn’t they? They’ve been told that they deserve the world. I’m just one man, with a limited perspective, but it’s hard to escape the feeling that something is deeply wrong here.

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Liz Reitzig's avatar

Oh Josh... that final clip of the "I don't care club" had me laughing so hard I was crying!

Your short bit about your bitches... that was GEN X GOLD! Thank you! 😂

The bit about mothers and motherhood hit a lot of very tender places. So many women I know personally who all wanted and embraced motherhood and joyfully accepted the sacrifices and responsibilities that went/go with it are now being maliciously maligned, belittled, deeply undermined and their children are being alienated against them.

I think there are a myriad of social reasons for this. Curious if you've seen any of this and what you make of it? Especially in context of what you've been focusing on.

Obviously we are in a state of cultural decline on many levels. It's so difficult to untangle these messes.

Facts still matter. Grateful for you and the other men (because, yes, it matters that stable men do this) who keep bringing us back to facts, facts, facts.

Thanks for the laughs today and the thoughtful content.

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