I was raised in a house/family full of bitter women with no real male input in my life
So I learned all the lessons the hard way, even though I knew them already. The way I was raised wouldn't let me accept reality.
But hey, I learned.... while a lotta nikkas don't.![]()
Like you said ,YOU LEARNED. That's the most important thing
I'm in the same damn boat. Me and my pops didn't see eye to eye until recently. So my L's with the opposite sex were learning experiences for me

We were always better friends than wha our idea of wha a couple was. sohh we kept that contact. Other episodes occurred on both sides but wha stayed was
But as we compared notes wha worked & wha diddnt with others we realized as much as we are in many ways personality wise different but goals wise we on the same page 2 kids 3 properties & over a dozen years later here we are. It aint story book but in its own wierd way it works, weve outlasted most of our friends & neighbors and still clicking along 


..we were close friends for like 6 years (platonic)..but thats an anomaly...none of the other FWBs ive had like that were that long..the longest after that was 3 years and THAT one there was no chance i was going into a relationship with that one

back then