"I was the guy that said he would probably never get married.
I also said I wouldn't be that guy who got married, b/c I didn't want to be that guy who is married and spends his time with his friends complaining about being married.
But, I have failed on both counts.
I was that guy who never wanted to get married, and now I've become that guy who is married and most of his free time makes it sounds like he wishes he wasn't.
Don't be that guy.
It sucks.
Don't get married.
It sucks.
At best, it's a monotonous routine of buying shyt b/c women think shyt will make them happy.
At worst, she's miserable b/c she doesn't pursue any pursuits or hobbies or passions, and she resents your newfound reliability and mild-mannered existence and blames you and/or your kids for her own lack of meaningful existence and life.
Get married. Have kids. Buy House. Or Buy house then have kids. Then buy a bigger van or station wagon. Then start finding a good school for the kids.
Then save for college.
Then kids go to college and you divorce b/c you don't have anything to talk about other than this person you worked somewhat together to raise.
It sucks. Or it's okay if you never had any lifelong passion or goal in mind.
Or if you're some guy that never did well with women and her tossing you some tepid missionary sex is a "win" in your book.
Otherwise, do your thing. It's on your terms or not at all. Never be afraid of her leaving. Know that if the time comes, you will fukking leave with nothing but the shirt on your back and start over.
Fear is what keeps people trapped. Fear of the unknown. Fear of the wilderness. Of the darkness.
How many world champions tell a story like "and then I just packed everything into my van and moved. I slept in my van for 2 years and trained or worked or did whatever every day."
You want what others don't have? You will have to suffer like others are unwilling to suffer.
Fear is a prison. Your mind is a prison. B/c your mind and your body fear pain. They fear hunger. They fear uncertainty. They fear many things.
Let go of that fear and endure hardship. You will be stronger for it.
Sometimes losing your job can be the single best thing that can happen to you. It forces you to go back to school. To move. To cut expenses. To cut back the drinking. To decide what the fukk is really important to you.
I know what's important to me. And I know that I'm willing to start over with nothing in order to pursue it.
Which as soon as I take care of a few loose ends over the next few months, by next year, that's what I will be doing.
You're NEVER trapped so long as you're willing to leave everything and start over from scratch.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. fukk them. They are trapped. They are afraid.
You don't have to be. Their limiting beliefs are not yours."
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