I can't let the brehs go out like this...I'm almost 40

, been married for 10 and my parents been married for damn near 50 years...I can say with full confidence that anyone who buys the stuff Budden & co and this Kevin dude are selling is getting set up for failure.
My circle has tightened to about 4 dudes I grew up that are married. I know a bunch of guys my age that are still single/dating and either trying to figure it out or jaded by "the one that got away" before his hairline did.

If this stuff was so potent and fool-proof, how is that
not one of these dudes have a successful long term marriage to show for it?
Taking relationship advice from middle-aged single men is like getting financial advice from a mfer that grocery shops with an EBT card

B-b-but you see these women need to get with the program and
*insert unrelated facts that concludes in a superficial understanding of intimate relationships here* 
All you need to know about building and sustaining a healthy relationship is this: Women need to feel secure & men need to feel respected. Both need to feel the other empathizes with them. If you lack either security, respect or empathy, you have some toxic shyt going on and it's time to shape up or step off.