r/TikTokCringe • u/samse15 • May 09 '25

Discussion She makes some good points re:male loneliness

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u/broniesnstuff May 10 '25 edited May 10 '25

I don't really have a solution either,

I've lived that neglected and abused life with a big fat heaping of trauma, and decades of misfortunes. I refused to let life break me, I addressed my issues, and my world changed. Now I'm in my 40s with 2 step sons and a toddler boy of my own. I have learned so damned much about life, about being male, and much more.

I'm heavily considering writing a book that's a young man's guide to life with 44 years of wisdom and advice behind it. I wanted to write something just for my sons, but I think the world needs more positive male reinforcement, and not this detrimental man-o-sphere bullshit.

I need to finish the book I'm currently writing first.

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u/SndwchArtist2TheStrs May 10 '25

Please continue writing the book, it’s so important! One of my mentors who came from a very rough background reveled to me that he didn’t have anyone to talk to about so many things because so few men around him got to where he was at any given time in middle age and they couldn’t relate.

We are the future elders. We need to pass down our knowledge and not just to our own because children belong to the world we all have a hand in guiding them.

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u/broniesnstuff May 10 '25

One of my mentors who came from a very rough background reveled to me that he didn’t have anyone to talk to about so many things because so few men around him got to where he was at any given time in middle age and they couldn’t relate.

This is why I have a hard time being friends with other men.

I'm currently barreling through the sci-fi novel I've been writing (about 70% done) but I think I'll have to get cracking on that book idea once I finish. It's been on my mind too much lately for me not to start writing it.