It makes you more than a man. Being a guy makes you man, spending time with your son makes you a dad. So now you are both a man and a dad.

Bless Andrew Flintoff for speaking up about his bulimia struggles. We need more and we need it yesterday, too many males have been lost to this and it really sucks. You can't find help for your friend because he's male and it's so stupid. This was in the mid-2000s but it's no better today. Everyone can have eating disorders its not just women, and we all deserve support for it

I think this depends a lot on the person you are with. Most women I know like giving compliments to ppl they love.

Yes, we women understand. That is really hard to deal with. I just avoid those testostercronies.

Yeah, this is a big one. I gave my number (as the main contact) to my eldest's school and my youngest's childminder, as I work from home and live 5 mins away from both. But they always call my wife first. She works about 30 mins away from the school and childminder.

That is terrible. We are a social species and need emotional support. Hugs

I hope you're in a large enough city to find different vendors. If vendors don't respect your opinion, they obviously don't want your money. Take it to someone without the outdated gender norms.

My bro is a copper and one of has "regulars" was a body builder who was being beaten by his mrs. He was over 6' and built like a brick shithouse, she was 5'2" and 7 stone sopping wet. Whenever the cops arrived she'd pretend like she was the one being beaten and it never went any further. One day he just said to my bro "mate, look at me. If I hit her she'd be dead". Bro tried really hard to go for a conviction for her, but the CPS wouldn't touch it.

Went through this myself. Had to do anger management twice and was told, I was in denial and didn't belong there. (Was in Haven) stated going to another group,(husband and wife team) learned a great deal. When my wife attacked me a third time, the police finally got to SEE my side of the story and took her in. It took three times of her calling police and blaming me for them to realize she was lying. Man is almost always blamed as offender in domestics. It's just wrong and screwed me up in later relationships. Better now.

I feel like this is becoming less of a thing. Women murder too (okay that's extreme) but domestic violence is shown to go both ways. I remember a Jeremy Kyle show where the audience laughed at this "pathetic" guy who got locked up by his girlfriend/partner, and JK told them it was despicable; imagine if the genders were reversed. Probably scripted for effect, but valid.

Why is this so far down? It should be at the top.

I spent a month in a psych hospital because of his emotional abuse, yet he claimed that he was being victimized (because I wasn't there to satisfy his "needs").

Part of feminism is recognizing that women ain't all perfect and nurturing... and some are straight up monsters!!

i know many cases of this imagine a 15 yr old in 10th grade eing abused mentally by girls (me) and then when i saw we are done i can't take it i am the bad guy and i am shamed for doing it

My sister is a very abusive person who routinely abuses her partners, physically, verbally, financially, you name it, she does it. I have unfortunate experience watching the law take her side, constantly, no matter what she did, no matter what we said. Even after my niece went missing and we feared that my sister had murdered her, the police didn't care because if the mother said she was fine, that was it, even if they didn't see my niece for themselves. And the kicker? "Why doesn't the dad do something?" You mean the man she broke the bones of, stole the life savings of, and who she constantly threatens not to look for his child, because she knows that, even with us and the evidence all on his side, the police will still condemn him? Male abuse victims are invisible.

I never met my maternal grandparents but my understanding is my grandfather was a abuse victim. My mum was born in 1945. Left home in 1960. There was absolutely no help in those days.

YES, and people say that you will go to jail if you hit a female, but no, theres no other laws against hitting a female than a male.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/17/6ft-tesco-worker-wins-sexism-claim-after-5ft-4in-boss-trapped-him-in-room-15106046/

Most Russian men carry a small purse/ document bag because of all the documents/ masks/ chargers etc you must carry. No one thinks it is odd.

Those men are pathetic

Muscles don't matter, you get to choose when and who you want to share your affection with, and you don't need anyone to tell you that you are awesome, you are! I've been in the Army for 21 years and I've met the biggest douchebags who were muscular egotists (I used to be one of them), people of a slimmer frame, and heavy set people and society focuses on physical attributes over what's most important; your character and how you treat people. As for collectables, I'm 41 and still like them. The times of people being looked at as weird for enjoying pop culture are fading. Those who judge people on their own personal hobbies do not know what they are missing. One of the things that took me almost 20 years to realize is that you have to love yourself first and appreciate the things you love without caring what others think. Do not try to be something you are not just to fit in societie's mold of what you think a man should be. Look for people with common interests and you'll find that there are entire communities of people that love what you love. If you want to get in shape, that's great for health but don't let those attributes define you. Best of luck!

Sadly not just a man only thing, particularly in restrooms with Turkish toilets

This .

It is a "stigma" because it is more or less a rule. All women have had male friends they thought were their friend that turned out to just want to get in their pants. The term "Friend zoned" exist cause of all those men who pretend to be your friend.

i saw and heard some woman in the news just says stuff like: to hell with mens, we are more important, it's our turn. this is just some shitty way to think. it wasn't ok to threat woman like that before but it's not ok to take revenge at those who wasn't even there when all that happen

In my country we do have separate floors or separate rooms for men, women and kids sections

i agree like if your car breaks down and you call for roadside assistance lone women are given priority like as a guy were supposed to just wait and fend off attackers for hours

You need new friends, man.

That's not weak, that's what makes you a human being.

Yeah, I hate that men's success is measured by their wealth. Fortunately, my wife and I work the same number of hours, and she actually earns more than me.

I earn enough to pay the bills and look after my kids, with a little left over to add to our savings pot. This should feel like enough, but it doesn't. I feel like I should own a chalet in the Swiss Alps in order to be considered financially successful.

Indeed. I am not very strong and can't lift heavy stuff. It's a fact of life, and I can't just snap my fingers and suddenly become the Hulk.

for once i would like a woman that likes me to do that myself personally i am scared to make the first move in case i have mis read the signs like i think they are in to me but are just being friendly

Or even playing with toddlers !!

We can all relate to this one. If only we had control of our penises!

It can be a relief for some women to know that men worry about looks, too. My husband occasionally wishes he looked more muscular. Losing hair is another issue.

I used to work as a security guard supervisor. I had many many men tell me they needed a different job site because the one they were at (usually a new development site) was freaking them out. I never ever berated them, I would talk it out, see how impacted they were and would often pull them off the site for another less creepy site. It’s okay to feel fear, it’s okay to not want to be afraid, it’s okay to feel fear and challenge it and it’s okay to feel fear and invest in a dog to have your back

also approaching a woman and being seen as a creep because they don't find you attractive

I started shaving my head a few years ago. Best decision ever.