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Men need a safe place.
A buddy and I were talking yesterday about "the dumbest thing he ever did" and how hurt he was for years about disappointing his dad.
He got emotional; it was many things for him: him making big sacrifices to work right an error he couldn't undo, his
A buddy and I were talking yesterday about "the dumbest thing he ever did" and how hurt he was for years about disappointing his dad.
He got emotional; it was many things for him: him making big sacrifices to work right an error he couldn't undo, his
dad being a rock then, his dad being gone now and the in-between.
I had a small lump at the back of my throat; testimonials of sterling fatherhood are a treasure.
Oh, he broke my heart by apologising for "laying it on me". I mean, he was saying sorry for being human!
I had a small lump at the back of my throat; testimonials of sterling fatherhood are a treasure.
Oh, he broke my heart by apologising for "laying it on me". I mean, he was saying sorry for being human!
"Woman priviledge" allows me to express my pain with apology. I can burst into tears anywhere and on a ratio of 8:10, I'd garner compassion, even help. And it would be mostly and most likely men coming to my rescue. And not first because I have a pretty face or body; it's the
protector instinct in men.
Men like to stay strong and it's a good thing but I think men deny their humanness too much. And it's not healthy.
Seeing a man cry or be hurt is the rarest thing and maybe it should happen just a little bit more.
About the only emotion men can
Men like to stay strong and it's a good thing but I think men deny their humanness too much. And it's not healthy.
Seeing a man cry or be hurt is the rarest thing and maybe it should happen just a little bit more.
About the only emotion men can
show openly with much reproach or backlash is anger. And that's a terrible narrative.
Why is it easier to accept a man's anger than his hurt? A man manages to come out and talk about being raped at 14 and fools, men & women, ask or think if he didn't truly enjoy it? WTH!
Why is it easier to accept a man's anger than his hurt? A man manages to come out and talk about being raped at 14 and fools, men & women, ask or think if he didn't truly enjoy it? WTH!
So they suck it up, not processing their pain and on the inside rot festers.
It's no wonder that more men have heart problems and high blood pressure than women. The average male life expectancy is less too.
You've got men who are deeply hurting but can't express their
It's no wonder that more men have heart problems and high blood pressure than women. The average male life expectancy is less too.
You've got men who are deeply hurting but can't express their
pain and the only thing they can express is anger to be seen as manly and then they overdo it.
Men need a safe place. Everybody doesn't have it see him hurt...but it's OK for him to have someone, some place safe to unravel so he can be whole.
"Man up!" is good & at the core
Men need a safe place. Everybody doesn't have it see him hurt...but it's OK for him to have someone, some place safe to unravel so he can be whole.
"Man up!" is good & at the core
of manhood but let it never be at the risk of "Man down!"
We need our men. We need whole men.
For now. For tomorrow.
We need our men. We need whole men.
For now. For tomorrow.
