@LukeAlmighty @Humpleupagus If that’s your takeaway you’re not experienced or observant enough to be reading what I’m putting out. You need to do those things to check the box and experience them, once you move into the domestic phase, with those high-effort experiences under your belt, then you can relax and be homebodies as a couple because you both know the ‘activation energy’ needed for them.
You need to work on your testosterone if you go from seeing the most vital existential challenge of your life and immediately shrink back with “OH FUGG GUESS I’LL DIE ALONE!”. They’re just women, man. If you can train a dog, you can tame a lady. The toughest part is sourcing the right stock. The actual relationship is not all that tough, as long as you’re smart.
When you get your blood chemistry right then you get that necessary gumption to tackle these challenges. Microplastics, estrogen, being raised by women, whatever the source, the outcome is the same when you shrink from a necessary, vital challenge.
Centuries of survival, struggle, and love - all undone by the gayest conflux of enemies the world’s ever seen. I hope you can fix it, man. It’s something we all have to tackle at some point. The future won’t be here for quitters.