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I was always told this growing up. I used to believe women understand men better then vice versa. But not anymore.

I believe women understood men better in earlier times out of necessity. They used to depend more on men to provide and protect them. It was important for them to understand men they wanted to get in a relationship with vs. those to avoid.

But in modern times women seem far less concerned about understanding men. Not that I expect them to naturally understand that. But one thing they seem to struggle with is understanding the difference between likeability / attraction vs. respect. Men actually crave respect more then they crave sex, intimacy, etc.

It’s possible to still respect someone even think you don’t like them. It’s about understanding their situation and what they have to deal with. And truly men generally understand this concept far better then women do.

One example is when I broke up with my ex girlfriend. At that point I was no longer attracted her at all. Can’t say I liked her much either. But I still respected her. I knew about her struggles and dreams. That’s why I gave her the respect of sitting down and breaking up face to face. Endured 2 hours of hell (screaming, crying, etc.).

But I don’t regret it. I didn’t fixate on her flaws and chastise her over grudges and things I didn’t like about her to self justify my decision (I’ve had women do that to me when I was dumped). I had enough respect for her that would just add insult to injury.

In the next few years, if corrective action fails to be taken, we may be witnessing the collapse of fire and emergency services in the United States.

Fire departments are sounding the alarm, but there is little attention being taken by news outlets, the general public, or politicians.

What the public fails to realize time and time again, fire departments usually don't just handle fires, but they are multi-disciplined and respond to a wide array of emergencies, with medical emergencies being the largest call volume for those who respond to EMS calls.

Fleets are breaking down. New emergency vehicles are on a 4 year wait list. Compounding to the issue is the critical shortage of firefighters and other emergency service personnel.

The Texas Attorney General has launched an investigation probe into fire apparatus manufacturers for an alleged illegal anticompetitive scheme.

People MUST wake up right now.

https://www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-and-articles/nfpa-journal/2026/02/11/volunteer-fire-service-crisis