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A recent study showed 25% of US young men are facing a loneliness crisis, called the "loneliness epidemic". US men ranked higher among western, developed countries.

I can see this. Women these days can easily cry "harassment" and "stalking", threatening a man's freedom, finances, and career. In addition, women are also very self-absorbed, give the cold shoulder, are less loyal, dangerous to throw a man under the bus, and are quick to reject. It seems like today, you need preconsent via dating apps or messaging to even approach a woman in-person with romantic intentions. The excessive boundaries are ridiculous, and the hookup culture and unrealistic expectations make matters worse.

I was lucky to find my fiance due to an arranged situation. I was 29 when I had my first real girlfriend. Better late than never, but if I didn't have the help, I would still be lonely today.

In my career as a teacher I started out being what I now consider to be a complete unreasonable prick. I would assign work over the vacation as well as frown upon parent/student chosen off days. I wouldn't even give any consideration to cuts of class when the student was having personal problems (think like crying in the bathroom, family crisis, had to work, didn't have child care - yes, I've had teen parents as students, etc). I still shudder when I think that I was that awful person.

Like everything else in life I lived and I learned. I now ENCOURAGE IF NOT DEMAND students to take a day off and I tell their parents explicitly "If adults can give themselves a day off why can't kids if they're not up to it?". I realized that there is nothing going on in my classroom that is more important than the lives that they live. The entire concept of giving school work over a break is so ludicrous to me now! It's called a "break" for a fucking reason (plus HW of ANY kind has ZERO discernable statistical difference in grades, retention, class satisfaction, etc).