Things were better in the past
The economy took a shit. Then the internet and phones ruined everything. Even just ten years ago, things were better. All the older couples today had it easy. The rules to life weren't as strict, not much was asked from either men or women. Right now I'm 23. When my father was 23, he already had my sister and me. He was married to his childhood sweetheart, and in a couple of years he would own his first house. It was a lot of hard work, of course, but the opportunities aren't there for me. How much of my life must pass by before I can get it together? How much longer must I wait?
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I am 23 as well. My father was 35 and my mother 27 when I (their first child) was born.
Like with every reactionary, your view of the "good old times" is firmly rooted in selective nostalgia for a time you did not experience.
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- King Missile
The rules to life were stricter back then. Sure, homes were perhaps cheaper, so it was easier to own your own home. If that is your biggest dream, you're on the wrong sub, honey.
What about your childhood sweetheart?
Wait? For what? You have to actively meet girls, befriend them, find someone with similar interests that you like, and hope she'll like you in return. You might have to do this five, ten, fifty, a hundred, five hundred times before you find Ms Right.
I was bullied in school and had few friends. Around 18 I got new friends and met my now-husband through those friends. We're now 48. We have no kids and now it's too late, at least for me. But, as we have no kids, we are in charge of our own lives. No kids sleeping in our bed every night, no kids screaming "I'm FINISHED" from the toilet when you're in mid-coitus, no worry to find baby-sitters if you want to go to the movies an evening, or fly to London for the weekend. Why do you want to have kids? [I'm asking Slide here, specifically. I know why normal people want kids; because they love kids. This dolt doesn't even seem to love himself; how will he be able to show infinite love towards children?]
You're waiting for daddies house which makes you better off than most. Your daddy would OWN his house at 26 or so WITH a family? That's not hard work, that's upper class privilege
Silver spooned bitches can quit complaining about life. One of the obvious reason you can't find a girl is that your obviously spoiled rotten children. In the service trade I meet your kind often, even married you can't keep it together long because "That's not fair to me" and "why can't I get that?" and other childish shit you never grew out of ruins any relationship that starts.
You think the internet ruined things? Like what? Your chances?
And the rules of life were a lot fucking stricter, even over your short life ago.
But, you know, an incel not knowing jack about his conversational topic, big s'prise.
the internet and phones ruined everything
Then in the words of the venerable Quantum Mechanic, 'Stop Using Computers '.
Enjoy your paradox, though: when you're truly Forever Alone .
No internet to circlejerk with your fellow manbabies, y'see.
"How much of my life must pass by before I can get it together? How much longer must I wait?"
You basically stated your main problem right there ^....you're waiting to 'get it together'. Get up off your ass and bust a move; don't 'wait' for life to happen - make it happen.
I can see two major mistakes TSlidec is doing but sadly wouldn't care what I think.
1.) He's comparing his life with someone else. Life can be considered a rat race to some people, but ultimately it's a personal race against yourself and no one else. Comparing your life with someone else is going to make you miserable.
2.) He's being so nostalgic he's living for the past. You can't change the past; you can only learn from it since you live in the present and will spend the rest of your life in the future. Just like point number one, if you still live stuck in the past, you aren't going to be completely happy if happy at all.
...but since I'm a "femoid" as they call it, what would I know in comparison to these "all-knowing" incels?
Back in the day, America was the manufacturing colossus of the world. That and the plethora of businesses that supported manufacturing meant that opportunity was common. That was then, this is now. The wealthy Industrialists realized it was more profitable to have everything manufactured overseas by cheaper labor, and shipped to the U.S., and everywhere else. Sitting in a corner weeping with your head down ain't gonna get you shit. Asking how long you must wait to get things together means that's all you're doing. Investigate what trades need people and acquire training. Get a job. Then bust your ass to get a supervisory or management position in years ahead. Good freakin' luck, sweetpea.
"Things were better in the past"
If time machines existed, one of their uses should've been to send people thinking this to the time they are so nostalgic for to experience for themselves what life back then was REALLY like.
Even just ten years ago, things were better.
Ten years ago was 2007, when the world economy was taking the huge breath necessary for it to sneeze out the snot of everyone's livelihoods in 2008. And we had the internet and phones back then too, I can remember.
Mind you, the world wasn't on the verge of nuclear war, so there's that.
If you're just waiting for everything to fall into your lap, and being an Incel fungus, you are, then be prepared for a long wait. Even you acknowledge that it was a lot of hard work. Have you put in any effort? Have you actually tried? Or are you one of those people that refuses to do the unskilled labor that's the only thing they qualify for because it's "beneath them"?
If you don't have an education past high school, hit a community college or a trade school. Otherwise, try to get in on the bottom somewhere and actually put in the effort to advance.
Opportunity is out there if you actually look. Hell, even some of your fellow cultists supposedly have jobs. If those assholes can manage, there's hope for you.
Also, I'm 32. Had to do some shitty jobs until I had the education and qualifications to get something better. And my parents, from a slightly earlier era than yours, never really got it together. One spent most of their life in prison, for fuck's sake. So even your view of the old days is screwed up.
EDIT: Just occurred to me that I was 23 around the time this schmuck is talking about (9 years ago). I was either working a graveyard shift imaging job or returning to college around that time and still living with family. I had no expectation that my life would be on track by that point, and knew I had education and dues paying ahead of me. So I have even less of a clue what this kid is whining about.
Sugar, you'll be in the ground before you acquire any of that.
Stop trying to keep up with the Jonses' down the street, because that's a race that no one ever win consistently. And stop whining. 23 is far too young to even think you should have it all figured out.
"How much of my life must pass by before I can get it together?"
That's up to you. Whining on the internet is guaranteed to do nothing for you.
"How much longer must I wait?"
And that's why you won't get it together. If you are just going to sit around and wait for opportunities you'll still be waiting in the grave. You said it yourself: your father put in a lot of hard work. Did he go looking for a chance or make his own? Ask him yourself.
And what do the internet (which you are posting on) and phones have to do with ruining anything?
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