For those who claimed Beefy's post was crap, think back to high school (when we men were learning how to be men), and think about the popular guys who got the attention and more from women. Nice sweet guys? Or emotionally unavailable assholes?
I was a nice guy who learned (unfortunately). I see my oldest son going thru much of the same thing. Luckily he has not let society change who he is.
Good for him. No matter where the perspective is coming from, changing the kind of person you want to be and feel most real being for sex, friendship, money, gift showers or anything as trivial as one person not recipricating a relationship is a disastor of the soul.
I never had to change who I was with my hubby. I was some poor chick with average looks and a different way of seeing the world than the average person when I met this adonis who had shoulder length blonde hair that was so shiny it looked like tinsel a huge smile full of perfect teeth, bright blue eyes and ripped from head to toe from years of wrestling, football and swimming. I took one look at him and said "I am about to get my heart ripped to shreds" but this is going to be worth it.
Guess what? He was everything inside that I had told my self I would be alone for life if I couldnt find it. I told my self I would marry someone no matter how they looked if I could find the right person. (my boyfriend before him could prove that on the looks part, He was a fun and entertaining person when I met him but I later realized even the homely ones will cheat) As it turned out he is brilliant,very funny, down to earth, kind and as honest as the day is long. The other funny thing was he was never fooled by the world arround him to want other than what he really wanted. He wanted someone to join him in creative ways of looking at the world and someone who could surprize him with their perspective on the way the world spinned. I have always supplied that and much more to him as he has to me.
BTW my hubby also was a straight A student and a stoner as well as a ripped athlete. The stoners didnt know he was straight A. The striaght As didnt know he was a stoner and the jocks well they didnt think much about anything. I bet very few of any of them KNEW him.
Sorry ladies , no gift showers no ,"Oh your hair looks nice today,is that a new dress ?" Many times of "I was going to stop and get some flowers on the way home and forgot " on mothers day (he did come home with them this year I have to give him). When hes playing his favorite video game I still will get no answer or a terse one if I dont pay attention to which monster hes fighting before I ask. He still cant figure out there is a whites and colors baskets for dirty clothes. But you will find no two happier people when we get to hash out the worlds problems or just kinda getting goofy with some imagined situation and taking it seven ways to heaven.
Love what you love and who you love and the world be damned. Dont let this fucked up world tell you who and what makes you happy. I always told my son when he was growing up that all I wanted for him was to be a decent and a happy human being. Dont hurt others, Secure your future financially(cant be happy if you are too poor, Ive tried it and its not for 99.9 people) and then do what YOU love as much of the time as you can.