Alliekit wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Sly, who accused you of only going after blonde haired cheerleaders? Who accused you of being a misogynist when you're not one?
Typical of them to focus on a weak target while ignoring the men who actually perpetrate misogyny. As you said this is meant to be a place of support yet instead they turn it into a battleground to advance their ideology.
I really don't think anyone has picked out sly as a weak target, in fact many people have tried to help and support him.
In fact I still hope sly can get the help he really needs
You are right. I made the mistake of writing that before I'd read all the backstory. I didn't yet know what was going on so that's why my post consistent entirely of questions, not statements.
I now understand your feeling of having been betrayed. You helped Sly and he lashed out at you. No wonder he's single if he does that on his dates.
True he's had a hard life but no one wants to hear pessimism. Imagine Sly on a first date and he spends it ranting about what a terrible life he's had. Even if every word is true, the girl doesn't want to hear that. It's not so much the events of his life that are hard to hear but how he reacted to them. With pessimism and defeatism. Sly's date wouldn't like that and I don't blame her one bit.
I should follow my own advice and stop ranting about how mad I am my poverty row school didn't provide me adequate guidance to get into university. I should try and stop this obsessive envy of uni students and remember that since I already have the job I want (gained by fluke) a degree for me would be nothing more than an expensive status symbol.
As for Sly, on his next date perhaps he should tell his story with a brighter tone. He could make it about how he had a hard life but with sweat and determination he overcame adversity and it made him a stronger person. Same story, different tone.
Honestly since Sly has a qualification to be a mechanic I don't understand why he doesn't use it. He's already more educated than I am so that should give him the advantage.
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