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lao che

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what follows is somewhat rambling. i've left out a lot, needless details i suppose, but ultimately the question is how can i, as an older gent, get back in the game with the ladies, and, should i even bother?


long story short - i got old really fast, and now i don't even know whether i should be approaching girls, let alone how.
about six months ago i had a couple of relationships end really badly and i went from relative abundance to nothing.
winter was terrible i had a nervous breakdown (i guess) followed swiftly by a midlife crisis. i've cried like a little bitch dozens of times over the last six months. nowhere to turn and no-one to talk to, and well, nobody wants a pity party.
i've been through the fire and made it to the other side, but a part of me has died, had to die, in order for me to grow. i was grieving for a time but i've come to terms with a few things and realized a few other things. i'm making progress in some areas, and generally feeling positive but, no man is an island and i would like to not be incel for the remainder of my life.

besides a few opportunities that i wasted, and a handjob in the shower, i haven't got laid since last october. although that doesn't really bother me, i'm 42 now and 6 months passes like a couple of weeks.
now though, i can't help seeing myself as an old man, and the thought of approaching teenage girls seems ridiculous. over the space of a few months my outlook changed considerably.
now when i'm making my way through the city streets, all i see is things (pussy) i can't have. i feel regret and sadness, and grief, because i got nothing to offer a hot young girl. it's too late. i had my time in the sun.

one obvious conclusion is i have to level up my game. but i'm wondering whether it's even worth it. i can't exactly pull off older-guy-provider-game, coz i gots nuthin'.
and i'm maybe not quite yet too far over the hill to pull off sport-fuck game, but it's close. and it's not like a girl can't get that somewhere else, younger, taller, better looking or whatever. i've done alright, but i guess not too many girls are having wet dreams about the guy who's older than their father.
but shit, no man is an island, and well, i'm fucking lonely a lot. i don't really have any solid friends, and i'm also yearning for a child. i wanna have a baby, i've been feeling it for a long time and my clock is ticking too.
i should have put a baby in my girl last year.


so i guess the first step is to test some of my assumptions, and get approaching. i shall probably have to lower my standards considerably. i can't even get a fucking tinder match these days. let alone a date.
next step is keep planning for the future, stay out of trouble and get my money working for me.

i feel like i'm at a crucial stage in my life, and i have some decisions to make, some paths to choose. i've had some lateral movement recently, but need to keep pushing forward, don't get complacent and don't get comfortable. this is another reason why i've let my love-life slide, because it kinda feels like "been there done that" ... still though, i could use some feminine energy in my home.

thanks

lao che
 

Mr.Rob

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Hey Lao Che,

Sorry to hear that you've taken a veer off the less bumpy road and got hammered around here. I can relate man I've been through a bitch of a life crisis myself over the past year and still trying to pick up the pieces and get things back on track. Shit happens sometimes huh? haha got no choice but to keep flowing down the river and stop fighting the current. It could be much worse for the both of us, I promise.

lao che said:
and it's not like a girl can't get that somewhere else, younger, taller, better looking or whatever.

Sounds like you just need to get your confidence back man. I went through a period over the past year where my confidence was shot and I couldn't even imagine a girl taking interest in me. Its all just a bunch of emotions. Girls have proven to have liked you (and I) in the past and we can still replicate it again.

I would counter your statement and say that it's not like a girl can get the charisma, father figure, and good emotions that confident sexy older men have even if they're a bit rough looking around the edges. Just look at Johnny Soporno (for visual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWPUTpLafu0) (for content https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oTBavlEr7k).

Sounds like you just needed to get your emotions on paper and you're probably headed in the right place. I have a feeling that you'll get over this emotional hump and probably get a small success or two under your belt and get back in the saddle (even if it means not pursuing the sexy teenagers).

We're here for you man if you need us.

-Rob
 

lao che

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@mods apologies i posted this twice at the same time. if they are merged or one is deleted then that is fine

@Mr.Rob the problem is mostly in my head, i suppose. i'm 'still' an attractive guy. i'm in really incredible shape, presentable in other areas - clothes facial hair, etc. look surprisingly much younger than my actual age.
if i was in a better position in life socially i'm sure i would be seen as a catch. if i was being driven around in my limo while making business calls, or visiting fine restaurants with important movers and shakers, lol you know what i mean. i could easily be a guy who makes girls tingle.

i find myself in a weird sort of limbo now, due mainly to the decisions i've made over the last few years. i'm in a position where it's .. kind of wrong for me to be approaching younger girls, late teens or early twenties (and i mean i feel that too, not just "society says" - i feel more of a protective and nurturing vibe towards younger girls, although i'm still attracted physically) and girls in their late twenties are mostly taken. so it's a desert of my own creation.
although, to be fair, i haven't been approaching so i should probably test some of these assumptions. several times last summer and autumn i had street-stop girls compare me to their uncle, so that didn't help my state of mind.

so, because of [reasons] i ended up breaking down. i realized that i'd gotten everything i ever wanted, and i hadn't thought it possible. but my 'dreams' did materialize. it's just that they were so small i couldn't help but think "is this it? is this the best you can do?"
it's easy to see with hindsight but all i'd ever really wanted (i mean, deeply yearned for, not just superficially like a cool motorbike or a "mansion" or "to be rich" or whatever) all i'd ever wanted was comfort and security (and also sex). a place where i can lock the door and be away from the world, a place where i could be the king of my castle, bang girls, walk around naked, no-one telling me i can't. and yeah, i got it (in fact i had it for years already), and the realization that subconsciously i had been engineering my whole life up to this point was ... disappointing. like "great so you got some pussy, so what?" what are you gonna do now man?" it was a real wake up call and i had to pull myself up by my bootstraps


as for now, with girls, i have something of a "Been there done that" attitude. i'm kinda jaded. i went to a bad place for a while, and i really lost my joie de vivre, i lost the passion and i'm reluctant to use my limited time and energy for something as trivial as a girl, when i know that there are more important matters to attend to.
i want to get laid but ... i mean i've spent years banging loads of medium to hot chicks, doing really terrible things to them up in my lair and now it takes a while to get me going. the thought of a quickie in a bar toilet, or behind some bushes in the park, i don't think i could do it.
i also seem to have lost the ability to create that kind of love bubble. and the pangs of regret and feelings of loss are quite palpable. for example, the lead picture for the "instinct based game" article, that feeling you get from the couple in the photo, makes me feel really sad. but, as i said, i've had my time in the sun, and i know it's time to move on, to get more success in other areas, push myself and see what i'm capable of and leave the girls to the other dudes.
still, though, i need to make an effort to get laid. although it doesn't gnaw at me like it would a young guy, it's still in the back of my mind and .. well i'm not gonna raise a family if i can't get some pussy.

having said all this i'm in a really good place right now. i'm taking care of myself well and making lots of good decisions, and i'm looking to the future instead of always being in the past and immediate present. unfortunately, i had to get over the hill before i could see what lay before me but i can see it now. so i'm not here for a pity party or anything like that. still though, the question remains, whether to and how to get back in the game?

lol i just remembered back in the end of jan i had a girl i long-gamed for two years! i didn't fuck her because once we got down to business i thought she might have HPV so i nutted in her mouth while finger banging her and then immediately went to clean up. she don't talk to me anymore. lol, i saw her a couple days later in a restaurant with a beardy rocker type guy. she looked awkward but i rolled with it.

We're here for you man if you need us.

this is known and understood, and i hope vice versa. in fact so many times i mentally composed a letter asking for advice from the GC board members, but always, after thinking it through, i realized that the advice i would get would be the same as the advice i would give to anyone else in that situation so why not save a step? that kind of thing, but you're right rob, it's good to get it down on "paper" so thanks for reading and replying
 
the right date makes getting her back home a piece of cake

Ree

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lao che said:
what follows is somewhat rambling. i've left out a lot, needless details i suppose, but ultimately the question is how can i, as an older gent, get back in the game with the ladies, and, should i even bother?


long story short - i got old really fast, and now i don't even know whether i should be approaching girls, let alone how.
about six months ago i had a couple of relationships end really badly and i went from relative abundance to nothing.
winter was terrible i had a nervous breakdown (i guess) followed swiftly by a midlife crisis. i've cried like a little bitch dozens of times over the last six months. nowhere to turn and no-one to talk to, and well, nobody wants a pity party.
i've been through the fire and made it to the other side, but a part of me has died, had to die, in order for me to grow. i was grieving for a time but i've come to terms with a few things and realized a few other things. i'm making progress in some areas, and generally feeling positive but, no man is an island and i would like to not be incel for the remainder of my life.

besides a few opportunities that i wasted, and a handjob in the shower, i haven't got laid since last october. although that doesn't really bother me, i'm 42 now and 6 months passes like a couple of weeks.
now though, i can't help seeing myself as an old man, and the thought of approaching teenage girls seems ridiculous. over the space of a few months my outlook changed considerably.
now when i'm making my way through the city streets, all i see is things (pussy) i can't have. i feel regret and sadness, and grief, because i got nothing to offer a hot young girl. it's too late. i had my time in the sun.

one obvious conclusion is i have to level up my game. but i'm wondering whether it's even worth it. i can't exactly pull off older-guy-provider-game, coz i gots nuthin'.
and i'm maybe not quite yet too far over the hill to pull off sport-fuck game, but it's close. and it's not like a girl can't get that somewhere else, younger, taller, better looking or whatever. i've done alright, but i guess not too many girls are having wet dreams about the guy who's older than their father.
but shit, no man is an island, and well, i'm fucking lonely a lot. i don't really have any solid friends, and i'm also yearning for a child. i wanna have a baby, i've been feeling it for a long time and my clock is ticking too.
i should have put a baby in my girl last year.


so i guess the first step is to test some of my assumptions, and get approaching. i shall probably have to lower my standards considerably. i can't even get a fucking tinder match these days. let alone a date.
next step is keep planning for the future, stay out of trouble and get my money working for me.

i feel like i'm at a crucial stage in my life, and i have some decisions to make, some paths to choose. i've had some lateral movement recently, but need to keep pushing forward, don't get complacent and don't get comfortable. this is another reason why i've let my love-life slide, because it kinda feels like "been there done that" ... still though, i could use some feminine energy in my home.

thanks

lao che


thanks for the honesty...i love how men can be real in these forums...these forums have always been a safe place where men can allow their vulnerailities to show.....hope you get better....cant really advice....im 29 and the clock is tickig on me too.....this post makes me wondrr how important is money in being happy?
 

lao che

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hi, Ree


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a51wQAOGR4

this is a good watch. at around 29 minutes anton kreil discusses briefly the question of whether money can make you happy. it''s common sense, in fact.
basically, money doesn't change your character - a grumpy person or a happy person will be a rich grumpy or happy person; and having money and managing it well doesn't create problems, it makes you better equipped to deal with your problems.

having money > not having money
 

kalyan

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Hey man,
I personally cannot give an honest answer as i am still very young. But i know of two people myself who will have a good view.
One of them is our very own seppuku. He has went through 2 different life changing experiences, one in the professional world and the other in dating. From what I could tell he is a very happy man now. His changes happened when he was relatively "old" (although 40s and 50s arent old in my book if you treat yourself right) and he was up to the task.
Another is amreal life friend who will turn 62 soon and is very into 18-22 year olds. Like, imagine, you would be dating girls who arent born yet, in 20 years. Truth be told, his results arent great, as he has been in many LTRs, but he has a healthy mindset.

Personally, my goal is to pull off a Sean Connory. I want to be seducing women into my 80s.
 
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