>>21289895>weirdly going to church helpsThis is true. I was a cradle catholic and in my teens and twenties I (despite my parents disappointment) abandoned religion in favor of college parties and promiscuity. Now that im 42, married, have kids and my life together, i cannot tell you how much i regret drifting from my values and from Christ. and for what? To try and fit in? Yeah, slaying pussy for 4 years was cool, until i now look back at 40 and realize i left a trail of broken women and broke myself in the process. Love that should have been saved for my wife and kids got wasted on women that never loved me, and who i only thought i loved because it felt right in the moment.
Selling myself out as a teenager to "feel cool" was the worst shit i ever did. If i could go back and do it over, i'd take a million nights alone building legos with my friends from childhood, getting made fun of for being "losers" over a single night of going out to clubs and going home drunk with some woman i barely knew.
My father was a good dude and worked hard his entire life so i didnt need to want anything. He was a good man, but he also was so busy working that i got left to learn alot of lessons in life through my own hardships, and regrets. I wont repeat that mistake, i make it a point to share my experience with as many young guys as i can in hopes they'll listen, and i do the same for my kids.
There's alot of things they never tell you when you're young that they should.