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Message: <blockquote data-quote="retrieverman" data-source="post: 4328138" data-attributes="member: 24452">This is an interesting thread with interesting perspectives.  I don’t ask for help, because I figure people have their own stuff going on and don’t have time….but they dang sure don’t mind asking me to quit whatever I’m doing to help them.  I don’t share my emotional baggage, because most people are self absorbed and don’t give a chit about anyone else’s problems….but they expect me to listen to whatever crisis of the day or week they’re having and offer solid advice to get them through it.I used to be a very social person, but as I’ve gotten older and better able to see through people’s chit, there are very few people I like and even fewer I want to be around.I text with and am better “friends” with several guys on this message board than anyone locally here in TX.  Oh, I have some acquaintances here that I hear from this time of year because I have tractors, a skid steer, and a gun range at my house, but it’s a one sided relationship.  They’re also quick to ask when I’m going to take them hunting in Oklahoma.September 1st was 50 years since my biological Dad was murdered, and September 13th was 10 years since my Dad that raised me lost his fight with cancer.  I’ve been thinking about them a lot in the last few days, but I didn’t come on here or go on FB and make some emotional posts….because nobody cares.All that being said, my opinion as to why a lot of men don’t share their feeling or problems is because they’ve figured out what I have, and it’s that NOBODY REALLY CARES.</blockquote>

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