Let me start this post by clarifying that I just don't care about sex in general - not to belittle people who do, whatsoever. I don't know if this means I'm asexual or anything, I just... don't go after it. It doesn't concern me. But TRP helped me without the subject of sex even coming into question.

I realized recently that I was being manipulated and taken advantage of and just all around shat on by a huge majority of the female friends I have. One of them in particular, we'll call her Z. I was a total beta, the guy who would constantly hear out the problems, who would get the spiels about boyfriends and their sex lives and emotional problems. I was a shoulder, a shoulder people would place emotional distress on without a second thought. It took a toll. I thought I was doing the right thing, that I was a good person and that these people really did appreciate me. I was wrong. If I felt shitty about something and wanted to vent my emotions they'd ignore me. They wouldn't do so much as read my messages. And then I realized I never even got a 'thank you' when I heard them out.

I found this subreddit awhile ago but only really started paying attention to it after the EMSK post. I came here thinking I would be disgusted by some of the things that were posted, but after reading through a bunch of posts with an open mind and thinking critically about what they were discussing, I realized you guys have a point.

So I stopped putting up with their crap. The girls who I'd bend and break for just to comfort them got an earful the next time they tried to dump their problems on me and use me as an emotional napkin. I just... stopped being a bitch, basically. And I'm way, way, way better off for it. A few of them have just stopped talking to me outright, but that's fine - if I'm not worth their time they aren't worth mine, and they don't deserve my attention if they're gonna treat me like shit. Some other people have started to actually respect my wishes and have stopped essentially shitting on me.

Many of the pieces of advice here apply to things outside of sex, really. The game doesn't have to apply to you for TRP to help you. So thanks, I guess. Thanks for helping me turn from a beta into, well, I wouldn't say an alpha, but just a better person in general. Someone who stands up for their own wellbeing.

Edit: Not sure what flair applies here so I just picked this one.