I don't know if many of you follow Humans of New York. It's filled with a lot of the feel good BP bullshit most of us avoid. However, every once in a while among the flotsam of pretty pictures you see some profound insight.

This picture was posted on the HONY Facebook page earlier today.

A man's wife leaves him. Rather than maintaining his composure and strength, he seeks comfort and sympathy from his own daughter, who is not receptive. He may have received some modicum of outward support from her, but doubtless it was hollow and grudgingly given. More likely she left him to wallow in his grief alone.

This is just another reminder that you cannot rely on a woman for emotional support while retaining her respect; and if she does not respect you, she will never love you.

"But she's just a teenager," you might respond. They're so angsty and dramatic, you can hardly expect them to handle conflict in a logical and mature manner.

If it's been said once, it's been said a thousand times: Women are the most responsible teenagers in the house. Despite their social acumen and knowledge, on the emotional level women do not fundamentally mature past their teenage years. They get smarter, they take on more responsibility, but as far as their emotions are concerned they never graduate high school. So when a teenage girl feels disgusted and resentful of her father's heartbreak, remember that grown women are no different.

Women are not emotionally stunted because they are inherently inferior on some mental or physiological level. We simply live in a society where women are conditioned to not have a need to mature any further than 18 years of age.

"I wanted to cry on his shoulder, not the other way around."

That phrase is crucial. In their heart of hearts, women cling onto the ideal that someone else will take care of them, always, and that they deserve to be taken care of. Regardless of their intelligence, education, or experience, that mantra is fundamental to their CORE. That is why childless, post-wall hags are so angry and bitter. When a woman reaches a certain age and realizes that what she assumed to be quintessential truth no longer applies, her entire world shatters. Because if the world isn't broken, then she is.

We don't all need to be super alpha, lone wolf badasses basking in the euphoria of our red pill enlightenment. No man is an island, and as individuals we need to open up emotionally and intellectually to those around us. Sometimes life can be shitty, and sometimes we need a shoulder to cry on. Just remember that that shoulder can never belong to a woman. Her support comes at a cost: her esteem for you. You can decide if it's worth paying.

The only woman who will love you unconditionally is your mother, and even then that's a crapshoot. Stay strong, brothers.