I’m new to MRP. Read Rational Male back in May 2018 and swallowed the red pill. Read NMMNG, WISNIFG and currently reading MMSLP.

I found MRP through the Family Alpha on Twitter after following those guys for a few months.

Married 17 yrs. I’m 38 wife same + 2 kids.

I don’t lift but do body weight HIIT 3-5 times per week. Getting stronger everyday and have lost 18 pounds.

I still have a lot to learn, but thought I’d share this field report with the community especially any new guys trying to adapt to the new world.

Getting ready for work the other morning my wife leaves 45 minutes before me to take the boys to school.

Before she left our room I said, “Hey, give me a hug real quick.”

She said, “I’m not leaving yet. I still have to get a few things put together.” And she continued out of the room.

I knew that as soon as she left the room she’d call me before she left the house wearing her laptop bag, lunch bag, carrying one of our sons backpack and maybe another item.

When she carries all of those things it’s impossible to give a meaningful hug and kiss goodbye.

In addition to that I’m working on ways to get better at her compliance tests. I know that she wants me to come to her when she’s leaving and for some reason insists on having every bag possible hanging around her as if it is armor.

So here’s the scenario when she called me to come give her a hug:

Wife is carrying 4 bags.

Our three year old is wailing about his toy being broken.

I’m in our bathroom flossing.

Stress level in the room with wife and kids is through the roof.

When she called (aka yelled) at me to come give her a hug - all I could think was I didn’t want to give her a hug in that environment plus I was in the middle of flossing.

I yelled back, “I’m busy. See you tonight when you get home.”

She got upset and said something like, “You can’t even come out here and give me a hug? Fine. We’re leaving.”

I just DNGAF.

They left. I got finished and went to work.

At work around noon. I knew i needed to text her about the incident, so I found this funny picture of a woman carrying like 7 suitcases and here’s how the dialogue went:

Me: You this morning.

Her: Huh?

Me: sends funny picture

Me: “Okay, come give me a hug.” 😜

Her: My feelings were hurt. You know I’m in a hurry, but you can’t put aside a minute to come say goodbye.

I’m obviously not important enough.

Me: Obviously, I’ll show you tonight just how important you are to me 😉

(It took me about 3 minutes to think of that response because I knew I need to AA somehow. As a result we’re both busy at work and she didn’t see my reply till a few hours later and below was her reply.)

Her: 😘

I was blown away!!! And couldn’t believe how well that worked.

In the past I would’ve been like, “ I’m sorry for being rude... Next time I’ll do better...” and etc.

We would’ve gone back and forth, maybe things would’ve been fixed on the surface but I would’ve felt like a loser for apologizing over something that was so minor.

Anyways, I hope this inspires other guys who are just getting started with this stuff.