Your Circumstances

"Where the sun comes up about 10 in the morning and the sun goes down about 3 in the day, and you fill cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking, and you spend you life just thinking of how to get away" - You will never leave Harlan Alive

Every man spends his days doing what is best for him and his particular situation. We can all pretend that AWALT and MAWALT are always true. We learn over time that this not always the case. MRP provides you a whole host of reading in the sidebar, approved books, and the general conversations in the OYS thread. What to do when you run into a problem that's not covered in all this "approved reading" you may ask yourself? Well, you improvise and to me this is the core of MRP. We are all grown assed men with plays already in motion, and much like the sunday armchair quarterback, we all have different ways of seeing what should be done or some such. Fuck everyone else.

You are the troop on the front lines in the battle. No one can tell you what you should do in the heat of the moment. This is where the advice of "read the sidebar" comes into play. You must have plays in your playbook for each time something will go down in unexpected ways. The MRP is not your one all, be all solutions to all your problems. Fact is, most people's problems are not the same. No matter how many sometimes someone repeats this, it just cain't make it true. You practice, you apply, you fail and your learn. Simple as that. What I see as a constant on this here forum is the consistent "I did this and it didn't work". Well, as a great man in Argentina once taught me first hand. "Shit Happens". MRP won't solve your marriage and if you are in it for that reason you lose from day one. MRP will absolutely fix your next relationship, I will promise you that first hand son.

"Don't matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we went to war, and now there ain't no going back. I mean, shit, it's what war is, you know? Once you in it, you in it. If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight." - Slim Charles

This quote reminds me very specifically of the red pill and the problems that come with it. You took the pill and even if you could go back to the blue pill, would you? No. You have to keep your foot on the gas and nevermind them breaks. You took control of your life and for better or worse you keep on keeping on. Your marriage was failed, your life is failed, your social life is failed. From my point of view you can only go up from there. However, could you keep failing on the same lines? Yep, you sure can. We see it everday in our real lives.

Think back to the young man you know just starting his life fresh out of school. Nevermind he never has done much for himself, but he latches onto that steady pussy. She fucks on demand to get that paycheck. The man thinks he is at the top of his game. She cheats, uses him, and he decides to split up. Spends some time single, but the pussy is lacking. He tries to find other girls, but it's the wrong time and he can't delay satisfaction. The branch swing doesn't quite work out and she is ready to try again. Pussy is steady again so he latches back on. Like a stray dog who gets a meal. In the most simplistic fashion this is the blue pill. As a supervisor in the oil fields, I see this story play out every single fucking week. Almost as if I have the blue pill highlight reel on constant loop. I will confess, I never helped any of them without them asking specifically. I have watched talented skilled tradesmen walk away from a good future to follow a meth addicted woman. I shed one manly tear for each and every one of them.

You know? Time went on as time is want to do. At some point you have to shit or get off the pot. You make a stand on what you believe, and you fight to the death for that little hill. If you have to fight too hard, it's time to move on to greener pastures. Nothing is worth a last stand.