When I was in grade school, I had my circle of friends, my guy friends. We went to the same school and hung out together. We had sleep overs, went on bike rides, hikes, and camp outs. Those days are long over and replaced with a wasteland. As is the case with so many others here, a relationship with a woman destroyed my life. She was the love of my life. The most blissful and fulfilled moments of my life I spent with her until that was all ripped away from me via hypergamy. That one swing of the monkey branch might as well have been a nuclear weapon. I was left desolate, unable to cope, for years.

We as men are taught not to reach out. We're taught to suffer in silence. And that's exactly what so many of us do. You've learned – no, it's been ingrained – that you must not express your pain. To do so is to be mocked and scorned. With the loss of your childhood is the loss of brotherhood, a loss of your friends to turn to. With the loss of your wife or girlfriend was the loss of your only sense of comfort. Do you wade and wander through this wasteland or do you find a solution.

That's where this forum can come in. This is a unique place where everyone understands your pain. We all know there's the wicked movement of feminism against us, a movement that teaches women cruelty towards us, that seeks to mock our pain further, but we can fight back. If we understand one another, lift one another up, and help each other find solutions, we restore our brotherhood. I found this place and a new sense of hope. If something I see and report can help another man to heal and to improve his life, that brings me fulfillment. Maybe where that happens another man helps me.

We're surrounded by a wasteland that doesn't give a damn how we feel about anything, but we can care about each other. Your pain doesn't fall on deaf ears here. Your brothers are here to help you rebuild and find your way.