I realize this isn't true for all guys, especially younger ones, but I need to get this out.

We hurt too. We want to be told nice things too. We want to feel like we matter, for no reason at all. It's very easy for us to feel like we're expendable, like we don't matter to people, like we've been forgotten.

Unfortunately a lot of us are conditioned in certain, unhealthy ways that make it hard. You can't ask for these things because then if you get them, they're not genuine. You'd be manipulative if you asked.

Don't get me wrong I don't think this is necessary exclusive to men, but it's a mindset that's been reinforced for us a lot more.

So you just wait and wait and sometimes you get your hopes up but over time you just grow more and more numb to it. I'm coming to realize this is what's happened to a lot of men who are stereotypically seen as archetypical "heartless" adults.

I'm sure they didn't start out this way. No, they probably just were hurt and hurt and hurt and eventually could only cut off that part of them to keep on living.

If there's a guy in your life, think about the last time you did something for them just because. If it's been more than a week, maybe tell them they look good in that shirt today, or if they do something, be sure to let them know you appreciate it.

So many of us are just so used to going without any attention that when we get it, it can come across like it's a joke.

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