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Bombpier
A man only is treated as valuable if he provides
starkstout07
I'm alright, too.
MariamLover
Just in case you're all wondering, I'm alright
molotovb
DBCooper133602
I haven't cried in a long time. I'm crying now . . . I'm alright.
Hurkjurk
I'm alright too.
chilledcoyote
No one cares how any of us is doing regardless of gender identity
tlisi
Yeah, I'm a woman, and I felt like this as well. Everyone's got their own problems...
Magma45
Last year in school I started saying “it’s another beautiful day,” whenever asked how I was doing. My roommate realized that 1/
Magma45
what I really meant was, “if I don’t get booze in the next 8 hrs, I’m going to fucking kill myself.” 2/2
thrashingcows
LoudAngryJerk
My response to that question is generally "peachy" mostly because it seems to get a nice response from people
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I'm not gonna turn the sound on. I'm just gonna assume he sounds like Sam Elliott
kmikl
He doesn't but that's okay :)
SolidRD
God damn it that hit me way to hard
DaDefenestrator
I find it super annoying when someone hears ‘I’m alright’ and thinks I’m depressed. To me it just means ‘neutral’. Not good, not bad.
RatOnAKeyBoard
I'm alright.
AskThisGuy
So what you I supposed to say when I am alright?
jayferTraveler
Mine is ... “ doing ok “
molotovb
fine
SEAW1NG
Nightmares are dreams too, you can quote me on that.
Redbeard1984
I fucking care.
Frodomann1
I don’t want to die, but some time off from being alive would be swell…
iansebryk
got it one: nobody forking cares about how men feel. make money, shutup, and go away.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
That my be true of some people, but it's certainly not true of all.
Bombpier
A man only is treated as valuable if he provides
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Maybe by some people. But certainly not all.
Bombpier
*most
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
You must know a lot of shitty people then.
IGiveUpTryingToFindAnUntakenUsername
This hit me so hard. I've been struggling with depression and dealing with childhood trauma for almost 2 decades and I feel like giving up
Mazzy94
That's true. I'm alright as well. And I frequently say so.
AGirthyPoro
If you feel like you want to say something more than "alright," shoot me a DM.
Rfrak
Saying it every day.
HeySweden
Every day.
snoozer
I can’t even fake the alright part anymore with pointless lies. I avoid people and avoid having to pretend I’m alright
reynoldser
Today was my first day back in office since the pandemic. I said "oh, I'm alright. How about you?" So many times.
SoupForMyFamily
Men: emotional literacy is just as important as learning any other task or skill. Please take care of each other.
BigFatFailureTurtle
Trouble is, this post generalises too much. If I say I'm alright then I'm usually alright. However, it depends how close we are. I'm
BigFatFailureTurtle
not gonna share my romantic or work problems with every acquaintance, because that's not appropriate nor healthy.
snoffler
Us women need 2 help with that as well tho. My man says he's never been comfortable crying in front of a partner be4 me, & he's been married
Pachacutie
Hey thx for being a good person
snoffler
He's the best person, I'm just trying to keep up
SeeShark
I do think the dude in the OP is a bit wrong; it's not that nobody cares, it's that men are taught nobody cares. If we open up, people care.
CakeShapedPie
Or the opposite and you are just playing the victim, or being dramatic, or everyone thinks that so just get over it.
locallurker
Can confirm. Source: I care
stseregh
plus the whole "men have to be strong" thing (meaning never admit you're struggling)
SeeShark
Exactly, that's real problem. Men have empathy, and women have empathy towards men, but men are pressured by society not to be vulnerable.
billpod
Eh, maybe. But sometimes I'm just alright too, y'know?
sysaphiswaits
“Hanging in there.” Get that man some fucking help.
bullyboy1963
It's important for men to have a safe space to express their emotions.
molotovb
It isn’t about a safe space, it’s simply that nobody cares. That’s how I understand his statement, abyway.
kmikl
I think it depends. Some men need to get stuff out, and can handle it from there. Some need advice or guidance, and are good. Some need /1
kmikl
/2 a hand. It's important to ask the person you're talking to so you can at least help a bit.
bullyboy1963
But there are places for men to gather where people do care and will listen.
bullyboy1963
It is about the feeling/belief that nobody cares, I understand that all too well.
AGiraffeAteMyLeftTesticle
And I'm just over here playing with my balls
Iwannaswiminapoolofpuppiesohwaitmaybenot
I bet your balls are alright. Or, your ball.
stevefosho
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AGiraffeAteMyLeftTesticle
Ball*
superpaul79
"I'm just tired."
Zoidbergh
Same
saintchase
Adsma2002
This is where I am.
makeSX
Same, I was a month ago at the Stage of "I'm fucking done", so this is alrigth. I dont even hate to go to work now
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What about Matthew McConaughey? He's alright alright alright... What's that mean?
nanyatenyaa
That asshole is riding the fence so hard the man's ass cheeks have shaped into the ripple of a chain link fence. He's a fck'n mystery.
Frankmate
Seconds from death
PickleRich87
Damn this really hit me! Sums me up for sure, but I can’t seem to share that with my s/o because it turns into a convo on her feelings. Mine
JoeBlow7314
I don't know you, and I don't know your s/o, so take this with a grain of salt... but that doesn't sound like a healthy, equal partnership.
PickleRich87
get pushed aside once I’m done talking, but nothing comes of it on her end so I can continue to struggle along while constantly working on
PickleRich87
myself to be a better person everyday. Sometimes I just want to be heard and understood, not just listened to. ??
Matixd83
Sorry to hear that, for what it’s worth your feelings matter, i understand the s/o not really acknowledging your emotional worth
kmikl
You may need to talk to a therapist.
PickleRich87
I see a therapist & can talk to friends but really wish it would be her that understood me better since she knows me better than anyone else
kmikl
Your wife/SO may benefit a bit from talking with your therapist as well. Talk it over with them.
nanyatenyaa
While communication between partners is important. It is also at the same time realize, she cannot be expected to act as a therapist.
nanyatenyaa
We like to think we can rely on our significant other for every thing, but in reality, being responsible for another person's happiness...
snoffler
Lotta downvotes on all these comments, not sure why. This movement is great, I'm so glad that any sons I have will be raised differently to
snoffler
my partner and my brother and my suicided male cousin in terms of emotional health. Fuck the "boys don't cry" attitude, real fucking hard.
Imalwaysready
Yes and no. I do take some issue with things like "whenever a man says he's all right, he's not all right and he's battling demons." Have I>
Imalwaysready
been battling demons and said "I'm all right?" Sure. I've also just said "I'm all right" when I was, you know, just doing all right. And >
Imalwaysready
when I was battling demons and choose to say "I'm all right," it was for a dozen different reasons, but "society doesn't care so why bother>
Imalwaysready
saying it?" wasn't ever one of them for me. It is a good movement, so long as it doesn't devolve into platitudes and hyperbolic over- >
Imalwaysready
statements (and I do kinda think 'everytime a man says he's all right it is actually code for he isn't all right' goes a bit far). But I >
digitreal
Someone saying "Living the dream" is equivalent to I didn't steer my car into oncoming traffic today, but I thought about it several times.
hellionx
l'appel du vide, the call to the void. Lots of interesting studies done on this.
DollapOfDaisy
Is this not normal? Kinda joking kinda not.
BythepowerofchristIamtheLaderlappen
I usually start off with howdy and slowly over the course of a few months watch it spread to other employees until I get a howdy back.
randomtreebeard
Nightmares are dreams too
Goobinator
I follow it up with; I never said it was a good dream...
kamikazityler
"Living the dream or dreaming to live?" is my current go to response.
skeptic99
“Another day above ground”.
nclu
"Hanging in there" was my lowest
NateNuss
Dreams are nightmares as well and I'm alright..
thesceptre
my reply living the dream- As amended by Stephen King
UncleBuckFutter
When someone says that to me, I like to reply "Yeah I can't figure out how to wake up, either."
experiencemike
Someone once responded to me. Yeah one nightmare at a time.
75centslurpee
My favored response is "we need better dreams"
thewalkinged
Fucking hate that saying.
elethomel
it can also be a the equivalent of "whatever" or "please stop trying to make small talk"
froggy2x4
My second shift super visor now says" living somebody's else's dream". Man's not very happy
jestersama
I usually say "I'm vertical" since that seems to be all that matters
thewalkinged
Just say 'fine' you don't have to make it some dumb thing.
Drew442
I always wonder who's dream I'm living. Because ot sire isn't mine!
noodle7734
My response is always, nightmares are dreams too
LaBix
As a squaddie, these are generic greeting and replies. Everyone knows everyone struggles, but "man up".
4l52sauerd
Same here, but I'm usually the one saying "Living the dream" and alluding to that it's a nightmare.
Nunyajonesinc
Yeah, I got LTD tattooed on the outside of my little finger last year, anytime anyone asks how I'm doing, I mime sipping tea and say,
Nunyajonesinc
"Living The Dream"
Seizurebleak
how's it goin' bob "ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE"
thewalkinged
If you say this you are a psychopath.
THExPILLOx
Hell I say it all the time. I woke up this morning to a planet filled with life. Whatever problems I have, I'm still living in paradise.
THExPILLOx
To the best of my knowledge, this is the only planet in the universe that has trees I can see, smells I can smell, and air I can breathe.
Neverendingstory
I get what you're saying mr chirpy but it can still be a crock of shite at times
HieronymousFlex
Or a Phil Collins fan.
Seizurebleak
LOL, well, I can't really argue with that! Also Phil Collins is awesome!
thechillpilgrim
75centslurpee
Parrot head if they have a margarita in hand.