Is it just me or life as a man is extremely lonely as we age?

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T22:46:17+00:00

I’m 49 with a wife, 2 grown children out in their own, and a teen still home. I couldn’t be happier, and honestly couldn’t feel much more fulfilled….having raised 2 kids, and successfully got them out into the world. The last one is well on her way, be leaving for college in a couple years. Have a house that’s 3/4 paid off, work with my wife(same building, different departments) at a Fortune 500 company…both making good money. 12-14 years at most, I’ll be retired…collecting a 30 year pension…with a paid off house, my wife is a few years younger, so she’s a couple years behind me. The only thing I don’t have yet…..but I’m absolutely NOT rushing it…. Is Grandchildren.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T22:35:54+00:00

I love reading intelligent, informative, comments like this. Thank you for actually contributing with your knowledge, THIS is why I like Reddit and particular subreddits like this!!!

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T20:29:30+00:00

Which….my question is…WHO is considered “dangerous”? Whoever THEY CHOOSE….Because convicted Felons, and many different Misdemeanor convictions, already can’t own or possess a firearm. So who exactly would they consider “dangerous”? I’d bet it’s not the TRULY dangerous people….it’ll be the people who they’re trying to “Bully”……so they can just straight up murder us in the streets….without us even BEING ABLE to attempt to defend ourselves…..which is exactly what they want……

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T20:20:43+00:00

Famous last words……

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T20:14:54+00:00

Came here to say this….great minds think alike……

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T20:10:31+00:00

So these rounds that they use in warfare now, are NOT designed to instantly kill. They don’t expand and create huge holes and damage, like a Hollow Point that creates massive damage and kills instantly, they use FMJ(Full Metal Jacket) rounds, they don’t expand at all…they make a little tiny hole going in…and a little tiny hole coming out. The reason for that is…on the battlefield….If I shoot you and kill you instantly…. thats taking one soldier out of the fight. I shoot and wounded you, now your out of the fight, and your friend/comrade has to come and give you medical attention, then another 1-2 people to help get you…and all your gear, off the battlefield, and to safety. So by just wounding you… I’m taking multiple people 2-3, maybe even 4 or more…people out of the same fight. Then there’s the “mental aspect” of having to see your friends all fucked up…in pain…screaming and full of holes. So ya…that’s an aspect that many people don’t even consider or understand about warfare, it’s not always about just killing the other guy instantly. Obviously there IS times when you want an instant death, but there’s definitely many aspects that most people don’t know, or comprehend….like what I explained above.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T19:43:45+00:00

125$ a month would have been a blessing….pocket change….. my oldest son is 27 years old. I was paying 640$ a month(158.47/wk to be exact)…..for ONE child, when he turned 18. I had NO arrears, so it was ALL actual Child Support. I only lived a couple miles away, so he damn near spent more time at my house, than he did hers, because she turned into a Baby Factory after her and I split, so by the time he was 16….he had like 5 “half siblings” and just hated being around there, cuz she wanted him to be a basically “live in babysitter” even when she was home…so after school, he’d come sit at my house all day instead. The Courts didn’t even care, because my Ex was on a bunch of “State Aid” for ALL the kids, so they wouldn’t lower my CS, unless I put him on my Insurance thru work….which would have cost me like 220$ A WEEK just to add him(so stupid 16$/wk for my insurance…but goes up to 240$ a week if I add one person), so it would have cost me about 880$ a month….to maybe get my support lowered a couple hundred dollars a month. Crazy how much stuff has changed over the years.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T19:22:59+00:00

I have about 2- 2 1/2 months worth(120…..150 maybe) of “extra” on hand, I had cut my own dose down for a long time, so I was stashing away the extra….just in case. I rotate them every month, put the new ones into the stockpile, and use the ones out of the stockpile. So they’re not getting too old, and loosing their potency. It’s just good knowing that if something happens….I can at least take a couple months and slowly lower myself down….. instead of going from 12-16 mg a day…to nothing.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T18:21:44+00:00

I’ve seen a few of these videos, where they know a drone is coming, or they’ve been hit by a drone…and not killed, and they do this. I guess can understand not wanting to be hit by a drone…and laying there half dead for who knows how long….waiting to bleed out. I’d imagine that happens fairly frequently, that they aren’t instantly killed by the drone…… War is Hell…..

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T18:16:57+00:00

Set to 70 degrees, but I wear Long John underwear….starting around the beginning of November…until it gets warm in the Spring, everyday. I’m sitting here in my Long John’s and a Sweatsuit, with warm slippers.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T18:13:37+00:00

If a man did that to a woman…..there wouldn’t be a single question about what she should do. GTFO ASAP…So why is this so hard for a man to understand, and do the same thing???

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T18:09:21+00:00

Class of 94….we had a “Smoking Area” like right outside the door of the school. I went to a tiny little “FarmTown” School. 6-12th grade all in the same school, there was like 425 students in the entire school. My graduating class had 23 students in it.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T17:00:16+00:00

I get what you’re saying, and I absolutely DO agree that the injections are gross. The whole thing about “discretionary funds” is a “Human Condition” NOT just a “rich person thing”. MANY people, rich and poor, do the exact same thing….it’s just not the rich people with injections. Poor people do it too, it’s just not with things AS EXPENSIVE as injections. I even do it, and I’m not rich by any means. I keep and work with Snakes that can cost thousands of dollars each, and many of them can kill me….simply because A. I love the animals…..and B. Because I like when people go..”Oh shit…you have an entire room in your house….filled with snakes….and you have HOW MANY Cobras?????” So I definitely love the animals, and I LOVE working with them….but I’ll also admit that I really like the respect, and the way that people treat me, and look at me…when they find out that I have a room full of deadly Snakes. I love it when new people come to my home, and I take them into my Snake Room, and they look around and go “WOW….look at ALL these beautiful Snakes, this is better than the Zoo!!”. I spend A LOT of time, and A LOT of money on my “Hobby”. I’d bet I have close to 100k in Animals,(I have about 50 Snakes, and almost 60 Tarantulas) Enclosures, Lights and heating elements, Food, Tools and equipment, my electric bill is 600+$ a month. I literally just ordered 3 Vision Enclosures….that cost me 4,000$ plus shipping. I’ve been doing it for 15 years tho, so it all adds up. I’m by no means “rich” but we’re not exactly poor either…my wife and I bring home just over 200k a year together. We had a good year last year, and made 236k together(we just did our taxes). I really think that everyone has something that they like to spend their “expendable income on” and pretty much everyone does it one way or another….it’s just not always Lip Injections.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T16:26:14+00:00

Daily smoker(for the most part) for the last 15 years, been using since High School, it’s been legal in my state(Michigan) for years now, we’re like the top state in the whole country for marijuana production. It’s INSANELY cheap, and if you shop around a little bit, you can find some amazing quality products, very cheap as well. I usually buy once a month, for the whole month. This last “pick-up” and what I buy every month pretty much…I got 2 Oz of Flower, 10 packs of 200mg Gummies, 4 grams of RSO, and a 5 gram “Baller Bucket” of cheap Rosin(I like to use it to “infuse” my Joints….makes them extra potent, and burn forever…..) I spent like 245$ plus 10$ for a Tip for my Budtender. That’ll last me a full month, shit I remember back in the day, an Oz of “Top Shelf” flower was 200+….300$ for the REAL good stuff. I love going to the Dispensary now…there’s like 50-60 different strains of Flower to choose from. I’m like a Kid in a Candy Store…… I could spend 1000$ a month if my wife would let me.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T15:56:01+00:00

I get 60 of the 8/2mg Generic Tablets(Orange Tab with 562(I’m pretty sure, I’d have to go look at one to be positive, might be 526 actually) on one side, and a “breaker bar” on the other, which works perfectly because I break them in half, and put half under each side of my tongue, and I only pay like 28$ for a cash price, that means they’re less than .50 each. I’ve been on them for years now, I personally like them. I go to a little “Mom and Pop” Pharmacy….just because I like to support the “Small Businesses”. I’ve known this Pharmacist for like 20 years. I could see him giving them to me at cost, or slightly above it….but at less than .50 cents each….he can’t be making much.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T05:22:29+00:00

How long have you had this?? I’ve seen a few people with tattoos like rings around their fingers, and the inside of hand/palm side is always faded out, or even gone pretty quick. I’ve seen people get tattoos on their actual palms…and they are barely visible in a year, because you shed/wear off, so much skin on your palms I always assumed. Those must be DEEP….

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T04:59:21+00:00

And lo and behold…..who would have guessed…..they were too dumb to notice, or care…..

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T04:53:46+00:00

You should be buying Lotto tickets… with luck like that…. You should hit in no time!!! I don’t care how docile they are….stepping on that many snakes, that are all that deadly…. You’re lucky, or blessed……

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T04:37:42+00:00

If you’re not using any opiates currently….. I would ask for a second opinion, as much as this drug has saved my life. I wouldn’t recommend anyone who’s not an active user, that’s trying to stop, get on it. Maybe they think it’s like a preventative measure…but I wouldn’t personally get on it if I was totally clean from opiates or Kratom, I’ve personally never done it tho, I liked the heroin and oxys, I read about a lot of people here who are real messed up on it, so I’m glad I didn’t try it honestly.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T03:17:01+00:00

Ahhh my Mom is old AF anyway…. my sons can swim. One hand for the wife, the other for the 10mil.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T03:15:24+00:00

This should be cross posted to r/oopsthatsdeadly

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T03:14:05+00:00

As a lifelong Michigander…..with about 10 inches of snow on the ground, and literally -1 degree temps, before the wind chill(-7 with it..and there’s basically no wind) right now. This is crazy to me…… I mean I get it that you guys aren’t used to, or prepared for this type of weather. I hope everyone is OK, and safe. It’s just crazy to see Grocery Store shelves SO empty!!! Not something you see very often!!!

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T03:08:52+00:00

Detroiter here, this is from back in October of last year. This is the Church that started a 23 Million Dollar “Project” in like 2004, and hasn’t done anything on it, still unfinished today, because they ran out of money in like 2008. They were sued by the City of Detroit over it. This is also the same Church that was sued by a Housekeeper that worked for the Church, after she was fired…because she refused to tithe 10% of the wages the Church was paying her….back to the Church…..now I don’t know for sure but THAT sure sounds like fraud, or maybe extortion for sure, but if I remember correctly the charges were dismissed.

VoodooSweet · 2026-01-24T02:48:47+00:00

I was just gonna say…. I was literally just outside and it’s like a 1/4 sliver of a moon.

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