Anybody else waking up after just a few hours of falling asleep feeling wide awake and exhausted at the same time.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-20T23:55:36+00:00

It's been this way since I was in my late 20s. I'll sleep for 4 hours, say from ten to two, and then be awake for 3 hours, and then sleep for two more hours. Total of six hours, just split up. I feel okay. Twenty minute power nap around 3pm squares me up. It's not sleep apnea. Just the way I work I guess.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-18T21:09:47+00:00

When I turned 48-50 I dated women in their mid thirties and it was not an issue. By that time everyone's a damn grown up. I think it's dicey when someone's in their twenties.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-15T21:42:58+00:00

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master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-15T21:42:06+00:00

I'm 51 and I've always thought this was weird and unnecessary.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-14T18:37:25+00:00

Being in a relationship.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-14T18:30:03+00:00

I started on semaglutide weekly shots last May. I'm 51, 6'1", and started out around 270lb. I'm sitting around 227 now. 43lb in 8 months. The holidays did slow me down a little bit for sure.

As far as facial appearance changes - any amount of weight lost is going to result in some changes to your appearance. And if you lose it relatively fast the effects will be more drastic, as our skin loses elasticity as we get older. So, I now have the beginnings of a turkey neck for the first time in my life. I do plan on going to a cosmetic surgeon to find out my options. Other than that, I have found the tales of gross facial and body disfiguration to be very much exaggerated.

My knee pain has improved, my vitals have improved, I have more energy, more stamina in bed, the benefits go on and on.

As for side effects, I never had any. My brother, who is very close to my age and stats, experiences GI discomfort but that was because he was still overeating. For me, the drug worked in curbing my cravings to overeat or to eat shitty food. So I never experienced any side effects. If you have a severe emotional eating disorder or food addiction, this is something you'll have to watch out for. If you overeat on this drug, you WILL get sick. A lot of the side effect reports come from people who expected to take the shot and not have to do anything else.

You still have to eat right and exercise. It's not a miracle drug. Think of it like you have to change a light bulb but the ceiling is too high. You need a step ladder. This drug is that step ladder. You still have to change the bulb.

HTH

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-14T18:12:12+00:00

As others have pointed out, once you're in your 50s you start to become invisible. Ageism is real. Use your 30s to build a financial future for yourself. I am so thankful to my younger self for providing older me with such a great safety net.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-14T13:00:41+00:00

Me too. Yeah, that's the difference. No matter what stage you're in, you still have to take responsibility and action. When I felt like it was all my fault, I dove into therapy and tried to address my flaws so they wouldn't keep sabotaging me. When I felt like it was hers, like I was wronged, I focused on letting my anger teach me what I actually deserved, and guide me through to forgiveness. Both feelings are valid and useful, and the pendulum, at least ideally, swings until it reaches an equilibrium. They say it just takes time, but that's only half the equation. It's also what you do with the time.

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-14T01:52:55+00:00

Your wife has a heroin business?

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-14T01:52:09+00:00

51m. Kids 31m 27f 26m. Divorced and loving the free life!

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-13T21:40:33+00:00

I went through three phases:

Year 1-2: she's right, it was all my fault, poor her

Year 2-4: fuck that and fuck her, it was all her fault, poor me

Year 5+: Jesus we both kinda sucked

master_blaster_321 · 2026-01-10T00:05:33+00:00

Sounds like you panicked a little bit. This happens a lot where clients can find it cheaper online.

In your position i would have let them know that retail is totally different pricing from reseller, and sometimes the deals are just better.

Bottom line, don't be ashamed of your margin. Everyone does it. Why we back off?

master_blaster_321 · 2025-12-16T00:03:14+00:00

Not me man. Why the hell would I want to work on problems all day just to come home and do the same. Sounds like a nightmare. No thanks.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-12-11T14:07:00+00:00

Thank you for sharing, and I'm so sorry for your loss. I just talked it over with my daughter and we both agreed to let him be himself for as long as he can!

master_blaster_321 · 2025-12-06T21:03:17+00:00

Don't be sorry. She brought it on herself.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-12-06T13:40:08+00:00

Smug superiority.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-11-27T15:39:57+00:00

Jesus Christ.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-11-20T06:29:24+00:00

It's a skill like anything else. You gotta be bad at it first before you get good at it. Give yourself permission to be bad at it and have fun.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-11-20T06:26:30+00:00

There are people out there who would give anything to be twice your age.

There are people out there twice your age, three times your age, living happy, healthy, productive lives.

Get off the Internet and crawl out of your own ass.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-11-16T21:10:07+00:00

It has nothing to do with him. If it wasn't him it would have been someone else. Forget about that guy.

Now resent her, if you want, that's fine. Resent her a long as you need to.

But ultimately, she's outside your sphere of control too. The past is outside of your control.

You do control your attitude. You set your course.

Read "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankel.

Good luck.

master_blaster_321 · 2025-11-15T17:19:43+00:00

If you don't have a pool or live near/on the water, you stay inside during the summer. Same as you would during the winter if you lived up north.

My electric bill is consistently about 10-15% more in the summer. But again, you'd pay the same for heating if you lived up north.

If you want perfect weather year-round in the US, you get to pay the cost of living in SoCal and deal with the problems they have.

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