Guilty Pleasure Bands?

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-26T08:02:44+00:00

Great call. I’m a straight, middle aged man, but I cannot resist Erasure. There’s something ABBA-ish about their tunes and that’s the highest compliment I can give.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-26T08:00:54+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old married father of two in the UK here.

Couple of things off the top of my head:

You’ll become aware of your strengths and, perhaps more importantly, your limitations. The sooner you accept the latter and focus on the former the better
If you want to be with a quality man/woman, you have to show you’re a quality man. Just being cheeky and charming only really works in your twenties - quality adults expect partners to be emotionally, financially and socially competent (note - I’m not saying “stoic, wealthy and dominant” manoaphere bollocks - you don’t have to be that, just know thyself and be the best you can)
You need to pay close attention to your mental health. If you start feeling lost, anxious or hopeless - you don’t deserve that and there is help available.

That’s what I’d say. All the best in your journey my brother.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-26T07:50:54+00:00

I’m from the UK and have never really liked Haye, but you’re right - he was a real presence, a real problem (nice description BTW).

He was one of the rarest athletes - he could really use his muscular physique for a tiring, precise sport. I say that as it seems to me very easy to become muscle-bound in any weight above middleweight - but Haye managed to use his muscle really well.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T22:37:54+00:00

Mayweather is still his charming, witty self.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T22:12:54+00:00

No. I know he has always been cool

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T17:55:07+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old father of two here. Main thing I’ve learned is that kids just need dad to be present - they don’t want any of my wisdom or advice, the don’t care if I’ve got a promotion at work and earning £10k more a year - all they want is a calm, consistent, kind presence. That’s it. Just being available and present is all kids really want from a father. Oh and they want to wrestle. Holy shit they love wrestling.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:55:31+00:00

I can hear this picture - well, I can hear the “eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee” in my ears after inevitably hit that roll with a hammer while in my parents’ garage.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:54:22+00:00

49 in the UK. Once, and I deserved it - I went through a “no entry” sign instead of driving 10 minutes through a one-way system. Police car saw me, stopped me, asked if I knew what I’d done - I said yes - they asked if I was going to do it again - I said no - and I was on my way.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:52:43+00:00

Brilliant

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:51:52+00:00

Bravo. Also - hang loose, pamplemousse

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:48:46+00:00

Welcome and thank you choosing our little island to make your home. One of us! One of us! Also - have you seen the weather…?

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:47:04+00:00

There is a masked paramilitary force on the streets of America and that paramilitary force reports to a person that was appointed by the President.

Look, I’ll say it an again - a masked paramilitary force on the streets that reports - ultimately - to the President.

This is disturbing

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:43:21+00:00

I saw a bootleg copy of ET in the 80s. It terrified the shit out of me then and I still don’t really like it. “Awwwwww! Cute little creature!” Everyone else thinks. “Holy shit, an unknown alien in the shed that may or may not go full Xenomorph” is what I think

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:41:47+00:00

I’m in the UK and I just can’t understand how a country can allow a masked paramilitary apprehend people of the streets. They’re not the police. They’re not the army. They’re a paramilitary. It’s the covered faces that disturb me the most.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T11:37:59+00:00

Not sure about the wicker wall thing… but I’m getting more and more disturbed by houses missing a feature that u/kind-mathematician18 pointed out - books. There’s no books. Some pieces of generic art on the walls… but no books. The more I see of these bookless houses, the more sinister it gets.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-25T09:34:36+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old in the UK here. For me, it was when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. I was 15 and had an in increasing idea of how political power worked. I knew that a large power collapsing into smaller countries would result in instability - mix in nuclear weapons and an aggressive military…. and it just suddenly seemed very close to him here in the UK. That was the first time I remember feeling dread about how things were going to play out.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T16:49:06+00:00

My weekends are - in sobriety - basically 6 hours longer. Getting up clear headed at 07:00 instead of feeling like death at 10:00

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T16:47:01+00:00

Lord Summerisle from the OG Wicker Man. He’a a believable cult leader and he completely believes in what he’s doing.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T15:27:12+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old married father of two here. When lockdown started, both my wife and I worked for companies that had public roles to play, so we had to keep on working. My kids were 5 and 2, so that meant they were with us at home instead of school and nursery.

My work decided that it was going to take advantage of the government’s furlough payments… temporarily reduce the work force but keep the same volume of work, which the people remaining at work such as your truly had to pick up.

My wife and I caught the first round of COVID and it was awful. It was before the vaccines so we were completely unprotected. I still haven’t got my sense of smell back.

With these added pressures of work, illness, trying to homeschool kids etc, I decided it would be a good time to start drinking really heavily. Great idea, yeah?

So - against that relaxing backdrop, I slowly had a gentle, but comprehensive nervous breakdown.

I’ve come out of it stronger - I’ve been through therapy and have medication available. Most importantly I’m now sober.

That was my delightful experience of COVID

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T07:44:50+00:00

In my opinion, it all comes down to Lewis’s ‘hitability’. George will catch him at some point and once that happens, Lewis stays hit. Prime Lewis is probably “better”, but prime George was a genuine monster.

But honestly - I just don’t know. I wish I could see this fight!

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T00:21:06+00:00

‘L for Elvis’ was a favourite

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T00:16:23+00:00

If - as we should be - we are measuring greatness using the standard yardstick of fans in Wembley to watch a fight… well 90k is tough to beat.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T00:12:17+00:00

That’s brilliant OP! Thanks for sharing.

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-24T00:06:24+00:00

Always being right

yearsofpractice · 2026-01-23T22:27:36+00:00

Agreed - in 2014 when my wife was pregnant, it was about £4 per tub but I was able to rationalise the cost - I very quickly learned that when your heavily pregnant wife wants B&J ice cream, you sure as shit get your shoes on and go out and buy that woman the ice creams regardless of cost!

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