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re: For OT men, do you hold emotions?

Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:11 pm to
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
37001 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:11 pm to
I don't think holding their emotions in is the problem with these guys. They are just fricking nuts.

My ex always said that I was a robot. No emotions, never get worked up about anything. I just tell her I'm logical and would rather figure out a solution to a problem than freaking out. Me being calm was supposed to be what would calm her down, but it just made her more irrational.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
22594 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:13 pm to
I’ve been told it makes us more attractive.

If a girl can’t figure out where your head is. It will drive her crazy, in a good way.
Posted by Skillet
Member since Aug 2006
113293 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

i had to google that but now i know you’re over 40.





just because you're super cute with a tight lil extremely sexy body, and you smell good and have pouty lips is no reason to shatter my hope & dreams.

would you like to join me for supper at 5 pm today?
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
37001 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:15 pm to
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I am exceptionally even keeled. I don't get excited and I don't get down and sad about anything. Is that kind of psychopathic? Ehh maybe


I'm the same way. Everyone I know that smokes weed says I don't need to smoke because I'm the calmest person they've met. I don't smoke.
Posted by Flambeaux
Member since Feb 2021
137 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:16 pm to
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I’ve been told it makes us more attractive. If a girl can’t figure out where your head is. It will drive her crazy, in a good way.


I’m curious, how old are you?
Posted by LSUgirl4
Member since Sep 2009
39501 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:18 pm to
under 30 is my guess.
who the frick wants to play mind reader for the next 50 years.
This post was edited on 3/23/21 at 1:20 pm
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15705 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:18 pm to
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Emotions can compromise your ability to act, and lead others.



That's true with either gender. Obviously there are situations where being emotional is not warranted.
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:19 pm to
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why is it the general consensus that men who don't bottle up all emotions and let things fester are soft?


Did I suggest that?

I simply pointed out that there is a world of difference between being more in touch with your emotional side than many of our Dads and grandfathers may have been (mine were from the 1930's and early 1900's respectively), and being a whiny bitch. It's not being open with your emotions that does that, it's how you do it.

Being able to love and grieve are not inherently weak features, and the ability to feel those are great and not being ashamed of others seeing it is genuinely a strength in most cases. Wallowing in any of it, in my opinion, is where the problems lie and where far too many of today's "men" are residing. It breeds weakness and an inability handle real world tough situations when they arise.

I tell people what I think...I don't generally bottle up anything. I also don't unload my problems onto others for the sake of unburdening myself. I have a pretty good sense of what makes me tick, and I tend to work through those problems so that they don't fester. So when I AM emotional, it carries weight because it's real.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
15686 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:20 pm to
I can be emotional when it is logical to do so.

Works with empathy too.
Posted by Flambeaux
Member since Feb 2021
137 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:21 pm to
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under 30 is my guess.


His comment made me chuckle. Like did he/she read that in Cosmo?
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:28 pm to
Used to, having a kid pass away and the other kids being awesome people have made me soft.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
22594 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 1:49 pm to
30s

A Romanian girl told me that in a bar in Jackson Hole. It was both a complaint, and a compliment, in her words.

I’m very direct and logical. But I’m not openly emotional.
This post was edited on 3/23/21 at 1:52 pm
Posted by rd280z
Richmond
Member since Jan 2007
2470 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 2:00 pm to
Like most, it is easier to hold some more than others. I don't hold back true anger very well.
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
9677 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

if emotional bursts are the reason and how men are told to hold their emotions inside and therefore more likely to burst.


Posted by LSUSUPERSTAR
TX
Member since Jan 2005
16857 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 2:15 pm to
What's "emotions"?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
296964 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 2:20 pm to
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Emotions can compromise your ability to act, and lead others.


I gotta admit, I am very emotional in dealing with my kids and grandkids. If they get sick, or are having a hard time, I get sick.

Posted by texn
Pronouns: Y'All/Y'All's
Member since Nov 2019
4059 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 2:27 pm to
I'm just glad we have the OT where we can be free to express our innermost emotions and not be judged but supported in a nurturing and reassuring manner...and then be told by the same poster that they are sleeping with our wives/mothers/GFs/sisters.
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
16345 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 2:39 pm to
If I had all these gay arse emotions that kids nowadays have, yeah, I’d keep them inside. Luckily I only have happy, angry and horny, and I let them out as needed to get what I want.
Posted by Bobby LASHLEY
Member since Mar 2021
25 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 3:06 pm to
Sex lots of sex
Posted by Bobby LASHLEY
Member since Mar 2021
25 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 3:15 pm to
It’s never good to hold your emotions I gotta let them out or they become to much to handle. Even if it’s just a cry or a walk somewhere it’s ok to show vulnerability. Men can be tough but gentle at the same time
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