Who’s throwing stones? These friends are clearly unhappy and only getting worse because of dumb shit on social media. I’d help them if they’d listen.

Alpha male isn’t even a thing. Not even in nature. People who call themselves that are mostly delusional assholes no-one likes.

I’m currently a stay at home husband who does all the cooking, cleaning and dishes. I never felt manlier and have never been so attractive to women (according to my wifes friends at least). Looking forward to our first child arriving soon.

I have plenty of single male friends who seem stuck in their early 20s (even though they’re approaching 40). Their only care in the world seem to be “the economy” (something they barely understand), and whatever the newest *-maxxing scam is being promoted on Instagram that will magically make women gravitate towards them. They’re all pretty good looking and mostly nice people. The main problem being that they’re cheapskates and won’t lift a finger for anything not directly benefitting themselves. They don’t know how to cook, and learning anything unrelated to their jobs is seen as a “waste of time”.

I’m very happy I didn’t get stuck in that sort of rut as I’ve seen how easy it was for my friends.

You might wanna look into Tailscale for connecting to services like Immich while outside your network. It’s incredibly painless to setup and has replaced all other VPN solutions for me (especially with their Mullvad integration).