Standalone guy.
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StairDominator said:
Anyone else a self-proclaimed standalone guy? 
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
Although you evidently have a need for other people to know how independent you are, so I'm not buying it, sorry.I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
I'm not sure you can be Alpha male in a pack of one either...
If you are happy then good for you. I have done it. It has its pros and cons. I do enjoy my me-time but it's not great for running your own business when networking is how you get work!
Dr Murdoch said:
No one to care for you when you get old and/or sick.
I knew there was a good reason to have kids!!StairDominator said:
Anyone else a self-proclaimed standalone guy?
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
And yet you feel the need to come onto an internet forum, choose a user name that screams "Look at me! I understand your memes! Embrace me as your brother, please, for the love of God!".I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
I can just imagine you now, curled round your pillow, telling yourself how much you love yourself between the sobs of frustration, having just concluded your latest furious, two-handed anger w
k, but hey, don't you worry sausage, you keep telling yourself how great your life is! It sounds incredibly sad.
I’ve just spent the last four nights working shifts, so have hardly seen my wife and kids. With it being half term next week, I’m looking forward to spending my four days off with them.
There really is nothing better.
You keep telling yourself you are happy.
Are you 100% sure it’s a decision you’ve made yourself, or one others have made for you?
I’ve just spent the last four nights working shifts, so have hardly seen my wife and kids. With it being half term next week, I’m looking forward to spending my four days off with them.
There really is nothing better.
You keep telling yourself you are happy.
Are you 100% sure it’s a decision you’ve made yourself, or one others have made for you?
Doofus said:
StairDominator said:
Anyone else a self-proclaimed standalone guy?
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
Although you evidently have a need for other people to know how independent you are, so I'm not buying it, sorry.I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
I'm not sure you can be Alpha male in a pack of one either...
StairDominator said:
Anyone else a self-proclaimed standalone guy?
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
You ok hun?? Do you need a hug??I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
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Sounds great ... I’m sure a one man wolf pack is just awesome
You dominate them stairs from ... no one
Oh and in this circumstance “fiercely independent” reads as lonely and miserable
Edited by alorotom on Sunday 11th February 10:37
Dr Murdoch said:
No one to care for you when you get old and/or sick.
Yeah, like that's going to happen! More likely a visit every four months (after it's been reduced from four times a year).I think the money having children costs would be better invested in the stock market and property if you are concerned about care in your declining years.
StairDominator said:
Anyone else a self-proclaimed standalone guy?
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
The most pathetic post I've ever read!
So you're a lonely, ex convict whose family and friends despise him eh? I wonder what your crime was to make them disown you...
singlecoil said:
Yeah, like that's going to happen! More likely a visit every four months (after it's been reduced from four times a year).
I think the money having children costs would be better invested in the stock market and property if you are concerned about care in your declining years.
I didn't specifically say children. There can be friends, other family members etc etcI think the money having children costs would be better invested in the stock market and property if you are concerned about care in your declining years.
Regarding children vs investing, investing is pretty joyless when compared with the rewards that children bring, but anyway, i'm not sure i know anyone who has had children for the soul purpose of nursing care when old and decrepit
Edited by Dr Murdoch on Sunday 11th February 11:06
StairDominator said:
Anyone else a self-proclaimed standalone guy?
I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
And there's me stuck with my great mates who always have my back as I always have their's, my wife who loves and looks after me as I do with her and my wonderful daughter who I get to watch, enjoy and support as she grow up.I am, and it's very liberating. No mates, no wife, fiercely independent. Rely on no-one but myself in every way. Alpha male stuff. Love it.
Where did I go so wrong? I could have been an alpha male in a pack of one without the burden of great friendships, support, love and family.
StairDominator said:
Alpha male stuff
Uh huh.No such thing,
'Outmoded notion of the alpha wolf
The concept of the alpha wolf is well ingrained in the popular wolf literature at least partly because of my book "The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species," written in 1968, published in 1970, republished in paperback in 1981, and currently still in print, despite my numerous pleas to the publisher to stop publishing it. Although most of the book's info is still accurate, much is outdated. We have learned more about wolves in the last 40 years then in all of previous history.
One of the outdated pieces of information is the concept of the alpha wolf. "Alpha" implies competing with others and becoming top dog by winning a contest or battle. However, most wolves who lead packs achieved their position simply by mating and producing pups, which then became their pack. In other words they are merely breeders, or parents, and that's all we call them today, the "breeding male," "breeding female," or "male parent," "female parent," or the "adult male" or "adult female." In the rare packs that include more than one breeding animal, the "dominant breeder" can be called that, and any breeding daughter can be called a "subordinate breeder." '
So, the 'Alpha Male' as it is now understood is actually the most social, reproduces the most and leads the pack. Not someone who chooses to be alone
Butter Face said:
StairDominator said:
Alpha male stuff
Uh huh.No such thing,
'Outmoded notion of the alpha wolf
The concept of the alpha wolf is well ingrained in the popular wolf literature at least partly because of my book "The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species," written in 1968, published in 1970, republished in paperback in 1981, and currently still in print, despite my numerous pleas to the publisher to stop publishing it. Although most of the book's info is still accurate, much is outdated. We have learned more about wolves in the last 40 years then in all of previous history.
One of the outdated pieces of information is the concept of the alpha wolf. "Alpha" implies competing with others and becoming top dog by winning a contest or battle. However, most wolves who lead packs achieved their position simply by mating and producing pups, which then became their pack. In other words they are merely breeders, or parents, and that's all we call them today, the "breeding male," "breeding female," or "male parent," "female parent," or the "adult male" or "adult female." In the rare packs that include more than one breeding animal, the "dominant breeder" can be called that, and any breeding daughter can be called a "subordinate breeder." '
So, the 'Alpha Male' as it is now understood is actually the most social, reproduces the most and leads the pack. Not someone who chooses to be alone
Badda said:
Butter Face said:
StairDominator said:
Alpha male stuff
Uh huh.No such thing,
'Outmoded notion of the alpha wolf
The concept of the alpha wolf is well ingrained in the popular wolf literature at least partly because of my book "The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species," written in 1968, published in 1970, republished in paperback in 1981, and currently still in print, despite my numerous pleas to the publisher to stop publishing it. Although most of the book's info is still accurate, much is outdated. We have learned more about wolves in the last 40 years then in all of previous history.
One of the outdated pieces of information is the concept of the alpha wolf. "Alpha" implies competing with others and becoming top dog by winning a contest or battle. However, most wolves who lead packs achieved their position simply by mating and producing pups, which then became their pack. In other words they are merely breeders, or parents, and that's all we call them today, the "breeding male," "breeding female," or "male parent," "female parent," or the "adult male" or "adult female." In the rare packs that include more than one breeding animal, the "dominant breeder" can be called that, and any breeding daughter can be called a "subordinate breeder." '
So, the 'Alpha Male' as it is now understood is actually the most social, reproduces the most and leads the pack. Not someone who chooses to be alone
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