At least that is what I have been told by various wives, and girlfriends over the years.

Or maybe they were just talking about me.

I know that I have that capability….

Moving on….

I read a lot of stuff on line.

Translate that to mean I read a lot of blogs.

Yeah. Those damned “bloggers”.

One I read writes a blog for Chicagonow.com. The post she wrote that completed my circle of thought that led me to this place was “Everyone Thinks They Are Failing At Something.”

Follow the link. It is a good read.

With that post being one part of my circle of thought, the other was a comment made by someone reading a post I wrote a week or so ago where it was said that I am “self-flagellating”.

I believe in examining my life as often as possible. Am I living the way that I believe. Am I treating people the way that I would want to be treated. Am I ok with who, and what I am.

This isn’t what men usually admit to doing. My generation grew up being told to “suck it up”.

“Don’t be a quitter.”

“Real men don’t cry.”

“Keep your problems to yourself.”

Hell, I didn’t even know that I had feelings until the third therapist.

And all the time people around you are failing at something. There is something in everyones life that they just do not feel that they have a handle on.

Men, thought, do not allow themselves to fail. We are not socialized that way. You can’t be a success if you admit to failure.

It sucks having to be perfect all the time. To know all the answers.

Truly a pain in the ass.