I'll just say that as a man, you are taking a gamble everytime you make yourself emotionally vulnerable to another man. It could ruin your reputation or the relationship. It is a very unfortunate state of affairs.
The more you do it, the easier and better it gets, because it becomes less and less of a hurdle, and you end up with more people to draw on/absorb the fall if you
In high school I was boxed into a very performative masculinity and got negative reactions when I stepped outside it. These days, the worst experience I've had in this category was a roommate feeling awkward when I told him about my friend who'd just died.
I'll just say that as a man, you are taking a gamble everytime you make yourself emotionally vulnerable to another man. It could ruin your reputation or the relationship. It is a very unfortunate state of affairs.
The more you do it, the easier and better it gets, because it becomes less and less of a hurdle, and you end up with more people to draw on/absorb the fall if you
In high school I was boxed into a very performative masculinity and got negative reactions when I stepped outside it. These days, the worst experience I've had in this category was a roommate feeling awkward when I told him about my friend who'd just died.